Abacab tour (1981)

## Phil Collins

**Drums**:

* Premier 717 Elite Black custom kit:
	+ 8" tom
	+ 10" tom
	+ 12" tom
	+ 14" tom
	+ 16" tom
	+ 18" tom
* 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
* *Genesis Information* magazine issue 27 (page 15-16)

## 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
* *Genesis Information* magazine issue 27 (page 15-16)

## 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
* *Genesis Information* magazine issue 27 (page 15-16)

## 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

## References

* Abacab tour programme
* Various photos
* *International Musician And Recording World*, February 1982