Ben Granfelt

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Ben Granfelt
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Background information
Birth nameBen Granfelt
Born (1963-06-16) 16 June 1963 (age 61)
Helsinki, Finland
GenresRock
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Formerly of Wishbone Ash

Ben Granfelt (born 16 June 1963) [1] is a guitarist from Helsinki, Finland and best known from his work in Leningrad Cowboys, Wishbone Ash, [2] Gringos Locos, Guitar Slingers and his solo band Ben Granfelt Band. [3]

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Granfelt's most active and recent band named Ben Granfelt Band was formed in 1993 and since then they have toured clubs and festivals in Finland, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Austria, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates where they appeared at the Abu Dhabi and Dubai Jazz Festivals. Ben's latest album True Colors was released in 2020.

Ben Granfelt Band began working on their 11th album in February 2010 but Granfelt's family issues forced him to put both the album and the band on hiatus in June 2010. Soon after making this decision, Granfelt was asked to join Finnish rock band Los Bastardos Finlandeses. It did not take long for Granfelt to join Los Bastardos Finlandeses full-time and contribute to songwriting for their next album. [4]

Granfelt has achieved nidan (二段:にだん) second degree black belt in karate and black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Equipment

Equipment as of 12/2009 [3]

Guitars

Main setup

The BIG RIG: Made by Danish Steen Skrydstrup

Granfelt uses two amps either as A/B preamps or both amps' power sections in stereo. Currently Granfelt uses two Naylor SD60's amps or two ENGL Slow Hands amps. Cabinets are either two ENGL E112's or an ENGL Horizontal E212H cabinet in stereo. All cabinets are equipped with Celestion V30s speakers.

Pedalboard includes Buddah Wah, Roland Vol-pedal, SC-1 with EXT+, TC Electronic Polytune + power supply and Skrydstrup custom buffer.


The small pedal board:

Naylor Duel 38 amp and ENGL Classic head with two ENGL cabinets, one E112 and one C210.

Discography

Los Bastardos Finlandeses

Ben Granfelt (Band)

Gringos Locos

Wishbone Ash

Guitar Slingers

Leningrad Cowboys

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Ben Granfelt Band official homepage". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Wishbone Ash interview".
  3. 1 2 "Ben Granfelt Band official homepage".
  4. ↑ "Ben Granfelt blog".
  5. ↑ "imdb".
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