The Police – Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1979 album Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003).
Music from Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
Artists on Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
Gear Used On Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Police – Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003) (1979). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by Sting on Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
Sting can be seen playing his first Ibanez bass in this photo, widely documented as the Ibanez MC940 when in fact it was an Ibanez MC900DS fretted model modified to a fretless. The proof is in the photo, in that the fret markings from the original model are still visible around the edges of the neck. This was Sting's main bass during the Reggatta De Blanc era (1979-1980). Sting first got the Ibanez around June 1979 according to The PoliceWiki website, and he can be seen using the Ibanez in photos taken during recording sessions for the Reggatta De Blanc album at Surrey Sound Studios in the Summer of 1979. It was also used heavily onstage during the album's tour, and appears in music videos like Message in a bottle and Can't stand losing you.
According to Bass Player November 2003 (Japanese), Sting used a custom-made Ibanez bass with a similar specification to the MC940 model, albeit with a natural finish and maple neck. Included a different layout of control and a pearl inlay of Sting's name included at the fingerboard end.
Sting received this bass in around February 1980 and used it during the latter part of the Reggatta De Blanc tour and occasionally during the Zenyatta Mondatta tour. It was also among the basses used on the Zenyatta Mondatta album, visible in the Wisseloord Studios control room in footage taken during the recording sessions included in the Everyone Stares (2006) documentary.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Sting on Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
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One of Sting's onstage instruments during the Regatta De Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta tours between 1979 and 1981, before it was replaced with the Oberheim OB-Xa polyphonic synth. He dabbled with the Minimoog occasionally during the setlist, in particular "Walking On The Moon" at around the 5:15 mark in the video above.
