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The gear inventory

Every guitar, amp, pedal, and plug-in that shows up on the record — the stuff we reach for, and the stuff we can't stop reaching for.

Eric's rig

Songwriter · Guitar

Guitars

  • 1998Fender Telecaster Collectors Edition — tobacco burst
  • 2008Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Pro Relic — antique white
  • 2008Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Pro Relic — sonic blue
  • 2004Parker Fly Deluxe — black
  • 1988Steinberger GL 2T — black
  • 1998Martin D-15 mahogany dreadnought
  • 1999Martin Backpacker

Amps

  • 1965Fender Princeton Blackface, non-reverb
  • 1998Trace Elliot Velocette
  • 2012Marshall JCM 800 50th Anniversary 1-watt combo
  • 2012Marshall JCM 2000 50th Anniversary 1-watt head
  • VOX V110 speaker cabinet

Pedals

  • TC Electronic PolyTune tuner
  • Rothwell Love Squeeze compressor
  • UAFX LA-2A Studio Compressor
  • Dirty Boy Afro Fuzz
  • Xotic Effects RC Booster
  • Hermida ZenDrive
  • Nobels ODR-1
  • Ibanez TS9
  • ProCo RAT
  • Barber Electronics Direct Drive
  • MXR Rockman X100
  • J. Rockett Audio Designs Melody EQ Drive
  • TC Electronic Sub 'N Up Mini
  • Walrus Audio Julia Chorus
  • TC Electronic 3rd Dimension Chorus
  • Boss RE-2 Space Echo & delay
  • Catalinbread Belle Epoch tape echo
  • Hermida Reverb

Bass

  • Music Man StingRay

Keyboards

  • Roland Juno-G synth
  • Akai MPK261

Recording

  • 27" iMac
  • Logic Pro X
  • MOTU 16A 16-channel Thunderbolt interface
  • Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB interface (x2)
  • Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 (x2)
  • UAFX Enigmatic '82
  • UAFX Lion '68
  • JHS Notadumble V2
  • Shure SM57
  • Shure SM58
  • Friedman Amplification Mic No Mo

Michael's rig

Songwriter · Guitar · Keys

Instruments

  • 2001Fender Stratocaster — sunburst
  • 2024American Ultra Stratocaster — cobra blue
  • 1999Taylor 510-CE cutaway acoustic
  • 2002Fender Precision Bass — sky blue
  • 1993Kawai institutional piano

Amps

Fractal Axe-Fx III and Native Instruments Guitar Rig — recorded direct.

Pedals

  • Tech 21 Fly Rig 5
  • TC Electronic Stereo Chorus
  • Strymon Cloudburst reverb
  • Boss OC-5 Octave
  • Eddie Rifkind “Karen” speaker manager

Plug-ins

  • Native Instruments The Grandeur
  • Native Instruments Electric Keys Diamond & Phoenix
  • Native Instruments Guitar Rig
  • Scarbee A200
  • Scarbee MM-Bass & Pre-Bass

The studio

Pinewood

Recording

  • PreSonus Studio One on Apple workstations

Microphones

  • Neumann
  • Shure
  • Sennheiser

Monitoring

  • Mackie
  • JBL

Plug-ins

  • Native Instruments
  • iZotope
  • Toontrack

Curious about something?

If you want to know what's on a particular track — which Tele, which drive pedal, which piano — ask us. We're always happy to talk shop. Drop us a line or find us on Instagram.