Josh Homme

"Acoustic guitars I recorded with an AKG condenser pointing two inches from the bridge," says Josh Homme about the AKG Perception 120 Condenser Microphone, used in his studio setup.

Electro-Voice Model 664, as seen in the Make It Wit Chu video.

The Sennheiser 441 can be spotted micing up a Vox AC30 from 4:08

This mic was used for backing vocals on Eagles of Death Metal's Death by Sexy, according to Shure's official website.

This mic was used for toms on Eagles of Death Metal's album Death by Sexy, according to Shure's official website.

"on [Lullabies to Paralze] we used different mics on different songs. I rented a Brauner VM1, and that worked really well on pristine vocals. It's a beautiful, very clear-sounding mic."

Used on Lullabies to Paralyze by engineer Joe Baressi for Josh's vocals. "I tend to compress when I go to tape. The 1176 is my favourite on vocals, but sometimes the LA2A works really well. If you're looking for more dirt you can turn a tube compressor up a little more. I'm not opposed to dirtying the signal up and blending that in with the original. I'm not a transparent compressor guy. I may send one compressor into the other as well. That works well if you need a very up-front vocal. When I'm mixing I'll compress the vocal further, perhaps using an 1176 again."

Used on Lullabies to Paralyze for Josh's vocals. Sound engineer Joe Baressi : "When I'm mixing I'll compress the vocal further, perhaps using an 1176 again or something that's a little cleaner and more accurate, like a Distressor or the SSL console compressor."

Used on Lullabies to Paralyze for guitars. Sound engineer Joe Baressi : "I'll split the guitar signal, using the PCP Instrument Distro or more often my Systematic Systems guitar splitter, which can split the signal to six amps."

Used on Lullabies to Paralyze for guitars. Sound engineer Joe Baressi : "When I want more low end, I may have an AKG 414 on there, and when I'm after a little more personality, a Neumann 87, backed up a foot, or a ribbon mic — like the Royer 122, or an RCA BK5 or 77."

Listed under Homme on the official Echopark artist page.

Guitars:

Echopark Guitars, Esperanto 313 Crow Custom. Esperanto 9 .

Amps: Echopark Vibromatic 4-T-5 amplifier

Josh Homme uses the API 550B Discrete 4 Band Equalizer in his studio setup, alongside the API 550A Discrete 3 Band Equalizer. Josh Homme argues that "if you have 48 tracks going through the same gear, it will all have the same tonal quality, so instead we try to mix and match our gear as much as possible."

Josh Homme uses the Thermionic Culture Vulture in his studio equipment setup for stereo valve distortion.

"We also used some ribbon microphones on Alex’s voice, for instance the Sontronics Sigma," mentions rock guitarist Josh Homme in reference to the Sontronics Sigma Phantom-Powered Ribbon Microphone, which is part of his studio setup.

This photo of Josh's gear taken on stage with Them Crooked Vultures shows one of the guitar cabs used is an Ampeg 2x12.

In a user-uploaded photo on Wikimedia, Josh Homme is shown using a Jim Dunlop Solid Strap D3809 Black with his guitar.

This mic was used for the overhead recording of drums on Eagles of Death Metal's album Death by Sexy, according to Shure's official website.

"on [Lullabies to Paralze, we] used the [Neumann] M49 on a couple of tracks, the [Shure] SM57 on some others, tried the [BLUE] Ball, and used the Shure KSM44, which is really good."

Used on Lullabies to Paralyze for Josh's vocals. Sound engineer Joe Baressi : "I tend to compress when I go to tape. The 1176 is my favourite on vocals, but sometimes the LA2A works really well. If you're looking for more dirt you can turn a tube compressor up a little more. I'm not opposed to dirtying the signal up and blending that in with the original. I'm not a transparent compressor guy. I may send one compressor into the other as well. That works well if you need a very up-front vocal. When I'm mixing I'll compress the vocal further, perhaps using an 1176 again."

Used on Lullabies to Paralyze for guitars. Sound engineer Joe Baressi : "When I want more low end, I may have an AKG 414 on there, and when I'm after a little more personality, a Neumann 87, backed up a foot, or a ribbon mic — like the Royer 122, or an RCA BK5 or 77. "

Featured on the official Sontronics "Famous Users" page.

JUSTIN SMITH, Engineer (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal)

"The DELTA is amazing. It handles anything you throw at it from quiet, non-distorted guitar to balls-to-the-wall, amp-on-11 type stuff. As soon as you've got the final models ready [QOTSA beta-tested our DELTA prototypes], we want more of them!

"We love the HALO too, and we go out live with HALOs all over Josh and Troy [van Leeuwen]'s cab set-ups. They sound awesome!"

Used for vocals on Villains, as stated by co-producer and engineer Mark Rankin in this October 26, 2017 AudioTechnology interview.

When it came time to record Homme’s final vocals, Rankin said there were three different schools of thought: “One was the upfront, clean condenser — a Sanken CU51; a ribbon for a bit of character — an RCA 44; and sometimes an old dynamic like an Electro-Voice. The Sanken has two capsules. United had one and it was insanely good; I wanted to use it for everything. The RCA44 ribbon also sounded fantastic. United have copies that have been there since they bought them new, and they’re really well looked after. Sometimes we’d use an Electro-Voice dynamic, purposely trying to get a harder, harsh sound.”

He would put either an Eventide 910 or 949 Harmonizer in the chain. “It’s a favourite,” said Rankin. “A little bit of delay and a little bit of pitch gives that really good fake room sound.” That balance between dryness and space was pretty critical. “A lot of times we’re letting the low end of the drums or the bass be the big thing and keeping guitars small. We’d have a the 949 on the vocal a lot, and then the guitars will be out wide. If we got to the point where it felt like we needed some space, we would just send something out into the room at United and record the room. It’s like the Ocean Way plug-in on UAD. Because the rooms sounds so good, you’ll fire something out on the PA, record it back on the ambient mics and all of a sudden it works.”

Josh Homme has used the Pultec EQ1A Equalizer in his studio equipment setup.

The Schmidlin Fed+ All Tube Audio Compressor makes up an important part of Josh Homme's extensive studio gear setup.

Josh Homme uses the Collins 26U-1 Compressor in his studio equipment setup.

"If you have 48 tracks going through the same gear, it will all have the same tonal quality, so instead we try to mix and match our gear as much as possible," explains guitarist Josh Homme in reference to the API 550 equalizers. Josh Homme uses the API 550A Discrete 3 Band Equalizer in his studio gear setup.

The Neve 33609JD Stereo Compressor is used by rockstar Josh Homme in his studio equipment setup.

"We created a great John Lennon-style single slap delay with my Marantz cassette recorder, which added warmth, clarity and drama that sounded great on Alex’s vocals," explains Josh Homme in reference to the Marantz PMD430 Cassette Recorder. Josh Homme uses the Marantz in his studio equipment setup.

Can be seen using an E-Bow with Kyuss in 1994 on the solo for the song Odyssey. Can clearly be seen @ 6:21 in the video:

https://youtu.be/hqnvynVTlK8

One of the two kick microphones for Josh Homme's drumming on Eagles of Death Metal's album Death by Sexy, according to Shure's official website.