Peter Gabriel So equipment

Peter Gabriel
Instruments
 * Aiwa CA-W20 boom box
 * Linn LM-1
 * LinnDrum
 * Linn 9000
 * E-mu Emulator II
 * Fairlight CMI Series IIx
 * Friendchip SRC SMPTE Reading Clock
 * Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 (rev 5 and rev 3.3)
 * Yamaha CP-70 grand piano
 * Yamaha CP-80 grand piano
 * Yamaha CS-80

Effects
 * Boss CE-3 Chorus (x2)

Simon Clark

 * Hammond B3 organ /w Leslie 122 speaker ("Big Time")
 * Fairlight CMI Series IIx
 * Yamaha CS-80 ("Don't Give Up" choruses)

David Rhodes
Guitars:
 * Steinberger G2 6-string (“Big Time” & “We Do What We’re Told”)
 * ‘62 Fender Stratocaster
 * '63 Fender Jazzmaster
 * Ovation 12-string

Amps:
 * Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
 * Marshall
 * Mesa/Boogie

Effects:
 * Boss CE-2 Chorus
 * Boss DS-1 Distortion
 * Boss SD-1 Overdrive (“Big Time”)

Daniel Lanois
Guitars:
 * Fender Jazzmaster (green) - e.g. surf guitar parts on "Big Time"
 * Ovation 12-string?

Amplifiers:
 * Fender Deluxe

Tony Levin
Basses:
 * Music Man Black Sabre 4-string (“Sledgehammer” bass)
 * Steinberger(?)
 * Chapman stick

Effects:
 * Boss OC-2 Octaver e.g. "Sledgehammer"
 * Boss DSD-2
 * Ibanez UE-303B(?)

Manu Katché

 * Yamaha drums
 * Zildjian cymbals
 * assorted African and Latin percussion instruments

Jerry Marotta

 * Yamaha drums
 * Zildjian cymbals

Stewart Copeland

 * Jeff Seitz (Stewart Copeland's drum tech) on Stewart's So setup: "It was a PG studio drum set that everybody used [Yamaha kit]. I just brought a snare [Pearl 5" x 14" snare /w Chrome overbrass], hi-hats [Paiste Formula 602 13" heavy hi-hats], pedal and his special backrest throne along with a cymbal bag that may not have been used.”

Stewart plays drums on "Big Time" (albeit his drum part was sampled) and hi-hat on "Red Rain"

Larry Klein

 * Yamaha BB5000 5-string fretless ("In Your Eyes", "Mercy Street")
 * volume pedal

Chris Hughes

 * LinnDrum ("Red Rain" drum programming)

Microphones
Drums:
 * Kick:
 * Sennheiser D112 or Electrovoice RE-20
 * Snare:
 * Shure SM57
 * Hi-hats:
 * AKG C451
 * Toms:
 * Sennheiser MD421s
 * Overheads:
 * Neumann U87s

Guitar amps:
 * Sony C500
 * Shure SM57

Keyboard PA (Hammond organ?): Vocals:
 * Neumann U87s
 * Shure SM57 - initial choice of lead vocal mic, likely used for scratch vocals
 * Neumann U47 (lead & background vox)
 * Neumann U67 (background vox)

Outboard gear

 * AMS DMX 15-80S stereo digital delay with 1.6-second sampling
 * AMS DMX 15-80S stereo digital delay with 14-second sampling (received July 1985)
 * AMS DMX 15-80 mono harmonizer
 * AMS RMX-16 reverb (x2)
 * Brooke Siren DPR402 compressor/limiter
 * Deltalab DL-2 acoustic coupleers (x2)
 * 4 Decca compressors
 * Dbx 160s compressor/limiter
 * EMT 140 plate
 * Eventide H910 Harmonizer
 * Korg SDD3000 digital delay
 * Lexicon 224 reverb
 * Quantec Room Simulator
 * Robis parametric equalizer
 * Roland SDE-3000 digital delay
 * Sony DRE1000 reverb unit
 * Friend Chip SRC SMPTE reader
 * Universal Audio LA2A compressors (x2)

Tape machines & mastering

 * 2 x Studer A80 – one normal, one modified
 * Lyrec TR532
 * Mitsubishi X850 digital 32-track
 * Ampex ATR-100 1/2-inch
 * Revox B77 1/4 inch
 * Sony PCM-F1

Miscellaneous studio equipment:
 * Adams-Smith 2600 synchronizer
 * SSL 4048 E-series console – a.k.a SSL 4000
 * Yamaha NS-10 monitors