Ad Sluijter

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Ad Sluijter
Background information
Born	(1981-11-29) 29 November 1981 (age 39)
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Heavy metal, symphonic metal
Instruments	guitar
Associated acts	Epica, Delain

Ad Sluijter (born 29 November 1981)^{[citation needed]} is a Dutch guitarist who is mostly known for his work with the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. He also contributed to other bands like Delain.

Work with Epica[]

Ad is the previous lead guitarist of Metal band Epica. He played on the first three studio albums, the live album The Classical Conspiracy and the studio DVD We Will Take You With Us.

Gear[]

Ad can be seen on DVD We Will Take You With Us playing an Ebony Gibson Les Paul Custom. He is also to have said to have used an Epiphone for the solo work on the album The Divine Conspiracy and a Mesa Boggie Mark IV. This information, however, is no longer available after Epica made a new website to make way for their 2014 album The Quantum Enigma.

Tuning[]

Ad uses a six-string guitar with different tuning variations. On The Phantom Agony, he used standard E tuning, except for the two songs from the Sahara Dust demo, Cry for the Moon and Illusive Consensus, where he detuned to Drop D tuning. On Consign to Oblivion, the guitars were tuned down much lower to C# and C.^{[citation needed]} On The Divine Conspiracy, Ad uses B tuning as seen below:

B E A D G B

B tuning has been used in all subsequent Epica albums since Ad's 2008 departure.

Departure[]

It was announced on Epica's website that Ad and Epica would part ways on 16 December 2008 although still played for the live album The Classical Conspiracy in 2009. He was replaced with guitarist Isaac Delahaye.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

• The Phantom Agony (2003)
• Consign to Oblivion (2005)
• The Divine Conspiracy (2007)

Live albums[]

• The Classical Conspiracy (2009)

DVD[]

• We Will Take You With Us (2004)

External links[]

• the site of his current band,
• Blabbermouth: EPICA Guitarist AD SLUIJTER Quits
• Epica and Ad part ways

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