Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark?
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2017 album How Did We Get So Dark?.
Music from How Did We Get So Dark?
Gear Used On How Did We Get So Dark?
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark? (2017). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Studio Equipment used by Mike Kerr on How Did We Get So Dark?
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At 0:12 on this video, we can see an Avalon U5 on the right of Mike's pedalboard
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In this video we can se that Mike is using a Plasma Rack. It’s used for the distortions of the third album.
Bass Guitars used by Mike Kerr on How Did We Get So Dark?
Fender Custom Shop Jaguar Bass
During Royal Blood's 2017 Tour, Mike changed from his gretsch electromatic basses and fender starcaster basses to new customised jaguar basses, witch include a starcaster wide range humbucker. This jaguar has four versions so far: one with a black sparkle finish and a pearloid pickguard, one with a red finish and black pickguard, one with a white finish and a gold pickguard and one with a fiesta red finish, a black pickguard and a mini humbucker (Similar to the ones in his gretsch basses) near to the bridge. One of the versions of this bass can be seen in the music video for "I Only Lie When I Love You".
The bass was created by Kyle Hodder (https://twitter.com/Fender_RND and https://www.instagram.com/fender_rnd/) along side Mike.
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A yellow custom Fender Jaguar bass used by Mike during the How Did We Get So Dark? tour.
It's been only seen live during performanes of "She's Creeping" as seen here at a performace at the Wiltern on August 16th, 2017.
Here's another video of a performance at a closer angle on July 10th, 2017 at Théâtre Antique de Fourvière, Lyon, France.
Microphones used by Mike Kerr on How Did We Get So Dark?
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On Instagram, Mike showed that they recorded the third album’s voices with Shure Sm7b.