Devo – New Traditionalists
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1981 album New Traditionalists.
Music from New Traditionalists
Artists on New Traditionalists
Gear Used On New Traditionalists
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Devo – New Traditionalists (1981). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bob Mothersbaugh
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Guitars used by Bob Mothersbaugh on New Traditionalists
Avg price: $1,720.53
"For the live shows, I’m using a ’59 Les Paul reissue—a Gibson Custom Shop instrument modeled after Mike Bloomfield’s guitar. For the new album, I used a 1964 SG and a couple of my G&L SC-2s. The SC-2 is probably my favorite guitar. I was introduced to them when we did the New Traditionalists album. I did an interview then where I mentioned buying a weird guitar called a G&L and how much I liked the tremolo system because it stayed in tune. The day after the interview hit the newsstands, someone from G&L called me and asked, 'Hey, can we endorse you?'"
"For the live shows, I’m using a ’59 Les Paul reissue—a Gibson Custom Shop instrument modeled after Mike Bloomfield’s guitar. For the new album, I used a 1964 SG and a couple of my G&L SC-2s. The SC-2 is probably my favorite guitar. I was introduced to them when we did the New Traditionalists album. I did an interview then where I mentioned buying a weird guitar called a G&L and how much I liked the tremolo system because it stayed in tune. The day after the interview hit the newsstands, someone from G&L called me and asked, 'Hey, can we endorse you?'"
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Mark Mothersbaugh on New Traditionalists
Avg price: $1,950.00
Mark is clearly seen playing a Moog Source in this video from 1981. He also used it during the 1982 tour. In 1982 or 1983, Moog Music released a Source data cassette that was programmed by Mark which featured Source sounds from New Traditionalists and Oh No! It's Devo, which is mentioned here: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7XqK8o5sYc/WLjD27eeCjI/AAAAAAAK28I/93aHZKnNsPcGOeNHW9wopC9iEHBt19kaACLcB/s1600/moog_source_drum_interface6.jpg
Alan Myers
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Studio Equipment used by Alan Myers on New Traditionalists
Linn Electronics LM-1 Drum Computer
In the music video for "Beautiful World", Alan Myers can be seen tapping out the rhythm to the song on an LM-1 at 1:50.
The lm-1 features heavily on the associated album "New Traditionalists", and to a lesser extent "Oh, No! It's Devo!" From 1982 and "Shout" from 1984, where it can be seen next to DEVO bandmate Mark Mothersbaugh, under its successor, the LinnDrum; https://images.equipboard.com/uploads/source/image/110424/shout.png
Lastly, the lm-1 is visible in a behind the scenes interview during the "New Traditionalists" tour, at 0:35; https://youtu.be/s7Pj4IeLU7A