Equipment Used on HFO European Tour

Many people are interested in the types of equipment the Eagles use to create their live sounds. We've had this article for a couple of years (thanks Gabi and Sabine!) but haven't done anything with it because it's in well.....German. It's from a magazine (we think) called Sound Check and it's from December of 1996. It's a complete rundown of all of the equipment the band had on stage for the 96 European shows. Sorry about the photo quality, we're working from a photo-copy and did the best we could. Extra-special thanks to Nadine who translated this so we could all learn from it! Thanks! I apologize for the weird layout on this.

 

Photo 1 : Joe Walsh uses a Hammond Leslie which is picked up on top by a Shure SM 58 and on the bottom by a Sennheiser BF 521. For his Talk Box he uses two Roland Cube-40 Combos

Photo 2 : Guest musician Al Garth plays a Yamaha tenor sax, a Yamaha baritone sax, a Selmer alto sax, a Selmer clarinet, and a violin equipped with a pre-amp

Photo 3 : Al Garth amplifies the violin with a Fender Twin Reverb. His pedalboard is equipped with a Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay, a Boss GE-7 equalizer, and a Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch.

Photo 4 : Tour musician John Corey plays a Hammond B3, a Yamaha SY99, and a Peavy C8 Master Keyboard. Two Hammond Leslies I22 are placed below the stage, but only one of them is in use.

Photo 5 : John Corey’s first rack has a Furman AR 117 A.C. System, an Alesis Quadraverb, an Akai S1000HD Sampler, a Korg MIR EX Workstation, a Roland D550 Synthesizer, a Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter, an Alesis Data Disk, an Opcode Systems Studio 3, a JLCooper Electronics Synapse MIDI Routing System, and a Yamaha MEP4 MIDI Processor

Photo 6 : John Corey’s second rack is equipped with a Furman PL-Plus Power Conditioner and Light Module, a Roland-JV 880 Multi Timbral Synthesizer Module, a JLCooper Electronics MSB REV 2, a Korg A2 Performance Signal Processor, an Audio Matrix 16 16x16 Crosspoint Switcher, a Mackie CR 1604 Mixer, a Yamaha MV 802 Mixer, and a Yamaha MIDI Rack with 8 TF 1 modules.

Photo 7 : Don Henley uses a DW drumset in Natural Maple Finish. The set consists of a 22“ x 16“ bass drum, of 12“ x 9“, 13‘‘ x 10“, 16“ x 13“, and 18“ x 14“ Fast Tom Toms, and a 14“ x 6.5“ Ludwig Super Sensitive Snare Drum. The Paiste cymbal-set consists of an 8“ Line Splash, a 16“ Line Mellow Crash, an 18“ Line Full Crash, a 16“ Fast Crash, a 20“ 2002 Ride, and a pair of 14“ 2002 Medium Hi-Hats.

Photo 8 : Don’s electronic equipment consists of an Akai MPC60. In front of this is a Yamaha DX7 IID. The rack contains a Furman PL-8 Power Conditioner and Light Module, two Aphex Impulse, an Akai S1000HD Sampler, two RSP Headphone Amps, a Mackie CR1604, a Digital Music Corp. MX-8 MIDI Patchbay, a Crown D-75 amp, and a Furman AR-117 A.C. Line Regulator.

Photo 9 : Don Henley and Scott Crago play a pair of Gon Bop Congas (Quinto and Conga), Gon Bop 12“, 13“, and 14“ timbales and different Latin percussions. Gon Bop small persussions like cowbells, tambourines, brass jingles, and shakers. The Paiste Cymbals in the percussion set are a Line 8“ and 10“ Splash, a 16“ Line Full Crash, and an 18“ Line Fast Crash.

Photo 10: Timothy B. Schmitt amplifies his bass guitars with two Trace Elliot AH600SMX amps. He uses a Trace Elliot 1048/1048H Box with four 10“ speakers and a Trace Elliot 1518 Box with a 15“ speaker. The small rack on the amps contains a Nady 950 GS Receiver and a Yamaha D1500 Digital Delay.

Photo 11: Glenn Frey amplifies his guitars with a Fender Deluxe Combo and a Trace Elliot TA C 200 Acoustic Combo with two 12“ and four 5“ speakers and a Trace Elliot Box with four 5“ speakers. The small rack on the Fender Deluxe is equipped with a Whirlwind Multiselector and a Nady 950 GS Receiver. The Deluxe is picked up by a Shure Beta 56.

Photo 12: Tour musician Timothy Drury uses a Yamaha C7, a Yamaha KX88 MIDI Master Keyboard, and a Yamaha DX IID.

Photo 13: Timothy B. Schmitt only plays 4-string bass guitars. Two Carvin Custom bass guitars (model Timothy B. Schmitt), a 1961 Fender Jazz Bass Reissue, a Rickenbacker, and a Pedulla Bass.

Photo 14: Don Henley uses two black Takamine acoustic guitars and two Fender Telecaster. The Tom Anderson Telecaster is played by Timothy Drury during one song.

Photo 15: Glenn Frey plays two Fender Telecaster, three differently tuned Takamine acoustic guitars, two 12-string Takamine acoustic, a black Gibson Les Paul Junior, and a Gibson Les Paul Standard.

Photo 16: Timothy Drury has packed three racks for the tour. The rack on the left is equipped with a Furman A-117 A.C. System, a Demeter STDB-1, an Alesis Data Disk, a JL-Cooper Electronics Synapse MIDI Routing System, an Opcode Systems Studio 3, an Alesis Quadraverb, an Akai S1000HD Sampler, a Korg EX MIR Music Workstation, a Roland D 550 Synthesizer, a Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano, a Korg OIR-W Workstation, and an E-MU Vintage Keys Keyboard.

The rack in the middle contains a Furman PL-Plus Module, a Mackie Designs CR1640, a Korg A2 Processor, a Yamaha REV5 Digital Reverbrator, and a Panasonic SV-3700 DAT. The rack on the right is filled with a Furman A-117 A.C. Line System, JL-Cooper Electronics Synapse MIDI Routing System, two Akai S1000PB Samplers, a Korg MIR Workstation, a Roland D550 Synthesizer, a Pacific Coast Technologies 88 MB C SyQuest Drive, and a Macky CR1604.

Photo 17, 18 and 19: Description for pictures 17, 18 and 19 Joe Walsh plays two Fender Telecaster, three Fender Stratocaster (model Eric Clapton), a Rickenbacker (model Glennn Frey), a Gibson Les Paul Custom, a black Gretsch Duo Jet, a white Gretsch White Falcon, another Gretsch, a Gibson Les Paul Standard, three 12-string Takamine acoustic guitars, a Gretsch 6120 Hollow Body, and a Gibson J200.

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Photo 20, 21, 22 and 23: Don Felder’s guitar arsenal consists of two 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard Reissue, a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Reissue, two Gibson SG doubleneck guitars, a Gibson Les Paul Corvette Limited Edition, a 1952 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top Reissue, a Gibson Les Paul Blues Hawk, a Gibson ES355TD Reissue, a Gibson 1965 Byrdland Reissue, a 1958 Gibson ES335T Reissue, a Gibson J200, two Gibson mandolins, a Fender Telecaster, two Fender Stratocaster (model Eric Clapton), a 1957 Fender Stratocaster Reissue, a Tom Anderson Telecaster, a Rickenbacker (model Glenn Frey), a Gretsch White Falcon, a Music Man Edward Van Halen, a Music Man Luke, and a Casio PG-380 Guitar Synth.

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Photo 24 Don Felder uses a Pendulum SPS-1 Stereo Preamp for his acoustic guitars. On his effectboard there’s a t.c. electronic Chorus/Pitch Modulator & Flanger, a Boss PS-3 Compressor/Sustainer, a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, two Boss DD-3 Digital Delays, a Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch, a Whirlwind A/B Box Selector, a Jim Dunlop Crybaby Wah Wah, and a Nady 950 GS Multi Channel UHF System Receiver.

Picture 25

Don Felder uses a Marshall JTM-45 and a Fender Blues Deluxe 12“. The Combos are picked up by Shure Beta 56 microphones

 

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Joe Walsh uses a Peavy MX amp, a Nady 950 GS System Receiver, a Trace Elliot TA C 200 Acoustic Combo with two 12“ and four 5“ speakers and two “Dr. Z“ boxes. The boxes are picked up by a Shure Beta 56. On Joe‘s pedalboards you’ll find a Boss CH-1, two Boss DD-3, an Ibanez TS-9, a Boss PSM-5, a Boss GE-7, and a Custom Made Preamp which is connected to the Hammond Leslie

 

 

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