Gear used on The 1996 DEP Sessions album
On the original 1996 sessions at the Cabin Studios in Coventry and Dep Studios
in Birmingham, Tony used Gibson SG and Les Paul guitars, the Jaydee Custom SG, a
Fender Telecaster in the ‘overstrung’ or ‘Nashville tuning’ mode, a Steinberger
Transtrem guitar, a Gibson J50 acoustic and a Fender nylon strung classical
guitar. Amplification was by Laney GH100TI amplifiers, a Laney VC30 amplifier, a
Marshall 2554 amplifier and Laney speakers. Guitar effects were provided by a
Peavey TubeFex unit. All guitar strings used were by La Bella.
Glenn used a Fender Jazz bass and a Warwick bass. The bass amp was a Laney BC
120.
The original 24 track 2” tapes were transferred to the digital ProTools format
by Mike Exeter, who had engineered the DEP sessions. The 2004 drum sessions with
Jim Copley were recorded at Tone Hall, Tony’s home studio. They were played on
Yamaha drums and Zildjan cymbals. The studio gear used was ProTools LE on
Digitech 002R, Mackie 32ch 8 bus desk, Mackie HUI control surface, Mackie HR824
& Yamaha NS10 monitor speakers. Computer power was by Apple Mac G4 dual
processor tower and Powerbook and ibook laptop units. Signal processing was by
Universal Audio 1176, DBX 160A, Klark Teknik 504 & 514, Midas XL42, Eventide
HR3000DSE, Roland SDE 3000 &Yamaha SPX90. |
