John Lennon Yoko Ono Double Fantasy

 

John Lennon Yoko Ono Double Fantasy

Instruments

Guitars:

• Hugh McCracken:
• Fender Stratocaster
• Gibson ES-335
• Gibson Les Paul
• Earl Slick:
• Gibson Les Paul
• Gibson SG Junior (1965)
• John Lennon:
• Hamer custom electric
• Sardonyx custom electric
• Gibson Hummingbird acoustic
• Ovation Model 1651 acoustic - e.g. “Starting Over”

Guitar rig:

• Fender Twin

Pianos & keyboards:

• Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
• Steinway acoustic grand
• Yamaha CP-70/CP-80 electric grand (e.g. “Watching the Wheels”

Bass guitars:

• Music Man Stingray: Tony Levin’s main
• Steinberger L2 fretless prototype

Recording & studio equipment

Microphones:

• Drums:
• Neumann U47 tube (bass drum)
• Neumann U67 (overhead)
• Beyer (snare)
• Guitars:
• Sennheiser MD421
• Shure SM57
• Sony C30
• Vocals:
• Telefunken 251
• Neumann U47
• Neumann U67
• Neumann U87

Tape recorder: 

• Studer A80 24-track
• Studer A80 RC 2-track

Outboard (partial list):

• Eventide H910 Harmonizer
• EMT 140 stereo
• UREI 1176LN peak limiter: vocals
• Teletronix LA2A
• Pultec EQ: vocals

Consoles:

• Neve 8068 32-channel /w NECAM automation

Sources

Various photos including this one with the Ovation

Guitar World feature

Mix, October 1980 (PDF page 41 – Hit Factory)

Mix magazine feature