Adrian Utley

This interview was done in Adrian's private studio. The photos show most of his instruments and gear, including the Harmony H54

Adrian Utley played a Fender Telecaster in the '90s, as seen in a user-uploaded photo on Libero.

Adrian's main guitar in the '90s was an ES-335. In this video, the 335 can be seen most clearly around the 3:54 mark.

In this Instagram post, Utley shares a display of his many pedals, including two copies of the MXR Blue Box in the upper left of the picture.

In this Instagram post you can see the QuarterMaster in the pedalboard that was wired by Dan Steinhart.

In a June 1995 Sound On Sound interview Utley said:

"I did something recently on ADAT and I really didn't like the sound of it. I've got a '70s Fender Twin amp reverb which has a really warm sound and I know what that sounds like -- and it didn't sound like that on ADAT. It wasn't EQ'ed. We stuck SM57 mics on it, which I always use -- one at the front and one at the back -- and it did not sound the same. It scooped out the whole 'warmth' area in the sound."

This video, shot in Adrian's private studio, shows most of his instruments and gear, including the Oberheim Two Voice

At 10:26 in the video. "I think this is an amazing synth. They're really cheap...well, comparatively...It's got one oscillator...and you can get millions of things out of it."

In an interview with MusicRadar, Adrian Utley of Portishead discusses his vintage gear collection, which includes a Silvertone Bobkat electric guitar.

You can see the U47 around 0:18 min mark in the attached video.

You can see the Yamaha spx90 around 0:09 min mark in the attached video.

At the 10:26 mark of this video the EP4 is shown beside Adrian Utley's Arturia Microbrute

In this interview originally available on the official Orange website, Utley states: "And my pedals are pretty extreme: I have an American Real McCoy wah pedal – I used to use a Cry Baby. With the RMC I can get pure wah sound – which I love – or extreme filter sweeping and volume change."

This video, shot in Adrian's private studio, shows most of his instruments and gear, including the ARP 2600 Modular Synthesizer

In a June 1995 Sound On Sound interview Utley said:

Adrian's love affair with all things analogue extends to his home studio setup: "I've got a Kenton Pro2 MIDI/CV interface for my Roland SH101, SH09, ARP Odyssey and Pro One synths."

This video, shot in Adrian's private studio, shows most of his instruments and gear, including the Korg MiniKorg 700s at 1:37.

The following excerpt is from an interview with Adrian, which can be found here: https://guitarplayer.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/interview-with-portisheads-guitarist-adrian-utley/

"Another thing that’s quite extreme and unmissable about Portishead’s backline is Adrian’s customised Orange 2×12” cab: “I wanted to have a loud speaker cab – that’s two separate words [laughs] – and so I asked Jim Barr who plays bass with us, to spray-paint a design on the speaker grille. I really like what he came up with and in a weird kind of way it fits in with the pictures you get on old Orange amps – the mountains for the echo and stuff.”

At 4:17 in the video. The TR-808 can be seen at the very bottom of the video.

At 4:49 of the video. "...It's really lovely. Signed by Bob Moog...It had been in a cellar for a long time."

At 5:42 in the video. "This is a really early one, 1969 VCS 3. Used this endlessly...Wonder what it's on at the moment, you never know with these things, they're like some weird beast."

At 10:22 in the video. "And yeah, this nice thing, which I just got."

Back in the '90s, Adrian's primary amplifier was a Fender Twin Reverb. He made extensive use of its reverb and tremolo. It can be seen around the 0:40 mark.

You can the the Roland @ the 1:05 mark of the attached video.

You can see the Bentley Rhythm Ace FR6 @ the 3:23 mark in the attached video.

You can see the Akai S3000XL just barely @ around 9:44min mark in the attached video.

You can see 2 Kenton PRO 2000's at the 2:45 mark in the attached video.

You can see the Sony 7506 around 10:56 min mark in the attached video.

Video, "Polyend visits Adrian Utley" at his recording studio in Bristol, England. The Polyend Seq sequencer is clearly visible from this time: https://youtu.be/UlyT36RQY4E?t=31 , sequencing a Symmons SS8 drum synthesizer, which Adrian is listening to through his headphones. The video is an official video, on Polyend's YouTube music equipment channel, with the text "This time we had an occasion to visit Ade's Utley Bristol-based studio where he's working with many great instruments including Polyend Perc and Seq". The video was published on 25th January 2019.

I was investigating this guitar solo tone and found this live concert where he uses a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with Mini Humbuckers. The item can be seen and heard at 2:39. The song is Glory Box. No idea about the date or the venue.

On this article, on the Arturia website, Adrian Utley claimed to use Microbrute