Bård Torstensen Musical artist

Bård Torstensen (born September 13, 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist and record producer from Arendal, best known as a founder and long time member of the rap metal band, Clawfinger.Torstensen also plays guitar in the ice skate-country band Melkesyra and the jazz/metal band Okavango, both of which are from his home town. Before founding Clawfinger in 1990 with Zak Tell (lead vocals), Jocke Skog (keyboards) and Erlend Ottem (guitar), he and Ottem played in a local band named Theo. This band made only one single and one LP, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1988).Torstensen is a known activist in his home town, and is engaged in preserving his community Barbu by working to stop new building plans.During his time in Clawfinger, he can mostly be seen playing various Gibson Les Pauls, most mostly relied on Gibson Les Paul Studios. He could also be seen playing Les Paul Customs and Standards, as well as a Epiphone Les Paul Standard Baritone which was used for songs that required Drop A tuning. He could also be seen using guitars from other brands, such as a Schecter Celloblaster C5-X Baritone and an Ibanez Xiphos 7-string, both of which were also use in drop A tuning. For amplification, Torstensen mostly relied on multi-effect processors and modelers, such as the Boss ME series, Line6 PodXT series, and most recently, the Fractal Axe-FX.