This tour has been widely covered both by photographs and some videos, as well as the band's first biography which came out in 1976 and listed Roger's drum set in detail. In July/August 1975, John stripped off his 1965 bass and left it natural, but he didn't do the same with the other yet: a Fan Club magazine from late 90's reveals a photo from the band performing in Australia (and it's definitely this tour as confirmed by the logo of Roger's bass-drum) and John's using the 1968 bass, which at that point is still sunburst.

Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath recommended Brian to commision John Birch to make a replica of the Red Special, which he did. Brian used it as his spare guitar from late 1975 to August 1982, when he smashed it one night he was particularly upset.

Percussion

Roger's Ludwig kit
Roger's Ludwig kit
Freddie's New Era tambourine
Drum kit
  • Ludwig 26" x 14" bass-drum.
  • Ludwig 14" x 7.5" snare drum.
  • Ludwig 16" x 16" and 20" x 20" floor toms.
  • Ludwig 12" x 12" rack tom.
  • Meazzi 14" x 14" rack tom.
  • Zildjian 15" hi-hats.
  • Paiste 15", 16" and 18" crash cymbals.
  • Zildjian 16" and 20" crash cymbals.
  • Zildjian 22" ride cymbal.
  • 3 x Cowbells.
  • Ludwig stands.
  • Shaftesbury stands.
  • Ginger Baker sticks.
  • Bass-drum logo: white crest / black background.
Gong [hit once at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody and Ogre Battle]
  • Paiste 60" symphonic (made in West Germany).
  • Bespoke beaters.
  • Paiste stands.
Tambourine
  • Unknown
Triangle [Killer Queen]
  • Unknown.
Roger's mics
  • AKG D19 for the toms

Guitars / banjo

Brian's Red Special
Brian's banjo
Electric six-string guitars
  • BHM bespoke [main]
  • Birch bespoke [spare]
  • Gibson Les Paul Deluxe [second spare]
Guitar rig
  • 9 x Vox AC30 amplifiers
  • Cornish bespoke effect [trebe-booster]
  • 2 x Maestro tape-delay
  • fOXX foot pedal [phaser]
  • Vox foot pedal [wah-wah]
Ukelele-banjo [Leroy Brown]
  • Sheltone

Bass guitars

Fender Precision '65
Fender Precision '68
Electric bass guitars
  • Fender Precision 1965 [main - most of the tour].
  • Fender Precision 1968 [Melbourne].
Bass rig
  • 5 x Acoustic 371 amplifiers.
  • 3 x Acoustic cabinets.
  • 2 x Gauss 4" x 12" cabinets.
  • 1 x Cornish (?) bespoke control.

Pianos

Bechstein piano
Steinway piano
Piano
  • Depending on the venue
  • e.g. Steinway baby-grand [Dundee]
  • e.g. Bechstein D [24.12.1975]