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Adam Young's studio has six Fender guitars. The fourth is an American Telecaster Deluxe.

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Adam Young's Fender Custom Shop La Cabronita. He posts about it on his Instagram: "My favorite tele: Fender Custom Shop "La Cabronita" relic. I tune my guitars up a step but I keep this one in standard so I can paint with all the colors of the wind. My friend Alex put a Seymour Duncan Invader in it. One strum on this piece and the first three rows of any audience is instantly pregnant."

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Adam Young of Owl City uses a Taylor 314ce Sapele/Spruce Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar, as highlighted in an article by Kane Dane on Ayoungmusic.

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Adam Young of Owl City uses the Taylor 816ce Acoustic Guitar, as noted by Kane Dane on Ayoungmusic.

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Adam Young's studio, Sky Harbor Studios, has a Fender American Precision Bass.

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Owl City posts a photo to Instagram showing his Neumann U87 microphone. It appears to be used to mic an Orange amplifier.

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Adam Young's studio contains two Sennheiser MD 421s.

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Sky Harbor Studios, Owl City's personal studio, has two SM81s.

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Owl City's studio has three Beta 57s.

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Owl City's studio has three of these microphones.

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Adam Young's studio has the KSM313 Ribbon Microphone.

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Owl City's studio has one ElectroVoice RE20.

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Owl City's studio uses a C24 Control Surface.

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Owl City's studio has a pair of Focal Twin6 Bes, as seen in this pic he posted to Instagram.

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Adam Young of Owl City uses a pair of Solo6 Be monitors in his studio.

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Owl City's studio lists its M55 Vibraphone in its equipment's "Other" category.

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Owl City's studio, "Sky Harbor Studios", lists the Steinway Medium Grand Piano in its equipment's "Other" category.

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Seen here at the bottom right of this Instagram photo, the Audio 6 is hooked up to the "thing" that Adam has made. Original caption: "I made a thing"

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In this picture of Adam Young, he can be seen with a Apple Macbook Pro.

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In an Instagram post, Owl City shared an image featuring the Electro-Harmonix 45000 Multi-Track Looping Recorder, accompanied by the caption, "You are a sad, strange little man and you have my pity."

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Owl City shared a photo on Instagram featuring the TC Electronic Hall Of Fame Reverb, highlighting its role in his setup.

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Owl City's Instagram post features the Xotic Effects EP Booster, showcasing its use in his setup.

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Owl City shared a photo on Instagram featuring the Arturia Minimoog Mini V Software Synthesizer, capturing a playful moment with the caption, "Sorry I wrapped your Christmas presents in my tighty whiteys."

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Pic taken by Owl City on Instagram

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Adam/Owl City mentions the guitar in an interview with Music Radar:

"I used my uncle's old '69 Alvarez. I am by no means a very good guitarist but I have a lot of fun layering things together."

"The completed Owl City features a spacious 675-sq-ft control room equipped with a Solid State Logic AWS hybrid mixing/control console, Adam Audio S-4XV main loudspeaker monitors, "

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In an image from September of 2016, on Owl City's verified instagram page, we can see two pop filters and a Telefunken ELA M251 setup in a vocal booth. "I always use two cuz dem plosives ????"

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Dear diary, it is day 248. My quest for the perfect bass tone has now come to an end. Today I plugged an American P Bass with split-coil vintage '62 pickups directly into a hand wired AC30, captured with a ribbon mic through an SSL preamp, and it was pure magic. The perfect tone I've been searching for, proving yet again there are no rules in the studio. If it sounds good, do it. My tribulation has ended. It has been a long, difficult journey but I have triumphed. My mind is now released from this torment. This may be my last entry.

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Adam posted about it on his tumblr blog

I also recently got my grubby hands on an Orange AD30.

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Adam Young of Owl City lists Pro Tools HD amongst his DAWs at his Sky Harbor Studio in Minnesota.

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