Thomas Erak

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Thomas in concert.

Thomas Erak (born March 7, 1985) is the guitar player and lead singer from Mukilteo, Washington based prog-rock/post-hardcore band The Fall of Troy. His father played as a session musician with the Eagles and was in the band Push. Thomas is currently endorsed by Gibson USA. Erak used to provide vocals for the now defunct Seattle hardcore band, The Hills Have Eyes.

1 Current Equipment
2 Past Equipment
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Current Equipment

This is equipment that is currently being used on tour.

Guitars:
- Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Cut Plus, Rootbeer Finish (second of this model Erak has used)
- LTD Viper-400 Vintage Sunburst (Thomas has stated that he dislikes using this guitar) [1] @ 5:00
- Gibson SG GT in Muscle Green

Amplifiers:
- Orange AD-140 Twin Channel Head
- Two Orange 4x12 cabinets
- Marshall JCM900 SL-X 2100 Master Volume head

Effects pedals
- BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay
- BOSS DD-6 Digital Delay
- BOSS PH-2 Super Phaser
- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler
- Morley Little Alligator Volume Pedal
- Ibanez TS-9DX Tube Screamer Turbo
- Line 6 FM-4 Filter Modeler
- Orange Channel Switch
- BOSS TU-2 Tuner
- Maxon AD-999 Analog delay pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi USA

Others
- SKB PS-45 Integrated Pedalboard x2

[edit] Past Equipment

Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Cut Plus, Root Beer Finish (Neck broken at the Basement in Columbus, OH)
- Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Pro, Tri Burst Finish (No longer used, unknown reason)
- Gibson SG Supreme, Transparent Black (broken and no longer used)
- LTD EC-300, See-Thru Red (discontinued and last heard to be lost during a European tour)
- LTD Viper 400, White (Borrowed during a show with the The Red Light Sting)
- Fender Telecaster, White (Borrowed from support band Secondsmile at Camden Barfly, London, when the strap button fell out of Tom's Doublecut during the performance of "You Got A Death Wish, Johnny Truant?")
- Rickenbacker 330, Maple-Glo Finish (Not used live anymore due to its being a gift and danger of being broken)
- Epiphone Flying V, Black(Neck was broken at the end of a show)
- Epiphone G-400, Cherry Red (Used in The Thirty Years War and no longer used, unknown reason)

Effects Pedals
- Digitech Whammy Pedal
- BOSS DS-2 Turbo Distortion Pedal
- Visual Sound Jekyll And Hyde Distortion Pedal
- Morley Little Alligator Volume Pedal