Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again album cover

Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again

Album 2012

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2012 album Home Again.

Music from Home Again

Gear Used On Home Again

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again (2012). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by Michael Kiwanuka on Home Again

Steel-string Acoustic Guitars

Gibson J-50 Jumbo

Avg price: $2,549.00

In an interview with Paul Butler, who produced Kiwanukas debut "Home Again", it's been said that Kiwanuka used a 1966 Gibson J-50 for some of the acoustics on "Home Again". (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar12/articles/kiwanuka.htm)

Steel-string Acoustic Guitars

Martin D-18

Avg price: $2,733.00

Kiwanuka plays different D-18s. One of them is a D-18 Authentic which was used on "Home Again" according to Paul Butler who produced Kiwanukas debut. (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar12/articles/kiwanuka.htm)

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Les Paul Studio

Avg price: $1,566.88

This picture of him playing a Les Paul was made during the recording sessions for "Home Again".

Amplifiers used by Michael Kiwanuka on Home Again

Combo Guitar Amplifiers

Cornell Romany Plus

"Elsewhere, all of the electric parts were recorded using Butler's Les Paul Custom through a Cornell Romany Plus amp." - Paul Butler (producer of Kiwanukas "Home Again") in an interview with SoundonSound.com

Bass Guitars used by Michael Kiwanuka on Home Again

Electric Basses

Fender Jazz Bass

Avg price: $1,175.62

In this article Kiwanukas Producer said that Kiwanuka who played all the instruments including a 70's Fender Jazz bass on his debut "Home Again".

Microphones used by Michael Kiwanuka on Home Again

Condenser Microphones

Neumann CMV563

Avg price: $4,072.00

In this article his producer Paul Butler says that this mic has been used while the recording sessions for "Home Again".

Ribbon Microphones

Coles Electroacoustics 4038

Avg price: $1,324.97

"Mic-wise, it depends on the track. It's generally the CMV, but 'Tell Me A Tale' was done on the Coles. There were a few times, particularly when he was absolutely belting it out and the equipment started groaning, it needed something to warm it up a little bit, like a nice ribbon mic." - Paul Butler (Producer of Kiwanuka's debut "Home Again")