Equipment
Vuorinen used brown, white, and purple Washburn guitars up through the recording of Once, relying for years on Washburn CS-780s, but he has recently endorsed ESP guitars. He currently uses purple and sometimes white versions of a custom-made ESP Horizon model, officially named the EV-1 after Emppu's initials. The EV-1 has Seymour Duncan pickups (a TB-5 in the bridge, an SHR-1n in the middle, and an SH-2n in the neck) and a Floyd Rose tremolo. His current main amplifiers are Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers with Marshall JCM 800 4x12 speaker cabinets. In Imaginaerum Tour he uses EV-3 with Imaginaerum print. The EV-3 guitar lacks the SHR-1n middle pickup.
Vuorinen used an ESP Eclipse in Vintage Black for the Dark Passion Play music videos. After seeing that the distinctive purple guitar had suddenly gone, fans voiced their concerns; Vuorinen answered this question via Nightmail:
| “ | Is it true that you changed your guitar for a Les Paul to fit more with Anette’s heavy voice? | ” |
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—David |
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| “ | The thing is that when we went to LA, I forgot my guitar at home so I had to run to the nearest local guitar store to buy an ESP Eclipse. So the answer is: No! | ” |
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—Vuorinen |
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