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* H van Zalinge Electric Stand-Up Bass with case | * H van Zalinge Electric Stand-Up Bass with case | ||
* [[Sting]] also used an 8-string fretless and two different 4-string Ibanez basses. It seems he got the light brown 4-string and the dark brown 8-string in February [[1980]] and the white 4-string in February [[1981]] while being in Japan. | * [[Sting]] also used an 8-string fretless and two different 4-string Ibanez basses. It seems he got the light brown 4-string and the dark brown 8-string in February [[1980]] and the white 4-string in February [[1981]] while being in Japan. |
Revision as of 02:40, 19 April 2018
Sting's gear for the Zenyatta Mondatta tour | |
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Artist: | Sting |
Band or ensemble: | The Police |
Time gear used: | 1980 - 1981 |
Contents
Introduction
This is the equipment Sting used at the 2nd Rockpalast concert in Essen, Germany on 1980-10-18.
Gear breakdown
Basses:
- During the Rockpalast concert, Sting is playing a fretless red Fender Precision bass - which was a re-coloured version of the bass he bought at Manny's in October 1978 - it became his main bass for most of the 1980-1981 Zenyatta Mondatta Tour.
- H van Zalinge Electric Stand-Up Bass with case
- Sting also used an 8-string fretless and two different 4-string Ibanez basses. It seems he got the light brown 4-string and the dark brown 8-string in February 1980 and the white 4-string in February 1981 while being in Japan.
- He also used Hamer bass guitars - which he received on 1980-11-22.
Amplifiers and Cabinets:
- Bass Horn with two 15" Electro Voice speakers
- Bass cabinet with two 15" Electro Voice bass speakers + two EV tweeters
- Bass cabinet with 6 12" Electro Voice speaker
- Gauss radial horn
- Crown Power Amplifier Model DC300
- two Crown "self analyzing" amplifiers
Effects Pedals:
- MXR Delay
- MXR phaser Phase 90
- Roland Echo
- Gauss frequency switch
Other effects and instruments:
- Mini-moog
- two Moog Taurus pedals
Quotations and trivia
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See also
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External links
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References and footnotes
The information is taken Fachblatt Music Magazin - December 1980.