Katy Perry

Katy Perry used a Taylor 114ce for her performance live at SXSW 2007. For the first ten seconds of the video, you can accurately see the guitar while Katy is strumming along to her song "Mannequin."

In this picture, Katry Perry is playing a Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro II 60s Alpine White electric guitar.

According to the official Taylor site, Katy plays a T5-S.

Katy can be seen here posing with a Gibson Trini Lopez Standard Custom Reissue Electric Guitar.

Katy Perry play her Guitar Gibson Les Paul in a show

In this photo, Perry is visible with sunburst Fender Telecaster and some kind of Vox amp right behind her.

Katy was playing her Squier Hello Kitty Stratocaster in a concert at Marquee Theatre, California, within The Hello Katy Tour, early 2009.

On this rare footage Katy playing some version of Ovation Celebrity (probably CC44 model) during her very first tour as an artist in 2001. https://vimeo.com/104457629

In the picture you can see Katy signing a custom Epiphone Casino.

In the image you can see Katy Perry holding a Martin 00-18.

In the picture you can see Katy Perry with her pink Gibson Les Paul. Secondary Source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/3c/05/3d/3c053d629ebf733bbee9d7887f58b31c.jpg

Katy Perry with her Gibson Hummingbird.

In the picture you can see Katy with her Taylor Guitars Katy Perry-Autographed Swarovski Guitar. Secondary Source: https://paddle8.com/work/taylor-guitars/90664-katy-perry-autographed-swarovski-guitar

In the gif you can see Katy Perry with her colourful Swarovski Guitar made by Taylor Guitars. Secondary Source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/36/50/e1/3650e18bf6bb7160392346e7cc2fd11b.jpg

Several pictures featuring Perry with Gibson Les Paul Vixens

In this article, it states that "Katy Perry's engineering team relies on DPA Microphones’ 4088 Cardioid Headset microphones for all of the pop superstar’s live performances, including her current 'California Dreams' tour."

In this photo, one can see Katy Perry with a Shure SM58.

"Katy Perry made a memorable entrance, descending in a glass box with her baby blue hair and her SKM 5200-II/MD 5235 combination to perform her new post-divorce song, “Part of Me.”"

"Katy Perry made a memorable entrance, descending in a glass box with her baby blue hair and her SKM 5200-II/MD 5235 combination to perform her new post-divorce song, “Part of Me.”"

In 0:27 sec, Katy Perry appears using it.

a mic she uses as much as she can

best microphone for live

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

"I've included a screenshot of a single phrase in which you can see how it's possible to work directly on the vocal in Nuendo. The different coloured blocks indicate the different notes, and you can tune the vocal or change the vibrato. It's incredibly easy and you don't need Melodyne or Auto-Tune. This screenshot is for demonstration purposes only, because we didn't actually have to tune Katy's vocal, she was right on the note. Of course, Phil mixed the vocals. I bounced tracks 129 to 166 to stereo and I sent this to Phil, as well as a screenshot of my mastering chain, my treatment of the stereo master. So once Phil had mixed in the vocal, he could reproduce my mastering chain by using the same plug-ins and looking at the screenshot. In this way, the music is done, and all Phil has to focus on are the vocals.”

At the time of "Firework"'s production, Nuendo 4 was the latest version of the software.

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

Mentioned in this March 2009 Mix Online article about the Hello Katy Tour.

Both front-of-house engineer Fern Alvarez Jr. (who is also production manager) and monitor engineer Dave “Supa” Rupsch are working on Digidesign Profile consoles. For effects, Alvarez relies on a Bomb Factory BF76 compressor and a Franklin d2 EQ for Perry's vocals; Smack on background vocals; Purple Audio comp for bass guitar; Joemeek comp for acoustics; ReVibe reverb on Perry and background vocals; and Reverb one for all instruments. (...) According to monitor engineer Dave “Supa” Rupsch, “It is not a very plug-in-intensive setup. I use Impact for kick and snare compression, and Bomb Factory compressors for bass DI and Katy's acoustic.