Linkin Park – The Hunting Party
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2014 album The Hunting Party.
Music from The Hunting Party
Gear Used On The Hunting Party
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Linkin Park – The Hunting Party (2014). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Brad Delson on The Hunting Party
Fender Masterbuilt 1962 Ultimate Relic Stratocaster
This is an extremely high-end (retail price: $6,500!) Custom Shop reissue Strat with a very worn pink finish on it. This particular model was offered exclusively through online retailer The Music Zoo as part of Fender's "Time Machine" series of instruments, with this guitar put together by Fender master builder Jason Smith. I can see why this guitar might be confused with the Rory Gallagher Strat at first glance, but the wear pattern is totally different and it's a much lighter color. This guitar was originally found on the "Misc. Guitars" page, but Joe Hahn posted a photo of Brad playing it in the studio on his Instagram in February of 2014 (first photo), and it was apparently one of the main guitars used by both Brad and Mike during the recording of The Hunting Party. This guitar was originally owned by studio engineer Ethan Mates, but Brad loved the guitar and used it so much on the album that Ethan ended up giving it to Brad as a gift so he could use it on tour (second photo)! I originally thought that Brad may have had multiple copies of this guitar, but that isn't the case. He traveled with this guitar throughout the first part of the touring cycle for The Hunting Party (meaning the guitar rotated between all 3 of the band's rigs), before picking up a couple more custom Strats near the end of 2014 (see below). It became his main Strat in the A rig after the others were acquired.
Bass Guitars used by Mike Shinoda on The Hunting Party
Avg price: $1,175.62
On this article detailing Andy Wallace's mixing work on The Hunting Party, this photo features Mike playing a seafoam green Fender Jazz Bass in the studio
