Instrument list

Here are some of the instruments available for you to use at the studio.

Pianos

August Förster upright — sounds beautiful (1927)

Rönisch upright — currently set up as a tack / prepared piano (1967)

Keyboards

Dave Smith / Sequential Circuits Prophet Rev2 — the analogue synth that can do anything (2018)

Mellotron M4000D Mini — a classic! (2018)

Rhodes Mark I — electric piano, with built-in Stewart pre-amp (1979)

Logan String Melody I — string synthesizer (1974)

Crumar Performer-2 — string synthesizer, with brass section, Moog-style filter and gigantic low-end (1981)

Yamaha CS-10 — monophonic synthesizer, with external audio input (1979)

Philicorda GM754 (early 1970s)

Vestre harmonium (1956)

Hammond M3 organ — the former Uriah Heep ‘White Whale’ touring Hammond (1960)

Kawai E-60 A organ — with drum machine, and lovely spring reverb (1974)

Viggen Artist 500 organ — with in-built Leslie rotating speaker (1979)

Drums

Rogers Powertone drum kit — 13", 14", 15", 16", 18", 24" (1970)

Tama Swingstar drum kit — currently set up as a concert tom kit (1980s)

Ludwig Acrolite snare drum — 14.5 x 5" — tuned low (1976)

Tama swingstar snare — 14.5 x 6.5" — tuned medium (1980s)

Zildjian A Series 20" — heavy, with an aggressive wash (1976)

Zildjian Avedis 22" and 18" — thin and lush

Zildjian K Custom Dark Ride 22" — medium weight, incredible tone

Istanbul Agop Traditional Dark Crash 18" — full of holes, but sounds great

Paiste 404 hi-hats 15”

Darbuka

Doumbek

Various percussion instruments — bells, shakers, tambourines, cowbell, vibraslap

Amplifiers

Vox AC-15, 1x12 combo (early 2000s)

Vox AC-4, combo

Rivera M100, head (early 1990s)

Yamaha G50 Mark III, 1x12 combo — Genesis used amps like this in the late-seventies. It sounds huge, and takes pedals really well (early 1980s)

'The Tandberg' Type 2 tape recorder, with valve amplifier (aka ‘the duck’) (1954) — AMAZING for guitar overdubs, though it may explode at any moment

Fender Sidekick, combo (early 1980s)

Leslie 760, with Combo Pre-Amp II — rotating speaker cabinet (1972)

Sound City 120, bass head

Eden Nemesis, bass combo

4x12 Jensen cabinet

8x10" Ampeg cabinet

Other

MSA pedal steel guitar (1974)

A selection of guitar pedals, including MXR Phase 100; Electro Harmonix Big Muff, Holy Grail and Memory Toy; EHX and Voodoo Labs Univibes; Fulltone Full Drive 2 Mosfet; Boss DS-1; Line 6 DL-4; Boss FZ-2 (a classic!); Vox wah; E-bow; and more

Space Echo RE-150, tape delay — no plug-ins can match this thing (1981)

Ibanez AD-202, classic delay / modulation unit (1982)

Sony R7 Reverb and D7 Delay — they both make beautiful sounds (1991)

Alesis Quadraverb — for all your lo-fi / dreamscape / shoegaze needs (1989)

Yamaha SPX90II — patch 15, Symphonic, is all you need (1991)

Dolby 361, with ‘Vocal Stressor’ mod — adds a gorgeous sparkle to acoustic guitars and snare drums (1972)

Various other rack units, for sonic shaping

Glockenspiel

Saz

Oud

Sitar

Mandolin

Various flutes

A didgeridoo (which i'll probably insist we try using at least once during the sessions)