Beck – Midnite Vultures
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1999 album Midnite Vultures.
Music from Midnite Vultures
Artists on Midnite Vultures
Gear Used On Midnite Vultures
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Beck – Midnite Vultures (1999). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Beck on Midnite Vultures
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In this screenshot from a transcript of a Guitar Player article from May 2000, Twisted Roots. (musician Beck discusses the recording of Midnight Vultures), Beck talks about owning a 1938 Martin D-28:
Many of Beck's electric guitars are no-name, but he also owns various Schecters (including a Hellcat he recently broke onstage in a fit of rock-star abandon), a Silvertone, a Harmony, a Danelectro, and an early-'60s Carvin. His one luxury is a 1938 Martin D-28 acoustic.
"I've got piles of acoustic guitars that are just hanging by a thread," he admits. "But I always liked Martins, and when I made a little bread, the first thing I did was go out and buy my D-28. Once you put a guitar through pedals and all these different contraptions, the sound isn't really precious to me anymore. But the sound of my '38 D-28 is all-time--it's the rich tone of all the great folk records. You just put any mic on that guitar and it sounds unbelievable."
This was Beck's main guitar during the Midnite Vultures tour. He also used on the Mutations tour. It was supposedly smashed around 2001, according to this article. http://beck.diskobox.net/articles/2000/guitarplayer_05-00.html
Effects Pedals used by Beck on Midnite Vultures
BOSS GT-5 Guitar Effects Processor
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From GuitarPlayer magazine, May 2000 issue:
Stompboxes are about the only things in Becks arsenal that are shiny and new. A mainstay in his live and studio rigs is a Boss GT-5. While recording Midnite Vultures, Beck programmed sounds into the multi-effects pedal to make it easier to reproduce the album's tones onstage.
Amplifiers used by Beck on Midnite Vultures
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In a transcript from a Guitar Player article titled "Twisted Roots," published in May 2000, Beck discusses his recording process for "Midnight Vultures" and mentions owning a Peavey Classic 20 amplifier. He states:
For amps, it's back to the thrift store. Other than a Peavey Classic 20 and an Ampeg Jet, Beck's collection is all about 'old crusty amps' that include a Sears Safari, a couple of whacked-out homemade models, and a few custom Savage amps (all with 4x10 cabinets) made by his guitar tech, Andy Wolf.