Ben Granfelt
Finnish musician
Ben Granfelt (born 16 June 1963) is a Finnish guitarist from Helsinki, best known from his work in Leningrad Cowboys, Wishbone Ash, Gringos Locos, Guitar Slingers and his solo band Ben Granfelt Band.
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.
Granfelt left Los Bastardos in 2015 and has since then continued to release solo albums and is actively touring in Europe. He is also a member of the highly acclaimed Pink Floyd tribute band Drink Floyd. On the side of music he has also achieved nidan (二段:にだん) a second degree black belt in karate and is a 2 stripe black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Equipment
Equipment as of 12/2009
Guitars
Fender −63 Strat Daphne Blue over sunburst
Gibson – 59 Custom shop "Stripe" Les Paul
Realguitars HSS Strat
Fender – 73 Strat with a Floyd Rose tremolp system
Ben uses Bluguitar Amp1 mercury amps and Fatcab and Nanocab speakers.
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