Sound Like Herman Li & Dragonforce

Furiously play at lightning speed and get the unmistakable sound of Dragonforce with this collection of music gear! To get this sound, you will definately need an electric guitar with a tremolo or Floyd Rose bridge, which is perfect for playing "Through the Fire and Flames" & "Valley of the Damned", complete with all the whammy bar tricks you can think of.

DragonForce are a British power metal band from London, formed in 1999. They are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics and retro video game influenced sound. The band themselves refer to their music as "extreme power metal".

Electric Guitars

Herman Li currently uses his signature PRS Chleo, whilst backed up by the impressive Ibanez EGEN18, S470, and Steve Vai JEM7V. whilst Sam Totman uses his signature STM Ibanez guitars, Ibanez Steve Vai JEM, a range of Ibanez RG models and the B.C. Rich Ironbird electric guitar.

Bass

The current bassist of Dragonforce Alicia Vigil uses a really simple pedal setup which comprises of a Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi for thunderous distortion, and a powerful rig of bass amplifiers from the likes of Gallien-Krueger and Ampeg. The bass guitar of choice is the Gibson Grabber Bass due to its crispy low-end sound.

Amps

Herman Li uses Kemper profiling amplifiers for live and studio use. Li likes the practicality of using the Kemper because he can transfer his presets onto multiple Kemper profilers to make touring easier!

Pedals

Showing a true love for Boss Pedals, Herman Li uses the Boss ST-2 Power Stack Distortion Pedal, blending in the effects of other various Boss guitar effects pedals such as the Octave OC-3, Super Chorus CH-1 and Chorus Ensemble CE-5. Create the incredibly creative video game inspired sounds heard on many of Dragonforce's music with Digitech Whammy pedals.