Jon Donias (Shadows Fall) guitar rig

Jon Donias forms the other half of the Shadows Fall potent guitar attack. In comparison to his bandmate, Matt Bachand, Donias has kept his guitar rig relatively simple.

As of 2007, Donias picked up an ESP endorsement. He now play his custom Jon Donias ESP model, which features a EMG85/81 pickup combination. Previously he held a Washburn endorsement, and used a Washburn Face Eraser, which was his signature model.

Donias currently endorses Krank amplifiers, and plays through a Krank Revolution Series 1 heads and Krank Chadwick heads, into Krank Revolution 4x12" cabinets.

In terms of his current effects line up, Donias uses a Maxon OD808 Overdrive and Dunlop Crybaby Wah.

Donias' early rig was featured in the Guitar World Vulgar Display of Power column, and is pictured below.

At the time he was using two Washburn NX6's with EMG85/EMG81pickups. One tuned down a whole step and the other tuned to Drop-D then down a whole step.

For amplification, he was using a Marshall JCM800 All-Tube 2203 head into a Marshall 1960B straight front 300 watt 4x12 cabinet loaded with 75-watt Celestion speakers. A second JCM800 is kept on head as a back up.

Effects wise he was using a Korg AX30G Guitar Effects Processor and Dunlop Crybaby Wah. Interestingly at the time he was plugging into the low input of the JCM800 and relying on the Korg unit for his distortion.