Phil Collins ...But Seriously

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Musical equipment

Phil Collins:

• Drum machines:
• E-mu SP1200
• Roland TR808
• Gretsch USA maple custom concert tom kit (assumed):
• 20” bass drum
• 14” x 8” Noble & Cooley piccolo snare
• 16” floor tom
• 8” mounted tom
• 10” mounted tom
• 12” mounted tom
• 15” mounted tom
• 18” mounted tom
• Cymbals (Sabian)
• 14” AA hi-hat
• 16” AA medium crash, brilliant
• 18” AA medium crash, brilliant
• 20” AA thin crash, brilliant
• 20” AA Chinese, brilliant /w rivets
• 22” AA Chinese, brilliant /w rivets
• 22” AA dry ride
• Synthesizers:
• E-mu Emulator III
• Korg Wavestation

Leland Sklar:

• Fender Precision
• Yamaha basses

Recording & studio equipment

Microphones:

• Drums:
• AKG 451 (hi-hat)
• Coles 4038 ribbon mics (overheads)
• Sennheiser MD421s or Shure SM-57s (toms)
• Shure SM-57 (snare)
• Neumann U47 (bass drum)
• Neumann U87s (room mics)
• Vocals:
• Beyerdynamic M88

Tape machines & digital:

• Studer A800 /w Dolby A
• Sony PCM-3324 digital 24-track
• Sony PCM-3348 digital 48-track
• Sony PCM-1630

Consoles:

• SSL 4000E (The Farm)

Miscellaneous:

• Roland SBX80 sync box

References

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Recording-Engineer/90s/REP-1990-06.pdf

https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/making-music-issue-45-december-1989-phil-collin/

Korg Wavestation info: http://www.futurestyle.org/archives/c/collinsphilinterview.htm

https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/rhythm-phil-collins-from-genesis-genius-to-soul-survivor/

https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/rhythm-magazine-phil-collins/

https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/guitarist-april-1990-leland-sklar/

SSL info: http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/at-home-in-the-studio/1848