Top 5Seen using
Shure
Beta 58A“while Flowers sticks with his trusty Shure Beta 58”
Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Brandon Flowers has been seen singing into a Shure Beta 58A. Dave Keuning has said he plays a Gibson Explorer, an Ibanez Destroyer and Telecasters through a Fender Hot Rod DeVille, with a Strymon Sunset for leads. Ronnie Vannucci Jr. has said he plays Craviotto drums.
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Bricasti Design
M7“a couple of Bricasti M7 reverbs; one for lead singer Brandon Flowers and one for the snare”
Seen in CX Network: JPJ Audio help The Killers produce a killer tour, May 2018
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Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Heil Sound
PR35Seen in CX Network: JPJ Audio help The Killers produce a killer tour, May 2018
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Top 5Uses
Said in TPi: Eighth Day Sound provide audio solutions for The Killers anniversary tour, January 2025
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Vocals
Seen using
Shure
Beta 58A“while Flowers sticks with his trusty Shure Beta 58”
Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
Seen using
Heil Sound
PR35Seen in CX Network: JPJ Audio help The Killers produce a killer tour, May 2018
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Stage
d&b audiotechnik
M2 stage wedges
Seen using
d&b audiotechnik
M2 stage wedges“All of The Killers wear in-ears except frontman Flowers, who hears everything via 10 d&b audiotechnik M2 wedges”
Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Uses
Said in TPi: Eighth Day Sound provide audio solutions for The Killers anniversary tour, January 2025
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Uses
JH Audio
Sharona in-ear monitorsSaid in TPi: Eighth Day Sound provide audio solutions for The Killers anniversary tour, January 2025
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Seen using
Heil Sound
PR30Seen in CX Network: JPJ Audio help The Killers produce a killer tour, May 2018
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Seen using
Seen using
Front of house
Seen using
Bricasti Design
M7“a couple of Bricasti M7 reverbs; one for lead singer Brandon Flowers and one for the snare”
Seen in CX Network: JPJ Audio help The Killers produce a killer tour, May 2018
Solid State Logic
L650 live console (front of house)Said in TPi: Eighth Day Sound provide audio solutions for The Killers anniversary tour, January 2025
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Uses
Said in TPi: Eighth Day Sound provide audio solutions for The Killers anniversary tour, January 2025
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Uses
Yamaha
SPX90 multi-effectsSaid in TPi: Eighth Day Sound provide audio solutions for The Killers anniversary tour, January 2025
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Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Seen using
Empirical Labs
Fatso EL7x (front of house)Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
Seen using
CEDAR Audio
DNS 8D noise suppressor (front of house)“I have the Cedar because I have nine vocal mics onstage”
Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Seen using
SSL
FusionSeen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
Seen using
Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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What I wear
Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent clothing (Brandon Flowers)
Has said they love
Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent clothing (Brandon Flowers)“I love Saint Laurent.”
Said in Billboard: Music's men of style 2015, Brandon Flowers, August 2015
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Guitars
Gibson
Explorer
Has said they use
Gibson
Explorer“One of them sounded really, really good and that became my main axe for live and quite a bit of recording”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning on his new solo record, July 2021
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Ibanez
Destroyer (Dave Keuning, Hot Fuss)
Has said they use
“just like about 90 percent of our debut album, Hot Fuss, was my Ibanez Destroyer into a Fender Hot Rod DeVille”
Said in Guitar Player: Dave Keuning's five career-defining tracks, November 2022
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Has said they use
Gibson
ES-335“The 335, I used a lot. It’s got a great clean sound.”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning on his new solo record, July 2021
Fender
Starcaster
Has said they use
Fender
Starcaster“the Starcaster just sounded fuller”
Said in Guitar Player: Dave Keuning's five career-defining tracks, November 2022
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Has said they use
Fender
Stratocaster“Live, I played it with a Fender Stratocaster”
Said in Guitar Player: Dave Keuning's five career-defining tracks, November 2022
Fender
Early 2000s Telecaster
Has said they use
Fender
Early 2000s Telecaster“I use this guitar for recording probably more than any other guitar”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning details guitar parts on A Mild Case Of Everything, June 2021
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Fender
Telecaster Deluxe in the Keuning tuning (Dave Keuning)
Has said they use
“I played the main riff on a Telecaster Deluxe that I restrung to a tuning I made up”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning details guitar parts on A Mild Case Of Everything, June 2021
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Has said they use
Yamaha
Revstar“I used my Yamaha Revstar on a few songs”
Said in Guitar World: Dave Keuning on Pressure Machine, September 2021
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Amps
Has said they use
Fender
Hot Rod DeVille“I’m still using my Fender Hot Rod DeVille as much as I can. That’s kind of my go-to amp”
Said in Guitar World: Dave Keuning on Pressure Machine, September 2021
Has said they use
Has said they use
Fender
Twin Reverb“I know we did some of the pedal steel through a Fender Twin Reverb”
Said in Guitar World: Dave Keuning on Pressure Machine, September 2021
Has said they use
Fender
Mustang modeling amp
Has said they use
Fender
Mustang modeling amp“my Fender Mustang modelling amp on the Princeton setting”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning details guitar parts on A Mild Case Of Everything, June 2021
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Has said they use
Peavey
Classic 50“That Peavey amp, I have had it since high school”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning details guitar parts on A Mild Case Of Everything, June 2021
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Hiwatt
Hiwatt head (Dave Keuning, recording)
Has said they use
“I plugged a Fender Starcaster into a Hiwatt head, a Laney head and a Fender Hot Rod DeVille”
Said in Guitar Player: Dave Keuning's five career-defining tracks, November 2022
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Laney
Laney head (Dave Keuning, recording)
Has said they use
Said in Guitar Player: Dave Keuning's five career-defining tracks, November 2022
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Fractal Audio
Guitar amp modelers (live guitarists)“there’s no mics on them, as the inputs come from Fractal units”
Seen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Pedals
Has said they use
Strymon
Sunset Dual Overdrive“I love this Strymon pedal, it’s great for leads or just a much heavier sound than usual.”
Said in Guitar.com: Dave Keuning details guitar parts on A Mild Case Of Everything, June 2021
Has said they use
Electro-Harmonix
Synth9 synthesizer machine“I was testing out my Synth9 pedal by Electro-Harmonix”
Said in Guitar World: Dave Keuning on Pressure Machine, September 2021
Has said they use
Gamechanger Audio
Plasma pedal (Dave Keuning, Cody solo)“the Plasma pedal. That was the secret to my Cody solo”
Said in Guitar World: Dave Keuning on Pressure Machine, September 2021
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Drums
Craviotto
Drum kit (Ronnie Vannucci Jr., Day & Age)
Has said they use
“Yes, it’s all Craviotto.”
Said in Modern Drummer: Ronnie Vannucci, killer with a cause, January 2009
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Ludwig
Drums (Ronnie Vannucci Jr., Sam's Town)
Has said they use
“At the end of the day I settled on Ludwig drums”
Said in Modern Drummer: Ronnie Vannucci, killer with a cause, January 2009
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Has said they use
Ludwig
Supra-Phonic snareSaid in Modern Drummer: Ronnie Vannucci, killer with a cause, January 2009
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“a K Constantinople crash that I put together for a pair of hi-hats”
Said in Modern Drummer: Ronnie Vannucci, killer with a cause, January 2009
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SponsoredUses
Innovative Percussion
RV-1 signature drumsticks (Ronnie Vannucci Jr.)Said in Innovative Percussion: RV-1 Ronnie Vannucci model, September 2026
Has said they use
Earthworks
Drum Periscope snare and tom mics“I wouldn’t trade the new Drum Periscope mics for anything.”
Said in Mix: Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers puts Earthworks drum microphones to the test, April 2009
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Seen using
DPA Microphones
2011 snare and hi-hat micsSeen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Seen using
DPA Microphones
4011A tom and cymbal micsSeen in Mix: The Killers on the loose, Brandon Flowers and co. tour the world, November 2022
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Telefunken
M80 and M81 drum mics
Seen using
Telefunken
M80 and M81 drum micsSeen in CX Network: JPJ Audio help The Killers produce a killer tour, May 2018
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Recording
Apple
Logic
Has said they use
Apple
Logic“We all started making demos and emailed them to each other using Logic”
Said in Guitar World: The Killers, all killer no filler, March 2009
Questions
About The Killers's gear.
What guitar does Dave Keuning play?
He has said a Gibson Explorer became his main guitar live, that most of Hot Fuss was his Ibanez Destroyer, and that he records a lot with Telecasters, a Gibson ES-335, a Fender Starcaster and a Yamaha Revstar.
What amp does Dave Keuning use?
He has called the Fender Hot Rod DeVille his go-to amp, and has named a Fender Princeton, a Roland Jazz Chorus, a Fender Mustang and a Peavey Classic 50 he has had since high school.
What microphone does Brandon Flowers sing into?
A Shure Beta 58A, according to the band's front of house engineer in Mix. He hears the show through d&b audiotechnik M2 wedges rather than in-ears.
What drums does Ronnie Vannucci Jr. play?
He told Modern Drummer that Day & Age is all Craviotto and that he settled on Ludwig drums for Sam's Town. Innovative Percussion makes his RV-1 signature sticks.
What in-ear monitors do The Killers use?
Monitor engineer Matt Breunig told TPi in 2025 that the band are on Shure PSM1000 systems with JH Audio Sharona in-ears. Brandon Flowers stays on wedges.
What pedals does Dave Keuning use?
He has named a Strymon Sunset for leads, an Electro-Harmonix Synth9 and a Gamechanger Audio Plasma pedal, which he says was behind his solo on Cody.
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