Robert Smith

This article from the June 1996 issue of Sound On Sound magazine lists the C12 as being among Robert's microphones during the recording of their album Wild Mood Swings.

In this interview from the April 2000 issue of Guitar World magazine, Robert explains how he used the SM57 for both guitar and vocals on the Bloodflowers album.

According to this 2007 interview with the Cure's front-of-house engineer Michael Brennan, Smith used a 58 for "decades" before finally replacing it with a Sennheiser 935.

According to this 2007 interview with the Cure's front-of-house engineer Michael Brennan, Smith used a 58 for "decades" before finally replacing it with a Sennheiser 935.

In this transcription of an article from the June 1996 issue of Sound on Sound magazine, Smith says, "I've used an AKG C12 mic since the Wish album, because for me it's much more forgiving."

"I remember the guitar parts being very easy," Hedges says. "Robert had most of them worked out and the overdubs were simple — they were double-tracks, guitars with more effects or embellishments here and there. However, there were very few over-overdubs. They were mainly just single overdubs, and there was very, very little comping on that album. In terms of the vocals, which Robert performed into a Neumann FET 47, we'd do just one track and if it wasn't right we'd redo it, and if it still wasn't right we'd maybe drop in one or two bits, but generally there was very little comping. We didn't really have the time. There might have been two guitar tracks comped into one and there might have been two vocal tracks comped into one, but generally everything was as played or as sung.

At 1:40 in this concert video, Robert Smith can be seen playing his signature Schecter guitar. In this interview, Smith talks about this guitar. He says, "I’ve always liked the Schecter Ultra. In fact, my tech was always getting frustrated because he wanted me to use one of my vintage guitars, but I always preferred to play the Schecter. The neck shape on the UltraCure is the standard Ultra style, which I love because it’s not too deep"

At 4:34 in this live performance video, there is a clear shot of the Gretsch Silver Falcon that Robert is playing.

In this interview, Robert discusses his distinctive Jazzmaster. "The extra pickup on that Jazzmaster is from a Woolworth's Top 20 guitar—my very first electric," he says. "I took it [the Woolworth guitar] in to record our first album, along with a little WEM combo amp. [Manager/producer] Chris Parry, who was paying for the record, said, 'You can't use that!' We went out and bought a Fender Jazzmaster, and I immediately had the Top 20 pickup installed into it, which really upset Chris. I played the entire Three Imaginary Boys album through a Top 20 pickup. It's a brilliant guitar, though I actually bought it because of how it looked."

In this picture, we see Robert with his first electric guitar. He loved the guitar's "trashy" sound, and after he later upgraded to a Jazzmaster, he had the bridge pickup installed between the Fender's bridge and neck pickups.

At 0:37, Robert Smith can be seen playing a National Newport.

A closer view of Robert with the same guitar can be seen in this photo

At 7:56 in this video, Robert Smith can be seen playing a Breadwinner.

He confirms this in this interview: "I should add that when I played with Siouxsie and the Banshees the first time I played and Ovation Breadwinner guitar."

At 3:19, Robert Smith can be seen playing a Fender XII.

Robert can be seen in this "Making 'The Cure' Album" video playing his signature Dubreuille at 4:53. There's also an article about this guitar from the French Guitarist Magazine.

In the third column of this Guitar World article Robert says "and that's also when I first used that Gibson Chet Atkins. That was my main guitar."

While Robert was playing with The Banshees he played a Vox Mark VI Teardrop as seen at :47s in this video.

Smith played a Black Fender Telecaster, with maple neck and white pick guard on the Head on the Door tour.

(Poss. 1970s Vintage) Epiphone EA250 toggle switch in different position from other Epiphones

In a photo on this page, Smith can be seen playing a Gibson SG Custom.

Smith can be seen playing a Guild F-412 in a photo on this site.

During the Cure's 2016 live tour, Smith has relied almost exclusively on his Schecter signature instruments. This includes his RS-1000 acoustic guitar.

He used this guitar after the Disintegration tour until he started being endorsed by Schecter.

Smith used this guitar from the mid eighties through the late nineties. He can be seen playing it in their movie "The Cure In Orange".

Robert Smith custom guitar, played on stage during his performance with The Cure headline set at 2016 Bestival.

"Designed by Robert and printed with Bestival 2016 artwork, the Schecter “RS Ultracure Bestival” is so rare that only two of them exist in the world… and Robert has given us one to give away, signed especially for Make Some Noise and Radio X by the Cure frontman."

Very early he used a olympic white jazzmaster

http://www.schecterguitars.com/international/guitars/robert-smith-ultracure-xii-detail

In this image, we see Smith holding his black Mosrite Joe Maphis.