Genesis Abacab tour (1981)

Phil Collins
Drums:
 * Premier 717 Elite Black custom kit /w 8", 10", 12, 14", 16" & 18" toms
 * Ludwig Supersensitive Snare
 * Camco Wood Shell Snare

Cymbals (Avedis Zildjian, Brilliant finish except where noted):
 * 14" New Beat hi-hat
 * 14" splash
 * 22" Chinese Swish /w rivets
 * 16" crash
 * 20" ride
 * 18" crash
 * 20" upturned Chinese cymbal

Hardware:
 * Premier

Pedals:
 * Ludwig Speed King (bass drum)
 * Slingerland hi-hat

Drum heads:
 * Remo Diplomat clear (high toms)
 * Premier drum skins (all other drums, medium thin or thin)

Sticks:
 * Professional Percussion “Phil Collins” sticks

Drum machines:
 * Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm
 * Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer

Microphones:
 * Beyerdynamic M88 (vocals)

Sources: Abacab tour programme, Musician March 1982

Tony Banks
Keyboards & Synthesizers:
 * ARP Quadra
 * Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 ("Who Dunnit")
 * Sequential Circuits Prophet-10
 * Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus
 * Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano

Effects:
 * Boss
 * Colorsound Tonebender Fuzz distortion boxes
 * MXR MX-134 Stereo Chorus
 * MXR MX-107 Phase 100 (x2) - one on Prophet-10 and one on Quadra
 * MXR MX-108 10-band Graphic Equalizer
 * MXR micro amp?
 * Lexicon PCM-41 digital delay

Miscellaneous:
 * AMEK X1000 mixer
 * Crown DC 300A amplifier
 * Custom-built speaker cabinets /w ATC bass speakers and JBL horns

Microphones:
 * Beyerdynamic M88 (vocals)

Sources:
 * Tony Banks keyboard rigs through the ages on lakeofsilence.de
 * The Prophet 5 and Prophet 10 (Tony Banks keyboard details)
 * Genesis - Abacab 1981 Live Video - FX seen at 1:01 mark
 * Musician, March 1982

Mike Rutherford
Guitars/Basses:
 * Shergold double neck
 * 1975 Fender Stratocaster USA sunburst
 * 1970s Fender Stratocaster cream
 * Ibanez Artist 2622
 * Alvarez acoustic guitars
 * Ovation acoustic guitars
 * Alembic Series I

Strings:
 * Superwound

Effects:
 * Boss:
 * DS-1 Distortion
 * other effects to be identified
 * Colorsound Tonebender Fuzz
 * Electro-Harmonix Screaming Tree - for treble end of Shergold
 * MXR M-113 Digital Delay
 * MXR MX-117R Flanger
 * Lexicon PCM-41 digital delay

Amplification:
 * Crown DC 300A Power amplifiers
 * Yamaha G100 212 combo amplifiers
 * Custom-built bass cabinets
 * Peavy Mace amplifier
 * MXR (?) digital amp
 * Ashly pre-amp unit

Miscellaneous:
 * ARP Avatar guitar synth
 * Yamaha PM-700 mixer

Microphones:
 * Beyerdynamic M88 (vocals)

Sources:
 * Abacab tour program
 * Genesis - Abacab 1981 Live Video - Boss DS-1 seen at 1:13 mark
 * Musician, March 1982

Darryl Stuermer
Guitars:
 * Suntech SA-MRSC Super Stratocaster
 * Ibanez Musician MC400DS
 * Alvarez guitars
 * Ovation guitars

Amplification:
 * Yamaha G100 212
 * Sunn Coliseum Bass amp

Basses:
 * Fender Precision bass (sunburst)

Effects:
 * MXR & Boss

Chester Thompson
Drums (Pearl):
 * 16” x 22” bass drum (x2)
 * 6” tom
 * 8” tom
 * 10” tom
 * 12” tom
 * 13” tom
 * 14” tom
 * 15” tom
 * 16” tom
 * 18” x 18” floor tom

Cymbals (Paiste):
 * 15” 2002 series hi-hat
 * 16” 2002 crash
 * 2 x 18” 2002 crash
 * 20” Dark Ride
 * 11” 2002 splash
 * 20” 2002 medium crash
 * 22” Dark China
 * 14” Dark hi-hat (spare)
 * 18” Dark crash (spare)
 * 20” Dark crash (spare)
 * 20” Sizzle Dark China
 * Paiste Rude cymbal (unknown size)

Drum heads:
 * Remo Fibre Skyn Twos
 * Remo CS

Sources:
 * Interview – CT – Frankfurt – Melody Maker – 6th March
 * videos