Yes – Tales from Topographic Oceans
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1973 album Tales from Topographic Oceans.
Music from Tales from Topographic Oceans
Artists on Tales from Topographic Oceans
Gear Used On Tales from Topographic Oceans
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Yes – Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by Chris Squire on Tales from Topographic Oceans
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Chris Squire says about the Fender Jazz in this video for Premier Guitars (5:30), "I've used that quite a bit on Yes recordings over the years... it's on 'Parallels'..."
Steve Howe
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Amplifiers used by Steve Howe on Tales from Topographic Oceans
Fender 'Silverface' Dual Showman Amp
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In an interview with Tom Rice for the Gear4music Blog titled "Yes 'Close to the Edge' 50th Anniversary - Steve Howe EXCLUSIVE Interview," guitarist Steve Howe explains his use of the Fender Dual Showman: "I’d already got a Dual Showman. I don’t know that I had two of them. But what I did have was some sort of Super Twin that had four speakers in it – and it was a big thing. Usually, the front pickup would go in that Double Twin and the Dual Showman would take the back pickup. So that’s how we recorded it. Pretty much, (Tales From) Topographic Oceans was the same thing. Somewhere in the late ‘70s, we started using round stages and the Dual Showmans were just too big a cabinet. So I switched to Twins, which the front-of-house engineer just loved because he said the 12’’s were much better for projection than the 15’’s in the Dual Showmans. So I went to Twins."
