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US Festival footage from ‘83

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Mike doesn’t just play keys... he can sling an axe too. The Yamaha MusicCorporation makes some fine, quality guitars that many top musicians have used over the years. This SG 1000 is no exception.

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During the band's 2003-2004 reunion tour Mike used a Fender Japan Telecaster Thinline

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Mike can be seen playing a Korg Delta DL-50 at 0:49.

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In the studio I remember it was all recorded using a Jupiter 8 for the bells and strings and a korg ms10 thru a clone theory for the bass synth. At that time I could not get a Jupiter 8 to take on the road. The two SH101's in the picture ran sequences and the TR606 drum machine was just for the intro to "wishing"...Mike Score

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In the studio I remember it was all recorded using a Jupiter 8 for the bells and strings and a korg ms10 thru a clone theory for the bass synth. At that time I could not get a Jupiter 8 to take on the road. The two SH101's in the picture ran sequences and the TR606 drum machine was just for the intro to "wishing"...Mike Score

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In the studio I remember it was all recorded using a Jupiter 8 for the bells and strings and a korg ms10 thru a clone theory for the bass synth. At that time I could not get a Jupiter 8 to take on the road. The two SH101's in the picture ran sequences and the TR606 drum machine was just for the intro to "wishing"...Mike Score

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Featured in this TalkBass.com forum post.

I purchased my main bass, a Burns Barracuda (short-scale six-string), on eBay from Mike Score, the singer of A Flock of Seagulls. It was strung as a baritone (A to A) when I got it. I threw a set of Fender Bass VI strings on there and have bee nin love with it ever since.

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In this video released in 1985 from the single for the album Dream Come True, Who's That Girl (She's Got It), Mike Score uses a wooden colored Ibanez Artcore AS73.

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For the fourth album of the band Mike Score started to use a Fairlight CMI that did much of the bass work and beats of the album Dream Come True.

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In a 2019 live performance video from Ontario, Mike Score of A Flock Of Seagulls can be seen playing a Fender Made in Japan Modern Telecaster HH in black.

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In this video Mike uses a 1983 Fender Telecaster Elite.

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In the performance of the song "Man Made" at minute 41:50 Mike Score uses a black Gibson Les Paul Special Tribute Raven

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Mike can be seen playing a Korg MS-10 at 0:52.

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Mike can be seen playing a Roland Juno-60 in this video.

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Mike can be seen with two Roland SH-101 synthesizers in this video.

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At 2:26, Mike Score can be seen playing an Ensoniq TS-10.

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In this 1984 video clip of the single from The Story Of A Young Heart, The More You Live The More You Love, we see Mike Score using a Fender Telecaster.

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In this presentation of A Flock Of Seagulls at the 1983 US Festival, Mike Score uses a Gibson Explorer to play the song You Can Run from the first album that bears the name of his band.

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He’s pictured playing a Moderne in ‘83 in the article

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Photo of Mike Score playing a Roland Fantom X6.

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It's almost unheard of, but amid the album The Story Of a Young Heart, Mike Score used a Yamaha DX7.

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In this video, (even if in low quality), Mike Score uses a black Yamaha SG2000.

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The Muse Research website includes A Flock of Seagulls in the list of artists who use the Muse Receptor, and features comments from Mike Score.

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In this video recorded on January 25, 2024, we can see Mike Score using a Steinberger GL model guitar in a concert.

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