Ville Friman
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Ville Friman is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 musician. He is one of the founders, main composer, and guitarist of the melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

 band Insomnium
Insomnium
Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland. Their new album "One for Sorrow" was released October 2011. On September 9th, 2011 Insomnium released the music video Through The Shadows from their 2011 album One For Sorrow....

. Although Insomnium is his main band, he also plays guitar for the dark/thrash/black-metal band, Arrival
Arrival
The Arrival may refer to:* The Arrival , a 1996 science fiction film starring Charlie Sheen* "The Arrival" , an episode of The Twilight Zone* "Arrival" , first episode of The Prisoner...

, and bass guitar for melodeath act Enter My Silence.

Equipment

  • Amfisound
    Amfisound
    Amfisound is a Finnish-based manufacturer of guitars, founded in 2002. Players of Amfisound guitars include Chris Holmes , Vincent Cavanagh , Ricardo Amorim , J. Ahola , Mitja Harvilahti , and Tuomas Saukkonen ....

     custom Les Paul (Signature Model for him)
  • Tokai Les Paul
    Les Paul
    Lester William Polsfuss —known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations...

     Custom with DiMarzio
    DiMarzio
    DiMarzio, Inc. is an United States manufacturer best known for its revolutionary direct-replacement guitar pickups. The company also produces miscellaneous guitar accessories, such as cables, straps and hardware.DiMarzio became known for its Super Distortion model, which was the first after...

     Evolution humbuckers (bridge and neck)
  • Charvel
    Charvel
    Charvel is a brand of guitar originally founded in the 1970s by Wayne Charvel in Azusa, California and then later, Glendora, California. Charvel guitars became popular in the 1980s due to their association with famous rock guitarists such as Edward Van Halen , Richie Sambora , Warren DeMartini ,...

     custom paint (neck thru body) model???
  • Fender Jazz Bass
    Fender Jazz Bass
    The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...

     deluxe (mex)
  • Ibanez
    Ibanez
    is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...

     pf60c electro acoustic guitar
  • Cuenca Mod10 classical guitar
  • Koch Multitone head, Marshall JCM900 cabinet
  • BOSS
    Boss Corporation
    Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...

     GT-6
  • Line 6 POD & Jazz III pics

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