Sting & All Saints & Sting – Message in a Bottle
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2020 single Message in a Bottle.
Music from Message in a Bottle
Artists on Message in a Bottle
Gear Used On Message in a Bottle
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Sting & All Saints & Sting – Message in a Bottle (2020). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by Sting on Message in a Bottle
Avg price: $1,861.10
This fretless bass was used by Sting on concerts in last seventies. It also appears in the music video for "Can't Stand Losing You" & most famously "Message In A Bottle". It is noticeable that regarding todays' standards, this bass is extremely heavy.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Sting on Message in a Bottle
Avg price: $145.00
The Casio was Sting's main writing tools around the time of the Ghost In The Machine album in 1981. For instance, he wrote the main riff to "Spirits In The Material World" on the Casio in the back of a tour bus somewhere.
In photos from the Montserrat sessions, the band can be seen fiddling around with the Casiotone M-10. In footage of the Jools Holland interview, the Casio is visible in front of the Portastudio near the 3:00 mark.
Plus, Stewart Copeland remembers in a Songfacts interview that the mallet line in "King Of Pain" originated as a set of chords played by Sting on a Casio keyboard, with a rather "clinky sound". But it was decided that the riff be played on a Xylophone instead to make it sound more organic.