Bård Torstensen (born 13 September 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist and record producer,[1] best known as a founder and longtime member of the rap metal band Clawfinger.

[6] Torstensen is a known activist in his home town Arendal, and is engaged in preserving his community Barbu by working to stop new building plans.

For amplification, the band claims to have never relied on traditional amplifiers; solely on pre-amps, speaker cabinet emulation, multi-effect processors, and amp modeling.

This change is apparent in the band's next album Hate Yourself With Style, due to the guitars sounding less "processed" and more "metallic".

In the studio, the POD would be run into a PA system power amp which fed into a Line6 4x12, which would be picked up via microphone.