Feist
Leslie Feist – American‐Canadian indie pop singer / of Broken Social Scene
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Feist's Gear
Feist utilizes a pair of Vox Pathfinder 15R guitar amplifiers, which she uniquely labels as "Vox Host" and "Vox Fox." This detail is discussed on The Gear Page under the topic "Vox Pathfinder as backup gigging amp."
Leslie Feist, the acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, is pictured with a Guild Starfire V Hollowbody guitar in a user-uploaded photo on Wordpress.
Feist has been known to play many songs on her Martin 00-17 guitar!
Also see her perform live here: This video opens with her playing her Martin 00-17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6RUppjoDjc
Feist is playing a vintage Framus Parlor with slotted headstock and trapeze bridge.
Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later with Jools Holland) 18th October 2011
Minute 13:25 Feist live playing her vintage Framus 50/I parlor guitar.
Also seen here as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMXMFN5CWkY
Feist's vintage Framus 50/I parlor is the model with narrower non-slotted headstock with string guides, and hardtail bridge, and not the trapeze. Of the 2 non-slotted headstock styles hers is the narrower one that flares out.
Plays her vintage Gibson Les Paul Junior tobacco sunburst. Feist - Pleasure – San Francisco, Live, 5-10-17
Also seen here on stage: Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
https://www.vevo.com/watch/feist/undiscovered-first-(from-the-basement)/TIVEV1220498
Mix magazine article -- All Access: Feist
As for vocal mics, I've tried a lot but like the Shure Beta 58A or 57A, which deliver a lot of gain and articulation without coloring the vocal sound too much.
Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
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Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
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Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
SOS Magazine Interview: Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Renaud Letang
"Many people have asked me how I did Feist's vocal tracks on the album. We had two setups for the whole album. I had a Neumann U67 and an SM57 both going into a Vox guitar amp, on which we EQ'ed and added reverb. The Vox was miked up by an SM57 and a U87 and then went into the old Neve A646. This gave us what we called the 'dirty' vocal. The other setup was just one U67 going into the Neve preamp in Canada, which was similar to the Neve A646. In the end we used the 'dirty' vocal on all tracks, apart from '1234', which was done with the 'clean' signal chain.
SOS Magazine article: Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Renaud Letang
"Many people have asked me how I did Feist's vocal tracks on the album. We had two setups for the whole album. I had a Neumann U67 and an SM57 both going into a Vox guitar amp, on which we EQ'ed and added reverb. The Vox was miked up by an SM57 and a U87 and then went into the old Neve A646. This gave us what we called the 'dirty' vocal. The other setup was just one U67 going into the Neve preamp in Canada, which was similar to the Neve A646.
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Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
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Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
(from the video it looks like she actually has two Boss RC-20XL Loop Stations (discontinued) on the floor, not the newer RC-30).
Feist - Live at the Cherrytree House (Part 1) using Shure Beta SM58A mic.
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Feist Undiscovered First (From The Basement)
In this video [min 2:00] Feist can be seen using the Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer on the voice.
In this vedeo [min 2:00], Feist can be seen using the pedal Dispatch master for the voice.
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