Darryl Hall & John Oates Private Eyes recording gear (1981)

(last updated: )

Drum machines:

• Ace Tone Rhythm Ace (model unknown)
• Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm

Drums & percussion:

• Ludwig kit /w Zildjian cymbals: Mickey Curry's
• Pearl: Jerry Marotta's

Keyboards:

• Arp 2600
• Korg CX3 organ (No Can Do bass)
• Moog Minimoog
• Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
• Steinway acoustic grand piano - Electric Lady Studio's, used for sessions
• Wurlitzer MLM student keyboard - John Oates'

Guitars:

• 1958 Fender Stratocaster - John Oates
• Mandar tenor 4-string – Daryl Hall's
• Mandola – Daryl Hall's
• Mandocello – Daryl Hall's
• Navigator guitar? - John Oates

Amplifiers:

• Mesa/Boogie 1x12 combo (No Can Do drums)
• Ampeg Portaflex (No Can Do bass)
• Music Man

Recording & studio equipment

Microphones:

• AKG: 
• C414 EB: John Oates lead vocals, background vocals, possibly overheads & drum ambience
• C451: possibly hi-hats
• D-12: bass drum
• Neumann: 
• KM84: possibly snare & hi-hats
• U67: Daryl Hall lead vocals, possibly tom-toms, overheads & drum ambience
• U87: possibly tom-toms, overheads & drum ambience 
• Shure SM57(?): snare, guitars, amped keyboards
• Sennheiser MD-421: possibly tom-toms

Outboard gear (partial list):

• Eventide H910 Harmonizer
• Eventide H949 Harmonizer
• Lexicon 224 digital reverb
• Publison DHM89 B2 stereo DDL/harmonizer
• Roland SDD-320 Dimension D chorus

Mixing consoles:

• Neve 8078: Electric Lady Studio A - most of recording & all mixing
• Neve 8068: Electric Lady Studio B

Sources

Mixonline

Gearspace forums: engineer Neil Kernon's comments on Hall & Oates discussion pages ( 1 & 2)

Gearspace page on the Publison

Modern Recording & Music, November 1981

Modern Drummer, April 1982 (Mickey Curry feature)