Mike Kerr's Gear

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At 0:12 on this video, we can see an Avalon U5 on the right of Mike's pedalboard

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In this video at 3:57, we can see Mike uses a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass

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We can see at 2:58 a 4x10 ashdown bass cab

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On this page of Fender's website, it lists the Bassman 810 Pro among the gear that Mike Kerr of Royal Blood uses.

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At 28:57 in the YouTube video "Royal Blood Live at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2017," Mike Kerr uses a Radial Engineering JDX Reactor Guitar Amp and Cabinet Direct Box. It is visible connected between the speaker output and internal speaker input of his Fender Super-Sonic amplifier, likely routing to the PA system for a mixed sound with the cabinet mic feed.

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He uses this in Hole in Your Heart.

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This power conditioner can be seen in Mike's rack

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Cog Effects built this custom patch box for Mike Kerr

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Cog Effects built this another custom signal router with 2 inputs for Mike Kerr

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Cog Effects built these custom fuzz for Mike Kerr

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Mentioned in this November 12, 2014 article from the official DPA website.

"We use DPA's d:facto™ Vocal Microphone on vocals and d:vote™ 4099 Instrument Microphones on snare bottoms and toms," says Front of House engineer Phil Jones from Output Audio.

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In the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance of "Roxanne" by Royal Blood, Mike Kerr uses a Sennheiser MD 421-II microphone. At 0:38, it is visibly positioned alongside an AT4060, likely to capture additional mids and highs from the speaker.

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Mike Kerr used the Therevox ET-4.3 synthesizer during Royal Blood's "Trouble’s Coming" recording session, as shown in the "Royal Blood - Quarantine Recording Session" video by AmbrixMUSE on YouTube.

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In this video we can se that Mike is using a Plasma Rack. It’s used for the distortions of the third album.

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In this YouTube video of Royal Blood’s Studio Brussels performance at around the 4-58-4:59 mark, one can clearly see Mike using the Radial SGI TX interface.

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While touring with Royal Blood in 2022, Mike added a Moog EP-3 Expression Pedal to his rig. It is mounted on top of his RJM MIDI Controller.

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At 1:46 you can see on the right hand side that Mike now uses 4 Kemper Profiler Rack

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In this article, Royal Blood’s FOH Engineer says that Mikes amps are now run through 4 Neural DSP Quad Cortex Units for live use.

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In this YouTube video, consisting of Instagram reels taken from the recording period of the album Typhoons, between 5:22 - 5:31, an Epiphone Studio 10s can be seen in the background behind Mike Kerr. In an interview with Total Guitar in July 2021, Mike Kerr describes using using a cheap amp to record tracks from Typhoons in November.

"I actually bought an amp off eBay for £30 but I’m not going to say what it is... I don’t want everyone to go out and buy them, because I might want spares! But there’s loads of them left. And it sounded magical. I did all the guitar stuff using that one amp, and I only had one of them, so any double-tracking was actually re-amped through that, to achieve the second layer."

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In this Instagram reel @ 1:03 we can see a distinctive Danelectro ‘56 baritone in the rack of instruments Mike has. This is very likely the baritone guitar used to record Space, a B-side off of Typhoons.

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In the video titled "In Conversation with Mike Kerr | Artist Signature Series" by Fender, bassist and singer Mike Kerr is showcased utilizing the Fender Limited Edition Mike Kerr Signature Jaguar Bass. This video provides insights into the design and features of the bass directly from Mike Kerr, against the backdrop of his and Royal Blood's musical journey. The video is an official release from Fender, cementing the association between Mike Kerr and this specific model of Jaguar Bass.

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In the following Instagram video on the official Royal Blood account, Mike Kerr can be seen holding and playing the G5031FT guitar.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwkxlfnyjY-/

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In this Instagram post from May of 2021, you can see a Boss Blues Driver on the floor infront of Mike, right next to the EHX Pitchfork. The white text on the switch indicates it may be the Waza Craft version.

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In this Instagram video you can see a Squier VI Bass sat in the guitar rack in the background. This was most likely the bass used to record 'Space' as Mike Kerr described in an interview that the guitar used for the song was a bass that had six strings, and played like a guitar. This version of the Squier VI was also released a year prior to the release of 'Typhoons', which coincides with the time they wrote and recorded the album.

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In Royal Bloods video with Fender on 'Troubles Coming' a Radial J48 DI box can be seen sitting under the EHX Cockfight on top of the Fender Supersonic Amp.

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Mike Kerr is using the Jim Dunlop Solid Strap D3809 Black in this photo, as evidenced by the image provided.

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Producer Tom Dalgety, who worked on Royal Blood's first and second albums, confirmed that Mike Kerr uses the Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator in his live setup. Dalgety explained that Kerr runs his bass through the AC-3 into an overdriven amp, which gives it a unique crunch. This information was provided in an article by Rod Brakes for BOSS Articles titled "Behind the Board: Tom Dalgety with Ghost, Pixies, Royal Blood, and The Cult."

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In the YouTube video "91X Gear Heads with Royal Blood" by 91X San Diego, starting at 6:06, a small pedalboard used by Mike Kerr pedal is shown featuring the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress XO.

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Mike Kerr is confirmed to use a Rock N Roll Relics Thunders Bass, as evidenced by a promotional video for a new Royal Blood song posted on Instagram by @royalblooduk.

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