1987-1988 Nothing Like The Sun Tour musical gear

Gear for the 1987-1988 Nothing Like The Sun Tour
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Artist:	Sting
Time gear used:	1987 - 1988

Introduction

This is the equipment Sting and his band used for live performances during the 1987-1988 Nothing Like The Sun Tour.

These items were listed in 1989-01 Sonics

Gear breakdown

Wind

• 2 x Yamaha WX7 MIDI Wind Driver
• 1 x Korg DVP-1 Vocoder
• 2 x Selmer Tenor Saxophone
• 1 x H. Couf Alto Saxophone
• 2 x Selmer Soprano Saxophone

Percussion

• 1 x Pearl 16 x 24" Bass Drum
• 1 x Sonor 14 x 8 1/2" Snare Drum
• 2 x Ludwig 14 x 7" Snare Drums
• 1 x Ludwig 14 x 6 1/2" Snare Drum
• 1 x Pearl 12 x 12" Rack Tom
• 1 x Pearl 13 x 13" Rack Tom
• 1 x Pearl 16 x 16" Floor Tom
• 1 x Pearl 16 x 18" Floor Tom
• 1 x Set Gon Bop Timbales
• 1 x Sonor Congas
• 1 x Meinl Conga
• 1 x Skin on Skin Conga
• 1 x Udu Clay Drum
• 2 x Set Engel Heart Satellite Drums
• 1 x Roland Pad-8 Octobans
• 2 x Pearl PQ-4 Quad Pads
• 1 x Simmons Briefcase Drum Pads
• 1 x Pearl SC-40 Percussion Synth.
• 1 x Pearl PE-8 Expander
• 1 x Simmons SDS-5 Drum Brain
• 2 x Zildjian 22" Ping Ride Cymbals
• 1 x Zildjian 20" Medium Thin Crash
• 3 x Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
• 2 x Zildjian 19" China Boys
• 1 x Zildjian 17" Thin Crash
• 1 x Zildjian 14" Medium Thin Crash
• 2 x Zildjian 15" Hi-Hat pairs
• 1 x Zildjian 22" Custom Ride
• 1 x Zildjian 12" Piggyback
• 2 x Paiste 20" China
• 2 x Paiste 10" Rude
• 1 x Paiste 8" Sound Disk
• 1 x Paiste 4" Sound Disk
• 1 x Paiste 8" Mini Cup
• 1 x Paiste 24" China Gong
• 2 x OM Percussions Windchimes
• 2 x OM Percussions Chime Ladder
• 1 x L.P. Go Go Bells
• 1 x OM Percussions Gong
• 1 x Engel Heart Single Crusher
• 1 x Engel Heart Triple Crusher

Guitars

• 1 x Moon Bass Guitar
• 1 x Shadowsky Bass
• 1 x Fender Jazz Bass
• 5 x Gibson Chet Atkins
• 1 x Fender Telecaster
• 3 x Zion Custom Guitars
• 1 x Rockman X-100 Headphone Amp

Monitor System

• 1 x Harrison S4-5 Monitor Console
• 4 x CBA LP-115 Monitors
• 36 x CBA 12-AM Monitors
• 2 x CBA S-4F Cabinets
• 2 x CBA ML-18 Bass Cabinets

Amp Racks contain:

• 20 x Carver 2.0 Stereo Amps
• 4 x Carver Mono Amps

FX Racks contain:

• 7 x Court GE-60 Equalizers
• 4 x ElectroVoice 3-Way Crossovers
• 1 x DBX 900 Rack + Mainframe (incl. 4 x 903s & 5 x 905s)
• 1 x Lexicon PCM-70
• 1 x Klark Teknik DN-780 Reverb

Miscellaneous Stage Equipment

• 2 x Nady VHF 800 Transmitters
• 2 x Samson Concert TD-Series Receiver
• 1 x Nady VHF 700 Receiver
• 2 x Ada MIDI Processors
• 2 x JL Cooper MIDI Router
• 1 x Mac MIDI Router
• 1 x Marc MX1 Audio Converter
• 1 x Roland VP-70 Voice Processor
• 1 x Roland GP-8 Guitar Processor
• 3 x Yamaha DMP-7 Mixers
• 1 x Yamaha MV802 Audio Mixer
• 1 x Ada Pre Amp
• 1 x Ashley MD.BP 41 Pre Amp
• 2 x Ashley GQ-Series Graphi Equalizers
• 1 x Crown PSA-2 Amp
• 1 x Crown MT-1200 LX
• 3 x Meyer 400 Series Amps
• 4 x Mesa Boogie Power Amp
• 1 x Mesa Boogie 1 x 12" Combo Amp
• 4 x Meyer 500 Series Speaker Enclosure
• 2 x Mesa Boogie 4 x 12" Speaker Enclosure
• 1 x TD Audio 6 x 12" Speaker Enclosure
• 1 x Meyer HF Driver
• 1 x Meyer LF 15" Speaker
• 1 x EVM-12L 12" Speaker
• 1 x Sidewinder 12" Speaker

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References and footnotes

sources: 1989-01 Sonics