They Might Be Giants – Lincoln
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1988 album Lincoln.
Music from Lincoln
Artists on Lincoln
Gear Used On Lincoln
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of They Might Be Giants – Lincoln (1988). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
John Linnell
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Studio Equipment used by John Linnell on Lincoln
"Around the time we were making our second album, Lincoln, I bought a used Mac Plus. It probably had about one meg of memory. I had that little TV set-shaped thing on my desk for a number of years. We used that and some really simple keyboards for sequencing."
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"Lincoln to me doesn’t seem like that big of leap from the first album. When we had to write another album, we obviously didn’t have, like, five years to write Lincoln. So it seems we were really quick in writing songs back then. We had more of a plan. We bought the Alesis HR-16 —"
John Flansburgh
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Guitars used by John Flansburgh on Lincoln
In ‘88 I also got another Fernandes but this was a metallic purple Strat (!) which is any whammy bars you hear on Lincoln (Purple Toupee) It’s on a lot of Lincoln actually-but came and went as things did. - John Flansburgh (source: https://tmbgareok.tumblr.com/post/182271580271/over-the-years-ive-noticed-you-played-various)
Flansburgh claims to have bought this guitar in 1988 but this concert footage is from 1987. It's possible that Flansburgh misremembered the year he bought this guitar. The tone knob for the middle pickup appears to have been missing/replaced.