Andrew W.K.

ESP made Andrew a custom PIzza guitar for him to use on stage

"I have a SansAmp, an original by Tech 21 - a PSA1 amp simulator."

"I used to use a Fender Twin Combo at times, but don't use that anymore - I like the sound of direct guitar more than through cabinets when recording."

In this video Andrew talks about his taco guitar. In his taco guitar, Andrew had a fishman fluence modern humbucker

" used to use a PC with Cakewalk, which I began recording the "I Get Wet" album on years ago, but since then I've changed over to a Macintosh - I actually don't know what type it is (probably a G4), but it's relatively old at this point and I've thought about upgrading more recently to a newer Mac. I use all the Glyph hard drives, those are really really good.

"I have, of course, the Sony Studio Monitor headphones which are the industry standard. Just fantastic. They actually make two - the $99 pair and the one for $129, and they're both fantastic. I've never heard a better headphone and never, ever found a more comfortable headphone. It's amazing to me how many people don't actually use those. But I always like using headphones when recording for the majority of the work."

"For a pre-amp I have the Mindprint enVoice, which is really nice. Very very elegant design"

"There were certain things about it that I really liked that were hard to get rid of when I switched to Pro Tools, but by the time I was recording the second album I started really learning how to do Pro Tools and of course, really really really enjoy the editing power and how much creative fun could be had with that editing. I have the LE version, but any version I've ever used has been fantastic, so I'm not so picky. I usually just record one track at a time, as I record and always have recorded, usually by myself, so I don't need a bunch of inputs, so I've stayed with a real simple mono or stereo setup"

"For years I only used the standard plugins that came with plugins, and was able to do so much with those, but more recently I've gotten Auto-Tune, which I think is fantastic as an effect or as purely tuning."

Andrew wk plays a custom taco guitar. this was made by the esp custom shop

Andrew can be seen using an SM58 for his vocals while performing live, and he stated "For microphones, the mic I've been using for a long time - though I have other ones that are "better" or fancier - I like most the Shure SM58 and have used that on many many many many recordings for many many years" indicating its use in his studio recordings as well.

From an extensive interview with UsesThis.com, as linked from AWK's own website.

"And then I have a Roland MP-60 - which is similar to the EP-9 which I had for years "

"The main keyboard sound module I use is the Roland SC-880, and I've used that on every recording I've ever done - I actually have 3 of them, because they don't make it anymore, but you can still find it quite easily."

"I also have a Roland JV-880 but I almost barely use that."

" have a Roland V-Synth GT which is fun - it's almost too powerful, there's so much you can do with it. I don't really use any of these in terms of MIDI into the computer, I just record them as audio, which I've always liked to do."

"or years I had the Event 20/20 monitor speakers, but then switched over very recently to Genelec, just 'cause the Events weren't made anymore or I couldn't find them, or something. These are fine. I usually listen at very low volume when recording because it seems more accurate. "

"But now I've got a bunch of more recent plugins like the SoundToys. But again, you can do so much with the basic stock plugins, it's almost again like too many options and too much power at times, and I'm always excited to see other people who are really up to speed and always have the latest and greatest things, and of course they don't even have their computer plugged into the Internet because of the illegal bootleg copies. I always buy my stuff outright just to keep the industry afloat. I feel like it's a good thing."

"And then I have a Roland MP-60 - which is similar to the EP-9 which I had for years "

In this photo, Andrew W.K. can be seen using a Shure U2 SM58 wireless microphone.

In the music video for "Babalon" by Andrew W.K., several solo shots clearly depict him playing a black LTD AP-204 bass guitar with the stock pickups replaced.

At 1:58 in the music video for "Babalon", Andrew W.K. is seen displaying the "E-II" logo on the headstock of his guitar, which is characteristic of ESP E-II M-II guitars. The headstock is visible during several other moments during the video as well but this is as clear as it can get. Additionally, at 0:19, the ESP logo is clearly visible on the 12th fret.

In the music video for the song "Babalon", it is evident that Andrew W.K. is playing a Roland RD-700NX, which features a custom "AWK" logo.