Al Jourgensen

There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown

"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"

Al Jourgensen used his custom Ibanez "Buck Satan" guitar during his time with Ministry, as highlighted in a Backstage Auctions article discussing notable guitars going up for auction.

"...I mean the profiles I’m using, it varies from Marshall Super Leads to like uh, I have some Wizards on there and, you know, Diezels, Mesas, it really depends on what the song calls for but yeah, I’m super, super happy with them."

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen appears in a full page ad for Ibanez in July of 1994.

You can clearly see the keyboard being played on stage.

There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown

"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"

Al Jourgensen frequently uses the Eventide H3000 Ultra Harmonizer Effects Processor both in live performances and on numerous tracks, as discussed on Gearslutz.

Al Jourgensen endorses Crate amplifiers, specifically using the Crate Black Voodoo Head Amp, as shown in the user-uploaded photo from Crateamps.

Listed there and here https://www.matrixsynth.com/2005/07/ministry-for-sale.html

Al selling his equipment

There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown

"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"

"Yeah, very first tour using the powered Kempers, so we’re using the powered lunchboxes, but we’re using...I mean the profiles I’m using, it varies from Marshall Super Leads to like uh, I have some Wizards on there and, you know, Diezels, Mesas, it really depends on what the song calls for but yeah, I’m super, super happy with them."

“For over twenty years, I've been using Eventide exclusively for my effects processing. It's a producer's dream. I never leave home without them.” - also, below that, the "H8000FW" was mentioned as a product he uses.

To quote the site "Designed by Al Jourgensen himself, Schechter guitars made a half-dozen 'Coffin' guitars exclusively for the 2008 Final World Tour (also known as the C-U-LaTour). The guitars were made in three colors; black (of course), white and cherry red."

Al Jourgensen purchased a Publison Infernal Machine IM-90 in 1985 or 1986, I believe. This was definitely used for a number of vocal effects until they started using the Eventide H3000 harmonizers.

"(Q)...These days, what are your main pieces of studio equipment for making Ministry records? (A) Al: Pro Tools, plug ins, and an SSL board usually does the trick."

"Actually, my first ‘sampler’ was a Sony Nagra portable recorder. I would walk around sampling noises and edit them on tape later, or I would dump them on a disc and place them back on an Akai 3000. As far as why I sampled? I was fascinated with the cut up literary methods of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin and the way you could change the narrative of a story or in my case a song through manipulation thereby changing the entire atmosphere of a pretty rudimentary riff or storyline."

"...I would walk around sampling noises and edit them on tape later, or I would dump them on a disc and place them back on an Akai 3000...".

The studio also recently acquired an SSL 4040G console, which has been commissioned in Studio A. Purchased through Primal Gear in Nashville, the console’s former owner is Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen.

In this music video "Same Old Madness" from 1982 around 2:14-:2:18 you can spot a Moog Source.

There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown

"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"

"Jim writes: "I know you're Fairlight fetishist like me. Al Jourgensen of Ministry is selling off his CMI 2 and 3. Check out how completely defaced all of the gear is! It sort of makes me sad to see those mighty Fairlights so beat up. The IIx description says 'Some original Ministry sample discs are included.'" Item #7339556355 is the Series III ($405, five days to go) and item #7339553386 is the Series IIx, which is already up to $1,500. He's also selling a Publison Infernal Machine (#7338631249), which was the first ever DSP multi-effects box, used by Prince and Michael Jackson."

Al Jourgensen uses the Daking Mic Pre II, as highlighted in the Eventide artist gallery.

"I'm pretty old school on the shit. For the studio I generally use my JMP Marshall rack mount which I've used since 1988 or '89 and then live, we recreate that sounds with a Blackstar head along with the aforementioned customized pedals which is arranged by my other guitar players which are also figuring out their pedals because I use my Eventide in the studio on their sound as well and then they have to figure out how to recreate it. That's the funny thing, as were going through a record and we're jamming or recording, were always having to think about how to recreate it. It's kind of a magical moment while it's happening..."

In this YouTube video, Al Jourgensen can be seen playing his signature Schecter Al Jourgensen Triton guitar begining at 0:01

Al used his Gibson SG throughout the 90s.

Al playing his Ibanez Iceman presumably in the 80s.

About 10 minutes into the video Al can be seen using the mandolin

About 10 minutes into the video, Al Jourgensen can be seen using the Kentucky Mandolins KM-1500 Master F-model Mandolin, as evidenced by the image provided.

In this promotional photo you can see Uncle Al and Sin Quirin posing in front of a pair of HT METAL 100s which he used on stage starting around 2014 and ending in 2020 when he switched to powered kemper profilers. Additional photos of the pair with their HT METAL 100s can still be found on blackstar's facebook profile.

At 3:50 Paul Barker, Al's righthand man back in the day details how the band used Akai S900 samplers in addition to the Fairlight CMI to write and record material for TLORAH. I'm putting this under both Al and Paul as they both presumably used the equipment together back in the day.

Al Jourgensen confirmed his use of the ARP Omni Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer in an interview with the Entertainer, as detailed by Klintron on klintron.com. Jourgensen shared that after returning to Chicago following his time with Special Affect, he purchased the synthesizer because he was unable to play loud guitar in his apartment. Subsequently, he acquired a reel-to-reel tape recorder and began creating his own solo tracks.

Charlie Clouser confirmed on the Gearspace forum that Al Jourgensen and Ministry used the Sequential Circuits Pro One Synthesizer during the band's early years. Clouser noted, "Most of the time Al knew exactly what synth was used on which part, so even though the PRO-1 was long gone, JB could use Repro-1 to get really close, etc. Plus we did have a lot of paper documentation like track sheets etc."