Peter Iwers

Peter Iwers (born on 15 May 1975^[1] in Stockholm, Sweden) is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. He has played in In Flames along with Daniel Svensson since their 1999 album Colony, replacing Johan Larsson.

His bass playing style has been influenced by Toto bassist Mike Porcaro, as well as Geddy Lee from Rush and John Myung of Dream Theater fame.^[2]

He has two daughters and is expecting another child. He also has an ex-wife. His brother Anders is a bass player too, for Tiamat.

Before he joined In Flames, Iwers played in a band called Chameleon.

Guest bassist

• Save Your Prayers & Nailed to the Ground from Psalms of Extinction by Pain (2007)
• Self Versus Self from Immersion by Pendulum (2010)

Equipment

Peter uses equipment from ESP, Ibanez, Washburn, Peavey, Spector, and Ampeg. He uses ordinary 5-6 string bass guitars and now has an Ibanez signature bass, the PIB1. This bass was based around the Ibanez 5 Prestige he was using and was tuned to (low to high) B♭,C,F,B♭,E♭

In Flames Peter Iwers bass rig rundown ^[3]

Shure UR4D+ dual wireless receiver

KORG DTR 2000 rack tuner

Furman PL Pro DE II

MXR/CAE MC-403 Power System

drawer-1 containing;

    Lehle 3at1 ABC SGoS switch
    unknown DI
    MXR Phase 90

drawer-2 containing;

    Ashdown LoMenzo Hyperdrive Distortion
    MXR Smart Gate
    MXR Bass DI+

drawer-3 unknown contents

EBS Fafner II amp

EBS Fafner II amp (backup)

drawer-3 unknown contents

References

External links

• In Flames official website
• In Flames on Myspace
• In Flames fan Sste and international forum
• In Flames official fan site