A-ha – Hunting High and Low
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1985 album Hunting High and Low.
Music from Hunting High and Low
Artists on Hunting High and Low
Gear Used On Hunting High and Low
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of A-ha – Hunting High and Low (1985). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy on Hunting High and Low
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
Avg price: $8,804.15
Not much is known about this guitar beyond it's existance in the music video for "Take On Me". It's a standard issue Rickenbacker 345 (large body, 3 pickups, vibrato). For most of the Hunting High and Low tour Paul (Pal) was using Strats.
Studio Equipment used by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy on Hunting High and Low
Avg price: $4,550.00
Paul programmed a LinnDrum for most of a-ha's earliest demos and their debut album, Hunting High And Low.
"When they came to RG Jones, my equipment was already there,” adds Tarney. "This included a [Roland] Juno 60 that provided the song's main theme and which I still use, as well as a UMI computer system that a friend of mine put together, and which Vince Clark also used. That's what I used to drive the instruments, and there was a LinnDrum that Pål programmed. He was absolutely brilliant at doing that — I've never seen anyone as good as him at programming a Linn.”
This is somewhat ironic in light of Neill King's aforementioned statement that, since the Linn was already outdated, he and the band had opted to use the Synclavier.
"I was still using the Linn in conjunction with my UMI,” Tarney continues. "It worked for the boys and they loved that idea. It gave Pål the freedom to write these Linn Drum parts and he was brilliant at that. So, all of their musical ideas went through my equipment, and that meant I could then control the sounds that were being used and put them together exactly as I wanted them to be. There's a fine line between a demo and a record, but it's a crucial difference.
Effects Pedals used by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy on Hunting High and Low
Roland GR-300 Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer
Avg price: $900.00
In an interview with MusicRadar, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of A-ha discusses using the Roland GR-300 Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer during their early studio recordings.
Magne Furuholmen
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Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Magne Furuholmen on Hunting High and Low
Avg price: $3,454.70
"Nor was it simply a matter of price-consciousness—by 1985, when Magne Furuholmen of the band A-ha sat down in front of a synthesizer to pound out the catchy riffs of the MTV hit “Take on Me,” his synth of choice was a Roland Juno-60 (although for some reason a Prophet-5 was used in the MTV video)." -https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/rise-of-the-synthesizer/
Avg price: $9,552.03
We know that for the first album, the band used a PPG Wave 2.2 on the recording, and in this video clip, under a Yamaha DX7, there is a PPG Wave.
Avg price: $3,000.00
In this video for Hunting High and Low, Mags is seen playing a Yamaha CP-70. Not much is know about this piano but it was probably use in this performance to call back to the video where Mags is using an Acoustic Grand Piano.