Guitars
7
Fender Walnut "The STRAT"
"Roland Orzabal played an early 80's Walnut 'The Strat' and from what I can s... more

Gibson ES-137
Seen in this live photo, as well as many others. One of Roland's main live gu... more

Fender Telecaster
Roland used this on the Hurting tour as well as early SFTBC vid's more
Amplifiers
2
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
A thread on Gearslutz detailing the custom pedalboard built for Roland by Pet... more
Effects Pedals
4
Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer
A thread on Gearslutz detailing the custom pedalboard built for Roland by Pet... more

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
A thread on Gearslutz detailing the custom pedalboard built for Roland by Pet... more

Boss CE-2 Chorus
A thread on Gearslutz detailing the custom pedalboard built for Roland by Pet... more

Boss VB-2 Vibrato
A thread on Gearslutz detailing the custom pedalboard built for Roland by Pet... more
Studio Equipment
2
Roland MC-4
"The Roland MC4 is useful for multi-layered sequences. The Sequential Circuit... more

Linn Electronics LinnDrum
Roland Orzabal explainging when he "got a LinnDrum" in video more
Modular Synthesizers
2
What kind of Modular Synthesizers does Roland Orzabal use?

Roland - System 100M
"The Jupiter 8 gives me the automatic delayed vibrato that I prefer to the mo... more

Sequential Circuits Poly-Sequencer
"The Roland MC4 is useful for multi-layered sequences. The Sequential Circuit... more
Microphones
1
Neumann TLM 170 R
Used for Orzabal's vocals on "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", as mentione... more
Keyboards and Synthesizers
7
What kind of Keyboards and Synthesizers does Roland Orzabal use?

Fairlight CMI
Accoring to this article Roland Orzabal used a Fairlight CMI when recording T... more

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Accoring to this article Roland Orzabal used a Prophet 5 when recording Tears... more

Roland Jupiter-8 Synthesizer
Accoring to this article Roland Orzabal used a Roland Jupiter 8 when recordin... more

Yamaha DX7
Accoring to this article Roland Orzabal used a Fairlight CMI when recording T... more
Other Gear
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