Queen The Miracle (1989) equipment
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Queen The Miracle (1989) equipment
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Musicians’ gear
Guitars:
- BHM custom ‘Red Special’: Brian’s main
- Fender Telecaster natural: Roger Taylor’s
- Gibson Chet Atkins: “I Want It All”
Guitar rig:
- Vox AC-30 amplifiers: Brian May’s
Basses:
- Fender Precision (possibly Elite?)
- Giffin custom bass
Drums & percussion:
- Ludwig bespoke drum kit /w Zildjian cymbals
- LP congas: “Rain Must Fall”
Grand pianos:
- Bosendorfer: Townhouse
- Steinway B 6’ 10”: Mountain
- Steinway (model unknown): Olympic studios and Townhouse
Keyboards & digital:
- E-mu Emulator II
- Linn 9000: for drum programming and sequencing
- Roland D-50
- Roland Jupiter-8(?): analogue synthesizer on “I Want It All” etc.
- Yamaha DX7
Documented studio equipment
Microphones:
- Shure SM58 – used for guitars
- Neumann U87 (or U67) – pair for drum overheads (Olympic Studio sessions at least)
- Electrovoice RE20 – bass drum mic at Mountain
Mixing consoles:
- SSL E-series: Townhouse Studios & Olympic Studios
- Neve 8048: Mountain Studios
Outboard gear:
- Digital delays/multi-effects units/sampling units:
- AMS DMX 15-80S: available at Mountain Studios, used for guitars and occasional snare sampling
- MDB Window Recorder
- Eventide H910 Harmonizer – Mountain Studios
- Publison DHM-89 B2 – David Richards’ favourite, three were available at Mountain Studios
- Compressors/limiters/expanders:
- Dbx 162 stereo – Mountain Studios
- Dbx 165 (x2) – Mountain Studios
- Fairchild valve: used for Townhouse and/or Olympic Studio sessions with SSL desk
- Neve 2254/E (x6) – Mountain Studios
- UREI 1176LN (x4) – Mountain Studio
- Noise gates (all at Mountain Studios):
- Drawmer DS-201
- Valley People Kepex II (x4)
- Reverberation:
- EMT 250 digital: Mountain Studios
- EMT 240 plate (x4): Mountain Studios
- Lexicon 224XL: Townhouse
- Other (Mountain studios):
- DBX 360X dynamic sibilance controllers
- Mu-Tron Biphase dual phase shifter – Mountain Studios
- Klark Teknik 275 graphic EQ
- Eventide FL201 Instant Flanger (x2) – Mountain Studios
- EMT 260 De-Esser
- Roland Vocoder SVC-350 – Mountain Studios
Ancillary equipment:
- Sony PCM-3324 24-track digital tape machines
- Friendchip SRC
Sources
Billboard,
18 January 1992 (Mountain Studios report, page 63)
Sound On
Sound, August 1989 (David Richards
interview)
Various photos
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