Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five & Grandmaster Melle Mel – The Message album cover

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five & Grandmaster Melle Mel – The Message

Album 1982

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1982 album The Message.

Music from The Message

Gear Used On The Message

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five & Grandmaster Melle Mel – The Message (1982). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Grandmaster Flash on The Message

Synthesizers

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

Avg price: $3,454.70

In this interview about Grandmaster Flash's most well known hit "The message" the guy who wrote and performed the iconic synthline, Ed “Duke Bootee” Fletcher, states he used a Prophet 5 synth, an Oberheim DMX drum machine, "Skip's guitar" and some percussions for the instrumental lines of the song (almost exactly in the middle of the interview).

Studio Equipment used by Grandmaster Flash on The Message

Drum Machines

Oberheim DMX

Avg price: $2,649.08

In this interview about Grandmaster Flash's most well known hit "The message" the guy who wrote and performed the iconic synthline, Ed “Duke Bootee” Fletcher, states he used a Prophet 5 synth, an Oberheim DMX drum machine, "Skip's guitar" and some percussions for the instrumental lines of the song (almost exactly in the middle of the interview).