Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2014 album Smoke + Mirrors.
Music from Smoke + Mirrors
Artists on Smoke + Mirrors
Gear Used On Smoke + Mirrors
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors (2014). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by Ben McKee on Smoke + Mirrors
"This Sadowsky Jazz bass is tuned to B-E-A-D for specific tunes on the band’s latest album, Smoke & Mirrors."
-Premier Guitar; Rig Rundown with Imagine Dragons
From 2013 to 2014, Ben Mckee had asked a close friend of his to create a custom bass that would be used on both studio and tours, and one of the basses is a custom-built Strambaugh Hollow-Body Bass coated in all-white. This bass in particular mainly appears in shows such as SNL, the Grammy, and the 50th-anniversary concert of The Beatles. Ben Mckee had not really talked much about this bass, as he would only talk about his Strambaugh Fossil Bass that he had received prior to this hollow-body. The body of the bass resembles the style of a standard Gibson ES-335, or a Chowny bass, giving it a vintage look and sound, along with the help of two humbucker-style pickups. Ben McKee only had used this bass up until the making of the Smoke and Mirrors album, as he would switch to a Sadowsky Jazz Bass and a Mike Lull Thunderbird.
Though the bass can be seen in the music video for Monday, and close-ups of the bass itself are seen. This indicates that the bass is still in his collection.