Billy Idol & Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1983 album Rebel Yell.
Music from Rebel Yell
Artists on Rebel Yell
Gear Used On Rebel Yell
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Billy Idol & Billy Idol – Rebel Yell (1983). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Steve Stevens
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Guitars used by Steve Stevens on Rebel Yell
Steve Stevens' Suhr Custom Modern
At 10:58 in this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Steve says "any of the old school Idol stuff like 'Rebel Yell' or 'Blue Highway' or any of the super whammy bar stuff - this guitar gets used. And it's a Suhr Modern and it is a 24 fret guitar string, stainless steel frets."
Avg price: $1,200.00
"I was brought to Roland Corporation and in that meeting they've brought out the GR-707. I refused to leave the office without taking it and bringing it back to the States with me. The deal I struck was that we would use it in the next video which was Flesh for Fantasy. And I still get e-mail and facebook questions: "What was that guitar for Flesh for Fantasy?" I'm proud to say that I toured the entire Rebel Yell tour which was ten months long, with one of GR-707 and the floor unit. I still have it, and I have it because it is a bit of history to me. There's not many instruments that I held on to that long but that really meant something to me, to be the first in the Unites States with that ( Roland GR-707) instrument and to maybe help promote guitar synthesizers. I've always been a big synth fan."
Steve Stevens posted a photo of this guitar on Facebook and stated he used it (a 1983 Kramer Pacer) to record 90% of the album Rebel Yell. Based on the two humbucker configuration and the year, this would be a Pacer Imperial.
Effects Pedals used by Steve Stevens on Rebel Yell
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Multiwave Distortion
At 18:30 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar, Steve mentions this fuzzbox saying "I use in conjunction with the clean channel. For like the, there's that middle drop down of "Rebel Yell", which people think is a synth, but it's actually DI'd fuzz guitar. So then I use this guy for that, and he's in the same chain as this 'cause I like to EQ the fuzz as well."
Avg price: $280.00
Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”
Avg price: $161.87
Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
Avg price: $129.00
Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”
Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer
Avg price: $94.34
Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”
Avg price: $30.00
Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”
Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch
Avg price: $39.00
Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”
Other Gear used by Steve Stevens on Rebel Yell
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Avg price: $10.00
At 27:36 of this "Rig Rundown" with Premier Guitar Steve shows us how he achieved that ray gun sound for "Rebel Yell" and...you guessed it, he used a toy ray gun!