80s album gearlists and more

 (Date updated: 1/5/24) Def Leppard Pyromania recording gear Musicians’ gear Drums, samplers and percussion: Fairlight CMI Series II : used for sequencing drum parts via Page R Simmons SDS-V  electronic drum system: used for tom-tom sounds & snare enhancement   Zildjian  cymbals (assumed) Guitars: Fender Stratocaster : Steve Clark’s Fender Telecaster : Steve Clark’s Gibson Les Paul Custom : Steve Clark’s Gibson Les Paul Custom (1976) : Phil Collen’s, solo on “Rock ‘Til You Drop” Gibson Les Paul Deluxe : Steve Clark’s Gibson Les Paul Standard : Steve Clark’s Gibson SG Hamer  custom FB: Steve Clark’s Hamer Standard : Pete Willis’, likely used for rhythm guitars on all songs Ibanez Destroyer  (1980): Phil Collen’s, used for solos on “Foolin’”, “Rock Of Ages”, “Photograph” etc. Ovation Balladeer acoustic : Steve Clark’s, “Foolin’” Unknown 12-string electric – “Die Hard The Hunter” Guitar rig: Unknown volume pedal Marshall  100-watt amplifier stack setup Peavey  amplifier: bass guitar

(Last updated: dd/mm/yy) Musical gear Drums and percussion: TAMA Imperialstar kit  – main studio set Linn Electronics LinnDrum  (LM-2) – used for click tracks and triggering synthesizers, appears on “Tiger Tiger” Keyboards, synthesizers & samplers: Crumar Performer Fairlight CMI Series II Korg Poly 61 Roland GR-300  guitar synth: Andy Taylor’s Roland Jupiter-8   Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Bass guitars: Aria Pro II SB-1000 Guitars: Yamaha SG-2000 Amplifiers: Marshall JCM-800(?) Recording & studio equipment Microphones: ·        Drums: o    Kick:              §  AKG D12 o    Snare: § Shure SM57 o    Hi-hat: §   AKG C451 o    Tom-toms: §  Sennheiser MD421 o    Overheads: §  Neumann U87 o    Ambience: §  Neumann U47 ·        Guitars: o    AKG C414 EB o    Shure SM57 o    STC 4038 (?) ribbon ·        Vocals: o    Shure SM57  and/or  SM58 : guide vocals o    Neumann U47 : vocals on Montserrat o    Neumann U87  or  U67 : possibly used for vocals in Australia Tape machines: MCI JH-2