Big Black – Atomizer (Remastered) album cover

Big Black – Atomizer (Remastered)

Album 1985

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1985 album Atomizer (Remastered).

Music from Atomizer (Remastered)

Gear Used On Atomizer (Remastered)

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Big Black – Atomizer (Remastered) (1985). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by Steve Albini on Atomizer (Remastered)

Solid Body Electric Guitars

"That the thing" Partscaster

One of Steve's two main guitars during both Big Black and Rapeman. Features a brass pickguard, no middle pickup, two Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders (that are wired out of phase), an alembic stratoblaster, Warmouth tele neck (currently, it had a logoless strat neck originally), Mighty Mite hardware, and what looks like a volume pot with no knob on it. Originally acquired by trading a 'Mosrite the Ventures' guitar for it. He regrets this decision.

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He talk about it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ecYSv832cA

Studio Equipment used by Steve Albini on Atomizer (Remastered)

Drum Machines

E-mu Drumulator

Avg price: $1,140.48

At the very start of the video you can hear Steve test the Drumulator pressing the button for the Bass Drum. Also at this point and year Atomizer was released.

Also Noted Atomizer and all post-Atomizer releases by the band do not feature the TR-606, instead opting for the E-mu Drumulator as mentioned on the Big Black Wikipedia page.