Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009) album cover

Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009)

Album 1992

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1992 album Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009).

Music from Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009)

Gear Used On Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009)

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009) (1992). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Bass Guitars used by Adam Yauch on Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009)

Electric Basses

Fender Standard Precision

Avg price: $626.12

MCA playing an Arctic White P Bass while Ad-Rock plays drums (Circa: Check Your Head era)

Studio Equipment used by Michael Diamond (Mike D) on Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009)

Production & Groove

Akai MPC60

Avg price: $3,541.68

In the Beastie Boys Book, in one of the essays about the recording of Check Your Head, Ad-Rock refers to "Mike's MPC60 sampling drum machine."

Studio Equipment used by Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) on Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition/Remastered/2009)

Effects Processors

Maestro Rhythm & Sound G2

In this photo, Ad-Rock is recording with the Maestro Rhythm & Sound G2. There is a similar model, the G1, but since the G1 does not have a black button, you can definitely tell that this effector is the G2. Based on the explanation in the link below, it seems that he used it in the recording of "Check your head" album (1991-1992). https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/beastie-boys-photos-career-gallery/