The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003)
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1980 album Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003).
Music from Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003)
Artists on Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003)
Gear Used On Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003)
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003) (1980). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by Sting on Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003)
In De do do do De da da da music video we can see Sting playing his Hamer Bass
According to Bass Magazine 2003 (Japanese), Sting used a custom-made Ibanez MC940 bass with Pearl white finish, a maple fretless neck and two Super P5s pickups mounted.
Sting received this bass in January 1981 while on tour in Japan with The Police, and used it for the rest of the Zenyatta Mondatta tour.
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 Zenyatta Mondatta (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.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Stewart Copeland on Zenyatta Mondatta (Remastered 2003)
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In this photo, Stewart Copeland can be seen playing a Roland RS-505 Paraphonic string synthesizer. He used it on early 80s Police records Zenyatta Mondatta (for the organ sound in "Bombs Away", for example) and Ghost In The Machine ("Rehumanize Yourself" and "Darkness", though it may also appear on other songs too), followed by the Rumblefish soundtrack in 1984 (for which it was part of his so-called "demo station", a photo of which is included on The Police Wiki page for the soundtrack).