Player No. 001hard-rock
Joakim Nilsson
Singer and guitarist of Swedish retro hard-rock band Graveyard, whose vintage '70s tone is built on cranked British amps run all-analog to tape, P-90 and humbucker Gibsons, and a deliberately minimal pedalboard — 'mostly we just play with the amps.'
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