Deep Purple – Fireball

Album 1971

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1971 album Fireball.

Music from Fireball

Artists on Fireball

Roger Glover

Roles:

Bassist

Groups:

Deep Purple Status Quo Nazareth Rainbow Pretty Maids Ian Gillan Band Trapeze Elf Gillan & Glover Roger Glover & The Guilty Party Touch Paice Ashton Lord Quatermass Episode Six Funky Junction Wizard’s Convention
Ritchie Blackmore

Roles:

Guitarist

Groups:

Deep Purple Rainbow Rock Aid Armenia Blackmore's Night The Outlaws The Sessions Green Bullfrog Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages Ritchie Blackmore Orchestra Heinz and the Wild Boys The Rally Rounders
Martin Birch

Roles:

Guitarist Music Producer Audio Engineer

Engineer
Louis Austin

Roles:

Music Producer Audio Engineer

Engineer
Alan O’Duffy

Roles:

Singer Music Producer Audio Engineer

Engineer

Gear Used On Fireball

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Deep Purple – Fireball (1971). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Roger Glover

Roles:

Bassist

Bass Guitars used by Roger Glover on Fireball

Electric Basses

Fender Mustang Bass

Avg price: $1,044.43

Roger used a white one to record Fireball during his transition from Fender P basses to Rickenbacker 4001s.

Ritchie Blackmore

Roles:

Guitarist

Effects Pedals used by Ritchie Blackmore on Fireball

Fuzz Effects Pedals

Sola Sound Tone Bender Professional MKII

''Blackmore used the Sola Sound Tone Bender pedal for recording and touring during his first couple of years in Deep Purple. You can hear this pedal throughout the first three Deep Purple albums. Sola Sound Professional MK II Tone Bender was first designed in 1964 and it was based on the Gibson Maestro Fuzz-Tone.''