Paramore – Brand New Eyes album cover

Paramore – Brand New Eyes

Album 2009

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2009 album Brand New Eyes.

Music from Brand New Eyes

Gear Used On Brand New Eyes

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Paramore – Brand New Eyes (2009). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Guitars used by Josh Farro on Brand New Eyes

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Gibson Les Paul Classic

Avg price: $2,063.80

You can see this at 2:04 and throughout. Josh has said this was one of the first guitars he ever bought, a Gibson Les Paul Classic. He has switched the pickups at some point, some videos he has uncovered cream coloured humbuckers whereas others he has nickel covered humbuckers. This was his main guitar used in the All We Know Is Falling studio tracks and live shows, he used it for some parts of Riot but stopped using it live. He used a different Les Paul (Standard) later on in the studio for Careful from Brand New Eyes.

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar

Avg price: $622.79

Josh Farro plays a fender stratocaster guitar in this video. It can be seen at 3:00

Strings used by Josh Farro on Brand New Eyes

Strings

D'Addario EXL110 Nickelwound Guitar Strings 10-46

Avg price: $6.78

Josh used these strings on brand new eyes era

Drum Sets used by Zac Farro on Brand New Eyes

Drum Sets

Truth Custom Drums Forest Camo Drum Kit

Zac Farro used this kit in the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, September 1, 2008.

It's mentioned on "40 days of RIOT!" DVD, at minute 24:40.

Zac about playing in Seattle: "We played a really cool festival, i played my new drum kit, and it's amazing..."

Also is shown in "Behind Brand New Eyes" DVD, at minute 13:50. Seems like the kit was used as a rehearsal kit for the Brand New Eyes recording sessions.

Truth Custom Drums. Custom made for Zac. Forest Camo Custom drum wrap Vintage Recessed Wood Hoops on 13"&18" Vintage Standard Wood Hoops on 24" Vintage Yamaha Style Wood Hoops on 14" snare

Vintage Mahogany Shells on all drums Mahogany/Poplar/Mahogany Shells with massive maple re-rings

Specs: 24x14 bass drum 13x8 tom 18x14 floor tom

A matching snare came with this kit. 14x7 Truth Custom Drums Forest Camo Snare

These drums are THE BOMB!! Aesthetically sick, and a massive low end.