The Police Ghost In The Machine tour 1981-82 gear

Stewart Copeland:

  • Tama drums /w Paiste cymbals
  • Roland RE301 Space Echo

Sting:

  • Basses:
    • Fender Precision
    • Fender Fretless Precision
    • Hamer 8-string fretless
    • Steinberger L2 black ('82)
    • Van Zalinge Z-bass
  • Amplification:
    • 2 x Crown PSA-2 amp (low bass and midrange)
    • Crown DC300 mono amp (high midrange)
    • Crown D-75 mono amp (high)
    • 2 x T.D. Audio Horn case /w Gauss HF4000 drivers
  • Effects:
    • Ashly SC44 preamp
    • Ashly SC40 preamp (Z-bass?)
    • Klark Teknik DN22 equalizer
    • Klark Teknik DN4050 equalizer
    • 2 x dbx 160 compressor/limiters
    • Roland Space Echo RE301
  • Other:
    • 2 x Moog Taurus bass pedals
    • Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer

Andy Summers:

  • Guitars:
    • Customized ’53 Fender Telecaster /w Gibson pickups, preamp and phase switch
    • ’61 Fender Stratocaster
    • ’55 Fender Stratocaster
    • Gibson Les Paul
    • 58 Gibson ES-335
    • Hamer custom fretless
    • Hamer custom sunburst /w two ’58 Gibson PAF pickups
    • Hamer custom pro. Type 2
    • Hamer explorer
    • Roland G-303 guitar synth controller
  • Amplification:
    • 2 x Marshall 100-watt
    • Marshall 4x12 cabinets
  • Effects:
    • Pete Cornish custom pedalboard. Contains:
      • MXR Phase 90
      • MXR Analog Delay
      • MXR fuzz
      • MXR Dyna-Comp compressor
      • Mutron III
      • Electro-Harmonix Flanger
    • Echoplex
    • Roland Space Echo RE301
  • Other:
    • Roland GR300 guitar synthesizer
    • Moog Taurus I pedals
    • Moog Minimoog
    • Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 (Summer ’82 leg)

References

Modern Recording & Music May 1982

Musician December 1981

Guitar world July 1982

Music U.K. October 1981 (Andy Summers Pete Cornish board info)

Ghost In The Machine tour booklet equipment lists – note: that recorded the exact equipment each member had, but not what each member used specifically on tour

Newcastle concert footage 31 July 1982 (Prophet-5)

Photos in I’ll Be Watching You: Inside The Police 1980-1983 book by Andy Summers

Jeff Seitz

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