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Album 2009

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2009 album Them Crooked Vultures.

Music from Them Crooked Vultures

Gear Used On Them Crooked Vultures

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures (2009). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Snare Drums used by Dave Grohl on Them Crooked Vultures

Snare Drums

DW Aluminum Snare Drum

Avg price: $508.78

Dave Grohl's Drum Tech 'Gersh' shows Dave's Them Crooked Vultures set up as having a 14x6.5 aluminum snare drum.

"Dave’s live snare is a DW 14x6.5 aluminium, and it basically sits in between the Acrolite and Bell Brass models we used in the studio. It has die-cast hoops, a 'Bonham-y' character and a whole lot of crack."

Cymbals used by Dave Grohl on Them Crooked Vultures

Crash Cymbals

Zildjian 20" A Custom Crash

Avg price: $415.47

This photo of Dave Grohl's Them Crooked Vultures cymbal setup comes from a musicradar.com article, which lists that he uses the Zildjian 20" A Custom Crash (original source: http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/dave-grohls-drum-setup-revealed-them-crooked-vultures-239299/4)

Hi-hat Cymbals

Zildjian 15" K HiHats

Avg price: $649.88

The Drum Tech for Dave Grohl lists the Zildjian 15" K Hi Hats as part of his Them Crooked Vultures cymbal setup, according to this article on musicradar.com.

Crash Cymbals

Zildjian 20" A Custom Rezo Crash

Avg price: $299.99

According to Dave Grohl's Drum Tech 'Gersh', the Zildjian 20" A Custom Rezo Crash is in his Them Crooked Vultures cymbal setup.

Drum Hardware used by Dave Grohl on Them Crooked Vultures

Drum Hardware Parts

Remo Falam Slam

Avg price: $9.96

In a MusicRadar article detailing Dave Grohl's drum setup for Them Crooked Vultures, it is mentioned that drum tech Gersh uses a Remo Falam Slam pad on Grohl's bass drum.

Effects Pedals used by Josh Homme on Them Crooked Vultures

Delay Effects Pedals

SIB Electronics Echodrive 4 Tube Delay

Avg price: $2,600.00

Josh Homme incorporates the SIB Electronics EchoDrive Delay into his pedalboard setup for Them Crooked Vultures, as detailed on Effectsbay.

Amplifiers used by Josh Homme on Them Crooked Vultures

Guitar Amplifier Stacks

Teisco Checkmate 25 Half-Stack

In this picture the gear Josh Homme used for Them Crookes Vultures is shown. It contains the Head of an Teisco Checkmate 25.

Guitars used by Josh Homme on Them Crooked Vultures

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Epiphone B. B. King Lucille

Avg price: $887.26

Very self explainatory, you can see Josh use a Epi Lucille while playing New Fang with Them Crooked Vultures on the 2009 Reading Festival

Bass Guitars used by John Paul Jones on Them Crooked Vultures

Electric Basses

Manson John Paul Jones Custom Lapaphone Electric Bass

John Paul Jones uses this peculiar lap-steel bass for a few songs with Them Crooked Vultures. This bass can first be seen at :54s and features an XY MIDI control pad. The bass has 8 strings and the neck covers 3 octaves. A Fernandes Sustainer is fitted in neck position and a Hipshot bridge tuning system enabling 3 different open tunings by moving levers. More information about this bass can be found here.

Effects Pedals used by John Paul Jones on Them Crooked Vultures

Overdrive Effects Pedals

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

Avg price: $64.55

Used with Them Crooked Vultures, as is visible in this photo of Jones' pedalboard for the band (taken from Kit Rae's list of Big Muff users).

Other Gear used by John Paul Jones on Them Crooked Vultures

Guitar Bridges and Tailpieces

Leo Quan Badass II Bass Bridge

Avg price: $86.21

John Paul Jones is confirmed to use the Leo Quan Badass II Bass Bridge on his basses with Them Crooked Vultures, as evidenced by a photograph available on multiple music-related websites.