Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington's Microphones
Vocal mics are the wireless Sennheiser 2000 with the 865 capsule
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"When it came time to select microphones, we actually had a shoot-out of every single A-T front line vocal mic. Monitor engineer Kevin “Tater” McCarthy and I spent three or four rehearsals swapping out mics and trying them with the band,” said Pooch. “We ended up choosing the 6100 — it sounds great on Chester and Mike.” — FOH Ken “Pooch” Van Druten, 2007
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Chester Bennington used this microphone for records of Linkin Park album "Hybrid Theory"
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You can see him more often with this microphone in this video.
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In the music video for "Numb" by Linkin Park, Chester Bennington can be seen using a Shure Super 55 microphone. This video is available on YouTube under the title "Numb (Official Music Video) [4K UPGRADE]" provided by Linkin Park.
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From Audio-Technica's 2008 press release titled "Linkin Park and Audio-Technica Mics Hit the Road Once Again." - "Chester Bennington, along with Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park, uses the Audio-Technica Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF True Diversity Wireless System. This system includes the AEW-R5200 true diversity frequency-agile dual receiver and the AEW-T6100 hypercardioid dynamic microphone. Additionally, the AEW-T1000 UniPak transmitters are used for wireless guitars."
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Chester Bennington used the Shure SLXD2/SM58 wireless microphone during a live performance of "One Step Closer" featuring Nate from Finch, as documented by Vindicate Media on YouTube in Ventura, CA, on June 21st, 2014.
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