Philip Selway's Gear

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Mr. Selway played Premier drums since the OK Computer era through The King of Limbs album and tour, when he switched to Gretsch drums.

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Selway's Zildjian artist page states that he uses a pair of 13" K Hi Hats.

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At 12:25 during the Video we can see that Philip has a Dave Smith Tempest to the right of his drum rig.

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Selway's Zildjian artist page states that he uses a 20" K Custome Dark Ride.

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At the beginning of this performance of "Coming Up for Air", Selway can be seen playing a Fender Stratocaster Sunburst with a maple fretboard.

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Philip Selway is seen using a DW Collector's Series Drum Kit during Radiohead's performance of "Anyone Can Play Guitar" at the MTV Beach House in 1993, as captured in a YouTube video by shreddycap.

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Listed on Phil's official Zildjian page.

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At 0:06 during the video, we get to see that Philip is using an SPDSX to perform the opening to "Bloom."

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Selway's Zildjian artist page states that he uses a 17" K dark medium thin crash.

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The AKG C12 microphones can be identified in photographs taken at the library of Tottenham House in September or October 2006, during the recording sessions for "In Rainbows." These microphones were utilized as stereo overheads on Philip Selway's drum kit, in conjunction with a Neumann M49 or M50 serving as the center overhead. This setup is visually confirmed by the available image evidence.

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Philip Selway is confirmed to use the Neumann M49 microphone during the recording of "In Rainbows." This is evidenced by photographs taken in the library at Tottenham House in September or October 2006, where a pair of these microphones is visible as stereo overhead mics for his drum kit, combined with a Neumann M49 or M50 center overhead, as shown in the image provided on Equipboard.

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Philip Selway is confirmed to use the Neumann M 50 Microphone, as evidenced by photographs taken at the library in Tottenham House during the recording sessions for "In Rainbows" in September or October 2006. These images show a pair of Neumann M 50 microphones being used as stereo overhead mics for Selway’s drum kit, in conjunction with a Neumann M49 or M50 as the center overhead microphone. The proof is visually documented in the source image provided.

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Philip Selway used a Roland SPD-20 during the tours supporting "Hail to the Thief" and "In Rainbows." According to Plank, for the 2006 tour, Selway employed "custom triggers and pads running into Roland SPD brain," as depicted in the provided image on Equipboard.

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Philip Selway is confirmed to use the Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1 MKI, as evidenced by a photo from the King of Limbs newspaper where he is seen playing it, suggesting its use on that album. Additionally, a late-2006 photo from the recording of "In Rainbows" also shows a Machinedrum, which may be the same unit. This is distinct from the SPS-1 UW model that Thom Yorke has used since around 2010.

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Philip Selway uses the Clavia Nord Ddrum 4 SE, as evidenced by a Ddrum trigger visible on his snare during Radiohead's performance of "Sit Down. Stand Up" in New York on June 5, 2003. This is clearly shown in the second screenshot of the provided image.

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The VS-1880 can be seen in this screenshot from the Radiohead’s 2003 performance at the Beacon theatre in 2003.

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Philip Selway is confirmed to use LP Latin Percussion Congas, as evidenced by a photo from the recording sessions of "In Rainbows" where he is seen playing them.

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