Blink-182 – Neighborhoods (Deluxe) album cover

Blink-182 – Neighborhoods (Deluxe)

Album 2011

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2011 album Neighborhoods (Deluxe).

Music from Neighborhoods (Deluxe)

Gear Used On Neighborhoods (Deluxe)

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Blink-182 – Neighborhoods (Deluxe) (2011). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Bass Guitars used by Mark Hoppus on Neighborhoods (Deluxe)

Electric Basses

Fender “Groundskeeper Willie" Precision Bass

“We call this plaid bass Groundskeeper Willie. I wrote a great deal of the bass riffs for the [2003] untitled album on this bass. It has the sticker of the unicorn on there and the pink Famous Stars and Straps keychain that has been on here for the past decade and a half”

This Fender Custom Pink Plaid "Groundskeeper Willie" Precision Bass is/was Owned by Mark Hoppus.

Acoustic & Acoustic-Electric Basses

Taylor AB-1 Acoustic Electric Bass

Avg price: $2,545.43

Mark used it for the 2013 Sydney tour as well as playing "What's My Age Again" with Panic at the Disco at the Honda Civic Tour.

In 2020, Mark Hoppus did a reaction video on the (Blink 182) MTV Untitled Album. In the MTV video, Mark is seen playing the same Taylor AB-1 bass while recording a bass guitar track for the song “I Miss You” on the Untitled album. The Taylor AB-1 can be seen at 12min 50sec of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpV2uw-6rY

Microphones used by Mark Hoppus on Neighborhoods (Deluxe)

Condenser Microphones

Blue Bottle

Avg price: $3,471.58

This microphone was used to record all of the vocals from Enema Of The State throughout Neighborhoods. Mark's go to microphone of choice. This is the one. Latvian made in a special edition color. Just serviced by Blue.

In 2020, Mark Hoppus did a reaction video on the (Blink 182) MTV Untitled Album. In the MTV video, Mark Hoppus states, “Hey, look! There is my microphone. That is my Blue Bottle microphone. That was the one. That was the one that I bought and then the kind people at Blue actually took the blue sleeve of that and powder coated it hot pink for me. That’s the mic.” Mark says this at 26min 12sec in this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpV2uw-6rY

Amplifiers used by Jerry Finn on Neighborhoods (Deluxe)

Guitar Amplifier Heads

Marshall Super Lead 100-Watt Head

Avg price: $2,376.36

This is the famous white Super Lead used to record on Blink-182’s Untitled album.