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

"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 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.”"

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

a mic she uses as much as she can

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.

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. (...) On all the in-ear mix outputs, I am using the Focusrite 6-band parametric EQ and a limiter; on the band I use UE-7 Pros, non-ambient. Katy likes reverb in her ears; for that, I use the ReVibe plug-in with a medium hall 'verb return: 2.5-second decay time, 28ms pre-delay.”

Note that ReVibe II was not yet released in 2009.

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.

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

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. As for backing vocals, good-old Smack does the job with some mild compression. On Katy's vocals, I am just using the basic onboard compressor to balance out her vast dynamic range in her in-ears [Ultimate Ears UE-7 ambients; translucent-pink with a strawberry on the side]. On all the in-ear mix outputs, I am using the Focusrite 6-band parametric EQ and a limiter; on the band I use UE-7 Pros, non-ambient. Katy likes reverb in her ears; for that, I use the ReVibe plug-in with a medium hall 'verb return: 2.5-second decay time, 28ms pre-delay.”