Equipment
Olde Wolbers was endorsed by Jackson, and has a number of custom guitars made for, including seven-string guitars, his first two seven string guitars were built by Jackson's master builder Mike Shannon in 2003. Besides his production Signature 7 and 6 string models (colors: Black, Desert Camo, Red Blue Pearl, Silver Burst), Jackson built at least 12 Custom shop 7 string guitars for Christian, most of which he received, that includes: Soloist: Natural finish - Mahogany (used in the "Bite The Hand That Bleeds" video); Black - (used in the "Cyberwaste" video); Red (now with a sticker next to the bridge); Silverburst with Floyd Rose bridge (used in the "Archetype" video); Silverburst with Floyd Rose bridge and blue led inlays (used in the "Gone Tomorrow" video);
King V: Black Black with a floyd Rose (used in the "Locust" video);
Kelly: Burst with a Floyd Rose;
The guitars that Christian did not get: Soloist Black with black hardware; Soloist Desert Camo - Christian got it with a broken headstock and it was later repaired sold on eBay; Soloist Silverburst with a TOM bridge; Red King V;
He also had 2 seven-string guitars made by ESP That belonged to Stephen Carpenter and one custom made by Hufschmid Guitars. He uses Randall amplifiers, including a V2 Guitar Amp Head and an XL Series RS125XL 260W, 2x12. Randall released an Olde Wolbers signature amp, the V2 Archetype. Before the Randall endorsement, he used a Marshall JMP-1 preamp with a Marshall power amp, which was also suggested and given to him by Carpenter. This was used for Archetype, but was later abandoned in 2005 when he received a Krank Amplification endorsee, using their Krankenstein amps. His main amp was a prototype head that belonged to Dimebag Darrel. The Kranks were used for Transgression, and later sold in 2009, a few year after receiving his Randall endorsement.
In his bassist days, Wolbers first used ESP Guitars like bandmate Dino Cazares, specifically Japanese ESP Horizon 5-string basses used from 1994-95. In 1996, both Wolbers and Cazares switched to an endorsement with Ibanez Guitars, which initially for Christian was the Ibanez Soundgear SR1305PM followed by sometime in 1997 - the Ibanez Ergodyne EDB 605. Both the Ibanez 1997 and 1998 catalogue printed his photo with the aforementioned Ibanez models individually. In 1998 he began using custom-made Fender 5-string Jazz Basses and primarily customized Fender Roscoe Beck 5-string basses with only 1 pickup, but later on with a dual setup. This Fender endorsement later led to them making him his Jackson custom shop 7 Strings.
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