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John Deacon would use Martin Heavy picks live and in studio with Queen for his basses and guitars. This picture shows one of his used (and broken) picks as well as the pick held in his Telecaster pickguard.

According to the Rotosound website, John Deacon used Rotosound RS66LDN Pure Nickel Bass Strings (45-105) on the albums "A Night At The Opera," "A Day at the Races," "News of the World," and "Jazz."

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This Linn LM-1 was used in Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. It can clearly be heard in the songs Body Language and Staying Power. The Programming for the LM-1 was done by Roger Taylor. You can see in the promotional photos of guitarist Brian May presenting the LM-1 (of which he hated)

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