What gear does King Crimson use?

“This was my main instrument from then onwards. I used it with Crimson and my other work up until 1980.”

“In the Crimson part of the show I’m playing my usual bass, an Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5.”

“I could not do it right without this,”

“The “fat fuzz” sound I had in the ’80s for songs with Bowie, Talking Heads, and King Crimson was an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi through a 10-band EQ with 400 to 500Hz boosted.”

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“1984 was the year of the Simmons SDS7 for me.”

“This is a new kit I got maybe two years ago.”

“This is a 12” version of my Protean signature snare that I made with Sonor.”

“This is a new 20” Sweet Crash. I’m really enjoying playing this.”

“I took it to the soundcheck and Robert [Fripp] was very enamoured of it, so now I play it on two tunes.”

“It came courtesy of my fingers, sometimes a pick, my '61 P-Bass, Rotosound strings, a Hiwatt amp, and a cheap Italian wah-wah/fuzz pedal.”

“one of the ways I did that was just to blast the Mellotron through a double stack of Marshalls and put a microphone about 20 feet away.”