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In order to reproduce Andy Summersī fat, warm and often heavily modulated guitar sound you need to use old analog effects. Mike uses four floor effects (MXR- Dyna Comp, MXR-Distortion+, MXR-Phase 90, Elektro Harmonics Flanger-Electric Mistress), an analog switcher, EB volume pedal and various foot switches. His 19'' rack contains three different echos (Roland Space Echo 201, Roland Chorus Echo 501, Maestro Echoplex), reverb and Rat R2 DU distortion. The whole set-up is run in stereo. His amplification consists of two London City tops (identical to Marshall) driving two 4 12 Marshall speakers from the late seventies/early eighties.

Mike plays three guitars that Andy had when he was with the Police: a customized Fender telecaster sunburst with binding-maple neck, humbucker and phase switch, a Stratocaster for the later songs and the Roland GR 300, a guitar synthesizer that nowadays is very hard to find. It can be heard in "Donīt Stand So Close To me", "Secret Journey" and "O My God". Mike uses a Moog Taurus and Roland Juno for expanded sounds. Mike: "I only play the original instruments and effects, because no modern replica will give you the warmth and richness of the typical Summers guitar sound. When we play Sting songs, I mostly use my Stratocaster and a semi-acoustic guitar with nylon strings.

I am, by the way, still looking for a Mutron Envelope Filter and Fuzz."

Mick - vocals/bass

The distinguishing feature in Stingīs bass sound was chorus and long sustain. Mick plays three different instruments: a Fender Precision (with a rosewood neck instead of the maple-neck instrument Sting used during the tour of 80/81) a Spector (Mickīs is the japanese version, while Sting played the american one on the tour of 83) and a Framus upright double bass. Stingīs original Z-Bass is extremely rare, but Mick was lucky to find the Framus five-string, which sounds surprisingly similar. Its typical "singing" double bass sound enhanced by plenty of compression and chorus perfectly fits into "Walking On The Moon", "Shadows In The Rain" and "Donīt Stand So Close To Me". Micks other two instruments are also rigged with their own chorus (small clone) and compressor.

For amps, Mick has a Fender BXR Bass 300R and a Goliath Senior speaker. Like Mike, Mick uses a Moog Taurus, and an Oberheim Matrix-100 synthesizer with sampled sounds. Mick: "I souped up my Spector with a wireless system that allows me to move freely about - and I love stepping out into the audience while playing!"

Roland - drums/vocals

What made Stewart Copelandīs drumming so special was not only his unique technique, but also the sound of his very high pitched toms.

Roland plays a Premier Signia set. Added to that are four octobans, a woodblock and an E-Pad. His main gadget is the drum echo operated by foot switch that can be heard in "Walking On The Moon" or "Canīt Stand Losing You". The bass drum triggers a Tama drum synthesizer (a device Stewart also used), that produces a very low frequency, thus enhancing the bass drum.