Omar Monreal
Omar Monreal (born March 26, 1985, El Paso, Texas) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist And Co-founder of the alternative rock band Aerial.
Personal life
Monreal is a self admitted hardcore gamer, stating in an interview that he has a backup Xbox in case the other one "goes down". He is a big fan of the Hitman videogame series, and once wrote a song entitled "Blow Me Away". Monreal also enjoys collecting life size superhero and action figures.
He is of Christian faith.
Equipment
Monreal is currently endorsed by ESP Guitars and Marshall Amplifiers. Monreal currently uses Ernie Ball .011-.059 gauge strings. He also uses Dunlop 1 mm Tortex picks which are black with a custom logo.
On tour, Monreal takes AbOUT 5 guitars. He uses 2 main guitars, and the rest are back-ups for all the different tunings. Monreal has a range of different guitar tunings, including E, drop D, drop C, and drop B.
Some of the equipment Omar Monreal has used throughout his career includes:
- Guitars
- ESP Stef B-8 Signature
- LTD SC-607
- LTD SC-200
- Various ESP & LTD Models
- Amplifiers & effects
- Marshall JMP-1 Midi Pre-Amp
- Marshall 9200 Dual MonoBlock Power-Amp
- Marshall 1960B 4x12 Cabinets (x2)
- Boss RV-3 Digital Delay
- Boss OC-2 Octave
- Boss PN-2 Tremolo
- Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz