Music from American Life
Artists on American Life
Gear Used On American Life
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Madonna & Madonna – American Life (2003). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Madonna on American Life
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Avg price: $3,051.67
Madonna uses the Martin D-28 acoustic guitar, as evidenced by its distinctive fingerpicked introduction in her song "Hollywood," featured on the album American Life. This information is corroborated by the article titled "COVERT Operation" from Remix Magazine.
Studio Equipment used by Madonna on American Life
Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier
Avg price: $4,246.03
Madonna used the Universal Audio LA-2A compressor/limiter on her "American Life" album. As noted in the article "COVERT Operation," the production team stated, "We used mainly analog compressors on the vocals, sometimes very cheap or midbudget stuff, recorded with a Sony G800 tube mic, a Neve 8081 preamp and an LA-2A compressor/limiter. But everything is about the setting, my friend."