Matthew Healy
The 1975
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Matthew Healy says that he loves this amp. He uses this amp live on stage. Description of the picture by Matty: "I love this amp it's valveless but has the richest chorus you can find ."
In this TotalGuitar YouTube video from 2014, at 2:40, Matty Healy says "This is my guitar... I love this guitar; it's a 1965 Fender Mustang."
In the podcast, asked for an instrument/plugin he can't live without, Matty mentioned the OP-1 at 1:14:20.
In this videos he uses a 1965 Fender Mustang in White, fitted with Mojo pickups. He also has a black Mustang which he frequently uses.
“At the moment we use Shure’s SM58 for Matty, Adam and Ross and a Shure Beta 56 for George. Guitar microphones are standard Shure SM57’s and the drum microphones are a mixture of Shure and Sennheiser," reads this article.
Matty most commonly uses a Gibson ES-330 live on the songs “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” and “Me and You Together Song.”
In this interview with Music Radar, Matty Healy and Adam Hann talk about their guitar pedals and how they replicate the studio effects. Matt talks about some of the gear he uses: "I’m not as technical. I’ve got an Electro-Harmonix Clone Theory chorus, the Boss compressor, an Analogman Sun Face fuzz pedal, two small EHX Holy Grails and a Boss DD-3 delay. At the moment, I’m playing a Blackstar combo, the Artisan 30. Again, it’s very transparent. Then I’ve got a ’65 Mustang, a ’67 Mustang, a ’68 Mustang, and a ’78 Mustang." Original source here.
With the release of the new album, Matty has been seen playing this 1980s Elite stratocaster, especially on the song "Love Me"
In this article by Sound on Sound it says Matty Healy used the U67 for recording his vocals on the 1975's debut album
"to those who will appreciate this. 58' all original. Magic"
"We switched to these things called Kempers. So if you notice on our stage we don't have any of whats called backline... In order to do that, there's this new thing called a Kemper, right?" - Matty Healy GoRadioMN Interview.
Although Matty has stated previously that they mainly use Logic Pro, in this GQ 10 Essentials interview, at 3:50 he's asked "what does he use a lot of" on his Macbook Pro, stating that "it's all just very basic music stuff. It's Logic and Notes [...] are the two things that are open so there you go"
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In this Instagram photo you can see the Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion pedal in Matt's pedalboard.
"I don't play this that often I'm playing it on this tour because I'm doing a lot of same night venues so it can be looked after" - Matthew Healy at 1:00.
Matty Healy can be seen playing his 1980s Fender Elite Stratocaster, in black at Manchester Academy on 11/28/15. He's been playing this guitar on The 1975's fall 2015 tour.
He's using Shure KSM8 for 'THE 1975' tour as a main vocal microphone.
Spotted playing recently on their MFC Tour stop at the PNC Music Pavillion. Also seen in the using it in the studio.
In this picture from Matty’s Instagram, Matty can be seen using a ‘Gibson SG Standard’ Electric Guitar during the early days of The 1975, performing in Newcastle, 2005
In this Instagram photo you can see the Boss CS-3 Compressor Sustainer in Matt's pedalboard.
Matthew Healy is shown using a RimRock Mythical Overdrive pedal in an Instagram post where he shares his off-stage pedal setup, housed in a custom rack known as a 'Matty 1975.'
In this video Matty talks about the new Yamaha LL-TA he purchased.
In this Instagram photo, Matthew (Instagram/trumanblack) uses two Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedals on stage. One marked for long and the other for short reverb.
10 seconds in you'll see it at its clearist.
In this video you can see Matthew Healy using a Gibson Les Paul junior Sunburst at the song Sex (starting at 01:26:17). 1:28:37 gives you a clear view of the guitar.
Thank you @gibsonguitar I used to dream of this guitar. What a lovely gift. ‘I always a wanna die, sometimes’ - Live?
In this instagram photo, we see the Korg MicroKORG as part of Matty's setup. He also uses it in their 2013 iTunes live concert during "The City".
Seen in this live version of Medicine Matty is playing a sunburst Fender Coronado II
From Matty's May 29th 2019 instagram story.
In this photo shared to his Instagram, we see Matty has bought the Eventide Space pedal. He uses it heavily in songs like "Chocolate".
At 0:50 in this The 1975 performance video, Matt Healy's Vox AC30 can be seen behind him.
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