Queen – Hot Space
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1982 album Hot Space.
Music from Hot Space
Artists on Hot Space
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David Bowie (band) The Spiders from Mars Tin Machine Davie Jones & The King Bees The King-Bees David Bowie With The Lower Third The Astronettes Tao Jones Index The Hype David Bowie & The Hype Bewlay Bros. David Bowie & The Buzz The Konrads The Arnold Corns Davy Jones & The Lower Third The Manish Boys The Riot SquadProducer -
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Gear Used On Hot Space
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Queen – Hot Space (1982). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Brian May
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Guitars used by Brian May on Hot Space
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Brian played this guitar during the "Back Chat" recording sessions and shooting music video of this song :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6QGP0OUaV4
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
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As evidenced by this photo from a 2017 performance at London's O2 Arena (courtesy Wikipedia), and per this article from Guitariego, dated March 19, 2020.
Though there have been many replicas and reproduction made over the years, original Red Special, the actual guitar he built from scratch with his father when Brian was just a teenager, is still Brian's main guitar.
This is one of the few homemade guitars famous enough to have it's own Wikipedia page.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Brian May on Hot Space
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Brian May is seen playing a Roland Jupiter-8 in this photo taken at Mountain Studios in 1981 during sessions for Hot Space. The Jupiter-8 was also used on The Works.
Drum Hardware used by Roger Meddows Taylor on Hot Space
Roger taylor used this bass drum Logo in the Crazy Tour and The Game 1979 / 1980 it was also used in Hot Space 1982
Freddie Mercury
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Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Freddie Mercury on Hot Space
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In the One Vision and A Kind Of Magic Sessions, you can see what is clearly a Jupiter-8 but with the brand labels taped over for whatever reason. The arpeggio bass at 4:24 in One Vision was done on the Jupiter as that is the only synth they had available to have an on board arpeggiator.
Studio Equipment used by John Deacon on Hot Space
Linn Electronics LM-1 Drum Computer
This Linn LM-1 was used in Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. It can clearly be heard in the songs Body Language and Staying Power. The Programming for the LM-1 was done by Roger Taylor. You can see in the promotional photos of guitarist Brian May presenting the LM-1 (of which he hated)