Stewart Copeland Worried Rabbit equipment

This page covers the equipment history of The Worried Rabbit. Which basically refers to Stewart's home studio.

Pre-Worried Rabbit years (1977-1983)
In the mid-1970s, Stewart started off with a basic recording setup at his Goldhawk Road home to demo mainly guitar riffs. He had a Revox A77 Mk. III stereo reel-to-reel tape recorder. Plus 1957 Fender Champ Tweed and Vox amplifiers, a Gibson SG and a Fender Telecaster bass

By the time of Reggatta De Blanc, his recording setup expanded to include: an TEAC A-3340S 4-track, a Marantz 1040 Stereo Amplifier and probably some JBL monitors.

As more money came in, Stewart Copeland used it to fund the upgrade of his home studio to 24-track, purchasing an Allen & Heath Syncon A mixing desk and an Otari MTR-90 tape machine in June 1980, It altogether further deepened Stewart's interest in recording. Besides, he also had some Roland gear at his home studio purchased from Manny's Music Store in New York: the CR-78 drum machine, RS-505 and SH-2 synthesizers, Jazz Chorus amp and Chorus Echo. In addition to that, probably also an MXR Dyna Comp compressor pedal.

Worried Rabbit gear (1983-84)
Mixing desk
 * Allen & Heath Syncon A 28-channel mixing desk

Tape machines & recorders
 * Otari MTR-90 24-track
 * Sony PCM-F1 digital
 * TEAC A-3340S 4-track
 * TEAC 144 Portastudio
 * Revox A77 stereo

Monitors
 * Auratone 5C sound cubes
 * JBL 4315

Outboard gear
 * AMS DMX 15-80 digital delay
 * ITAM Stereo 10-band Graphic Equalizer
 * Marantz 1040 Stereo Amplifier
 * Roland SPA-240 power amplifier
 * Roland SDE-2000 digital delay?
 * Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo
 * Orban 111B Dual Spring Reverb
 * Valley People Kepex II noise gates (x2)
 * Valley People Gain Brain (x2)

Instruments
 * E-mu Emulator I - borrowed
 * Banjo
 * Steinway baby grand piano

Sources: Melody Maker 18 June 1983, various photos

Worried Rabbit gear (1985-86)
Mixing desk:
 * Harrison MR-4 40-channel desk

Tape machines & recording
 * Otari MTR-90 24-track
 * Fostex B16 16-track
 * Sony PCM-F1 /w SL-C9 Betamax

Outboard:
 * Lexicon reverb
 * AMS DMX 15-80 digital delay/harmonizer
 * misc. delays

Instruments
 * Fairlight CMI Series IIx
 * Oberheim DMX
 * Simmons percussion modules
 * TAMA DS-200 drum synthesizer
 * Yamaha DX7

Synchronisation
 * Syco Systems SRC SMPTE Reading Clock
 * Q-lock synchroniser

Editing
 * HHB CLUE Digital Editing System

Worried Rabbit gear (1986-1987)
Mixing desk
 * Harrison MR-4 40-input

Instruments
 * Fairlight CMI Series III (x2)
 * Fairlight CMI Series IIx
 * Linn 9000
 * Kurzweil
 * Yamaha DX7
 * Sycologic PSP Percussion Signal Processor

Synchronisation:
 * Friend Chip SRC

Worried Rabbit gear (2000's-present)
Section still under construction

Main studio & recording equipment
Computers
 * Mac Pro
 * PC's for sound libraries

Software
 * AVID Sibelius
 * AVID Pro Tools
 * MOTU Digital Performer

Controllers
 * M-Audio ProKeys 88 - replaced the Kurzweil

DAW Control surface
 * Digidesign ProControl

Audio interfaces
 * MOTU 2408 Mk. 3 (x3)

Video editing
 * Apple Final Cut Pro - later Adobe Premier soon. Also, Adobe After Effects.

Keyboards
 * Akai LPK25
 * 1949 Hammond Model M organ /w Leslie cabinet
 * 1935 Blüthner grand piano

Microphones
 * AKG
 * Sennheiser:
 * MD421 U-5
 * Neumann:
 * Shure:
 * SM7B
 * Ehrlund (2018-):
 * EHR-M

Outboard gear
 * Brent Averill mic preamps
 * Neve mic preamps
 * True Systems Precision-8 mic preamp
 * Avalon AD-2022 converter

Monitors
 * Near: Alesis Monitor One.
 * Far: PMC.

Instruments
Guitars
 * 1978 Fender Stratocaster natural
 * Gibson SG
 * Ibanez 5-string

Amplifiers
 * 1957 (or 1960) Fender Champ Tweed
 * Marshall JCM-800 stack
 * Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
 * Vox AC-15
 * Peavey

Pedalboard
 * RAT Distortion
 * other pedals to be determined

Drums & Percussion
 * TAMA Starclassic maple
 * TAMA Octobans
 * Paiste exotic cymbals