Genesis 1983 album equipment

Genesis was the band's self-titled album (and their twelfth studio album overall), released in October 1983.

This was the first Genesis album to be written and recorded in its entirety at The Farm Studios in Surrey. No material was written beforehand. The previous album Abacab (1981) was recorded there but being written while the studio was built. It's also the first to be written entirely by Genesis as a group without solo compositions, hence the album title.

Recordings for this album took place between March and June 1983. Phil Collins recorded footage of these sessions, showing the original layout of The Farm's control room and the gear used etc. which has been quite helpful for this page.

Phil Collins
Drum kits
 * Premier Soundwave kit - set up in main studio, possibly backup kit
 * Pearl DLX kit:
 * 20”x14” bass drum
 * 14”x8” parallel action strainer snare(?)
 * 8”x5” tom
 * 10”x6 1/2” tom
 * 12”x8” tom
 * 15”x12” tom
 * 16”x16” tom
 * 18”x16” tom

Cymbals:
 * Zildjian/Paiste/Sabian

Electronic drums & percussion
 * Movement MCS Percussion Computer Mk. II
 * Simmons SDS-V pads & module
 * Slingerland timbales

Tony Banks
Keyboards & synthesizers:
 * ARP Quadra
 * E-mu Emulator
 * Moog Taurus II
 * New England Digital Synclavier II
 * Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus(?)
 * Sequential Circuits Prophet-10
 * Yamaha CP-70B grand piano

Effects:
 * MXR MX-134 Stereo Chorus (on CP70 & various synths)
 * MXR MX-107 Phase 100 (on Prophet organ - e.g. "It's Gonna Get Better")
 * assorted MXR units
 * Lexicon PCM-41 delay

Miscellaneous:
 * Linn LM-1 drum machine - for triggering synths.
 * Custom mixer
 * Korg WT-12 Chromatic Tuner
 * Roland Jazz Chorus JC120 amp ("Just A Job To Do"?)

Mike Rutherford
Guitars
 * Gibson Chet Atkins CE Custom Shop
 * 1975 Fender Stratocaster USA sunburst
 * Roland G-505 - for GR-300
 * Roland GS-500 - for GR-500
 * Gibson Les Paul SG Custom white (1963?)

Basses:
 * Alembic Series I
 * Steinberger L2 fretless (“Just A Job To Do”)
 * Steinberger L2 fretted (“Home By The Sea”, “Silver Rainbow”, "Mama" etc.)

Amplification:
 * Fender Custom 68 Twin Reverb
 * Marshall (50-watt?)
 * Peavey Backstage 30 combo
 * Trace Elliot GP11 Pre-amp units (x4)
 * Yamaha G100 112

Effects, EQ & pedals:
 * AMS RMX-16 reverb
 * Boss pedals:
 * BF-2 Flanger(?)
 * CE-2 Chorus - bass on "Silver Rainbow" at least
 * CS-2 Compressor/Sustainer
 * PSM-5 Power Supply Master
 * SD-1 Overdrive
 * Lexicon PCM-41 delay (x2)
 * Orban 622b Stereo Parametric EQ
 * Moog Taurus I bass pedals
 * MXR MX-107 Phase 100
 * MXR MX-117 Flanger
 * MXR MX-129 Pitch Transposer with MXR M-131 Pitch Transposer display

Synths:
 * ARP Avatar guitar synth
 * Roland GR-300 guitar synth
 * Roland GR-500 guitar synth (assumed)
 * Moog Source

Other:
 * Korg WT-12 Chromatic Tuner
 * Linn LM-1 drum machine
 * Yamaha PM400 8-channel mixer

Microphones
Drums: Guitar amps: Vocals: Misc.:
 * Bass drum:
 * Neumann U47
 * Snare:
 * Shure SM-57
 * Hi-hat:
 * Beyerdynamic M88 (hi-hat on Simmons kit)
 * AKG C451 or Neumann KM84i
 * Toms:
 * Shure SM-57s or Sennheiser MD421s
 * Overheads:
 * Neumann U47 FET
 * Drum room:
 * Neumann U87 (x2, assumed)
 * Shure SM57's
 * Beyerdynamic M88
 * AKG C414

Other equipment
Tape machines:
 * Studer A80 VU Mk. II 2-inch 24-track
 * Studer A80 RC Mk. II 2-track (x2)
 * Sony PCM-1610 - first used by Hugh on this album

Monitors:
 * Acoustic Research AR-18S pair

Mixing consoles:
 * AMEK M2000A (or M2500)

Outboard gear

 * Allen & Heath Mini Limiter (x4)
 * AMS DMX 15-80S digital delay
 * AMS RMX-16 digital reverb
 * Dbx 160 compressor
 * EMT 140 plate
 * Lexicon PCM-41 delays (x2)
 * Neve 1066 mic pre/EQ
 * UREI 1178 stereo compressor
 * Valley People Kepex II noise gates (?)