Sting

According to the DPA website, Sting is an endorsing artist and has been using their d:facto microphone both onstage and in the studio.

In the March 2012 issue of Total Production International magazine, Sting's then-production crew was interviewed and it is stated that he was using an 865 for live work.

Used for Sting's vocals for Sting: A Winter's Night... Live From Durham Cathedral, as featured in this video from DPA's YouTube channel.

Mentioned by producer Hugh Padgham in this March 2004 Sound on Sound interview.

"His voice was always fairly dull," Padgham explains, "and I was never totally happy with his vocal sound until we came upon the Sony C800 tube mic much later on."

Used for vocals on Brand New Day, All This Time and more. It is mentioned by recording engineer Simon Osborne in this transcribed October 1, 1999 Audio Media interview on Sting's official website.

When it comes to recording Sting's vocals, Simon has a standard way of operating, too: "I always go straight to tape rather than through the desk. I use AMS Neve 31105s and a Demiter valve mic amp, which I've used for a long while. I've also got all the usual stuff like Urei 1176s and such. I'll start with a general setting, so a 4:1 ratio, not too fast, with a quick release as a guide. His voice obviously changes depending on the key and dynamic of the tune, so it's important to have an initial set-up that can be tweaked as necessary. In terms of mics, we normally use the Sony C800G, it just works well with Sting's voice."

This is restated by Osborne in this December 1, 2002 Mix interview about , also transcribed on Sting's official website.

"For Sting's vocals, we use a Sony valve mic - the C-800G - the one with the little radiator [Peltier cooling device] fitted on the back. It looks a little daft, but it works. I have some Shep preamps - the Neve copies - which are great on drums. I have a Summit and a couple Demeter valve preamps I use on vocals and bass. Most of the other sounds go through the Shep Neve copies which sound good. The design might be 25 or 30 years old, but the sound is state of the art."

Used for vocals on Brand New Day, as mentioned by recording engineer Simon Osborne in this transcribed October 1, 1999 Audio Media interview on Sting's official website.

When it comes to recording Sting's vocals, Simon has a standard way of operating, too: "I always go straight to tape rather than through the desk. I use AMS Neve 31105s and a Demiter valve mic amp, which I've used for a long while. I've also got all the usual stuff like Urei 1176s and such. I'll start with a general setting, so a 4:1 ratio, not too fast, with a quick release as a guide. His voice obviously changes depending on the key and dynamic of the tune, so it's important to have an initial set-up that can be tweaked as necessary. In terms of mics, we normally use the Sony C800G, it just works well with Sting's voice."

Used for vocals, as mentioned by recording engineer Simon Osborne in this December 1, 2002 Mix interview transcribed on Sting's official website.

"For Sting's vocals, we use a Sony valve mic - the C-800G - the one with the little radiator [Peltier cooling device] fitted on the back. It looks a little daft, but it works. I have some Shep preamps - the Neve copies - which are great on drums. I have a Summit and a couple Demeter valve preamps I use on vocals and bass. Most of the other sounds go through the Shep Neve copies which sound good. The design might be 25 or 30 years old, but the sound is state of the art."

Given Sting's previous use of the 31105 (on which the SN12 is based) and the product page's explicit mention of "Mr. Rupert Neve's Class A output stage and special output transformer", it most likely that the unspecified module is the SN12, rather than the SN8.

A pair was used for "some acoustic guitar" on Brand New Day, as stated by recording engineer Simon Osborne in this October 1, 1999 Audio Media interview transcribed on Sting's official website.

Simon also had an exciting time experimenting at Sting's Italian villa. "I got into using M&S miking a bit on this album," he says, "using a pair of Audio Technica 4050s in the chapel. It's got brilliant acoustics. We recorded some acoustic guitar there, so I did M&S recording of the ambience. I experimented a lot to get the right balance between the close mic and the ambient mics. Real reverb was just lovely; it really makes you realise what you're missing when you use digital reverbs!"

Sting is seen with this guitar at 2:44.

In this live video from the 1981 Secret Policeman's Other Ball event, we see Sting performing "Message in a Bottle" solo on a 1970s Fender Stratocaster. We can also see him practicing on it backstage in this undated photo.

The various Musician models were endorsed by several high-profile musicians, including The Police's Sting

1987 - Sting dons a black Paul Reed Smith Guitar for the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia Italy

Wrong guitar should be a bass guitar not this Stratocaster

Sting's main guitar since purchasing it with Stewart Copeland in 1978 from Manny's Music in New York City. He used the guitar extensively. During his Live Aid appearance in 1985 and during his first solo recording and tour, The Dream of the Blue Turtles.

Sting talked about this guitar on Jimmy Fallon's show. About how he got this guitar from his ancestors and that she was in terrible condition.

The Guitar is from 2012

Used for vocals on Brand New Day, All This Time and more. It is mentioned by recording engineer Simon Osborne in this transcribed October 1, 1999 Audio Media interview on Sting's official website.

When it comes to recording Sting's vocals, Simon has a standard way of operating, too: "I always go straight to tape rather than through the desk. I use AMS Neve 31105s and a Demiter [sic] valve mic amp, which I've used for a long while. I've also got all the usual stuff like Urei 1176s and such. I'll start with a general setting, so a 4:1 ratio, not too fast, with a quick release as a guide. His voice obviously changes depending on the key and dynamic of the tune, so it's important to have an initial set-up that can be tweaked as necessary. In terms of mics, we normally use the Sony C800G, it just works well with Sting's voice."

This is restated by Osborne in this December 1, 2002 Mix interview about , also transcribed on Sting's official website.

"For Sting's vocals, we use a Sony valve mic - the C-800G - the one with the little radiator [Peltier cooling device] fitted on the back. It looks a little daft, but it works. I have some Shep preamps - the Neve copies - which are great on drums. I have a Summit and a couple Demeter valve preamps I use on vocals and bass. Most of the other sounds go through the Shep Neve copies which sound good. The design might be 25 or 30 years old, but the sound is state of the art."

Sting is listed as a user of the item on the official product page.

You can see an Ampeg SVT head and Ampeg cabs on Sting's side of the stage in this live performance from 1979. Pretty clear shot at 00:00:48. Visible in many other places.

In this article from International Musician magazine (reproduced on Sting's official website), long-serving tech Danny Quatrochi explains that Sting has used an SRE-555 as part of his live rig.

Sting use one or two Moog Taurus 1 bass pedal to expand the power-trio The Police sound. He can play a fill note with the foot synth. For example, Don't stand so close... Andy Summers play Taurus two.

He uses two Boss OC-2 octave pedals.

Used on Brand New Day, as stated on the official album page of Sting's official website and in a compilation of interviews on the same page.

"I play all the bass on my Fender P-bass, and then I play a Roland guitar synthesiser, and a classicla guitar. I typically play the simple guitar bits, the centre of the songs. Dominic Miller plays the colours, which he's really good at. I don;t play any piano or keyboards on this record; I was in love with this guitar synth. It gave me so many opportunities to have fun.

(...) Bassist, 10/99

"I wrote most of 'Brand New Day' on a Roland VG-8 [guitar-synth system] with synthesizer sounds. That gave me a shot in the arm about being creative on guitar. I created most songs by jamming with a drum machine and getting riffs - that sound is all over the album. The theme from 'A Thousand Years', for instance, comes from the VG-8. I do sometimes write on the bass, though."

Revolver, 3/00

(...) Sting: Vocals, Bass, Vg-8 Guita [sic] Synth, Bv's

In De do do do De da da da music video we can see Sting playing his Hamer Bass

Sting can be seen here playing a Fender Precision Bass. The image comes from Paste Magazine's article where they rate him at #7 in their "20 Most Underrated Bass Guitarists" list.

In this photo, Sting can be seen playing a Spector NS2 Bass.

Sting can be seen playing a Fretless Fender Precision Bass at the 1:34 mark during the music video for "Roxanne" by the Police.

This Bass Player Magazine interview with Sting from his website mentions his '62 J-bass. Paragraph 41.