Golden Earring – Long Blond Animal album cover

Golden Earring – Long Blond Animal

Single 1980

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1980 single Long Blond Animal.

Music from Long Blond Animal

Gear Used On Long Blond Animal

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Golden Earring – Long Blond Animal (1980). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by George Kooymans on Long Blond Animal

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Marauder

Avg price: $1,200.00

Starting around 1980, George started using this Gibson Maurauder model for Drop-D songs like "Long Blonde Animal" live. This guitar was most likely bought in 1975 and first used on the To The Hilt album as it is seen in the promo video for the title track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ZCSxC8Qv8

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar

Avg price: $622.79

On occasion George Kooeyman's used various Stratocasters, some customized, some stock, some vintage. See below for another clip with a CBS Strat. The one above is for a track called "Slow Down" using a modded stratocaster with hot-rodded pickups (Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders?).

Long Blonde Animal 1980 - CBS era Strat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pXoCzs4H4E