As Leroy Brown was dropped from the set, there was no more ukelele-banjo. Roger trashed the drum kit on the last concert of the tour, as usual.

Percussion

Roger's Ludwig kit
Roger's tambourine
Roger's tambourine
Drum kit
  • Ludwig 26" x 14" bass-drum.
  • Ludwig 14" x 7.5" snare drum.
  • Ludwig 16" x 16", 18" x 18" and 20" x 20" floor toms.
  • Ludwig 15" x 15", 14" x 14", 13" x 13" and 12" x 12" rack toms.
  • Ludwig 10" x 10", 8" x 8" and 6" x 6" small toms.
  • Remo 16" and 14" rototoms [Get Down Make Love].
  • Paiste 8" splash cymbal.
  • Paiste 18" crash cymbal.
  • Paiste 22" china cymbal.
  • Zildjian 15" hi-hats.
  • Zildjian 20" and 2 x 18" crash cymbals.
  • Zildjian 22" ride cymbal.
  • 3 x Cowbells.
  • Ludwig Speed-King pedal.
  • Ludwig stands.
  • Premier sticks.
  • Bass-drum logo: white crest / black background [USA/Canada]
  • Bass-drum logo: NOTW robot [Europe]
Gong [hit once at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody and during White Man and Ogre Battle]
  • Paiste 60" symphonic.
  • Bespoke beaters.
  • Paiste stands.
Tambourine
  • Unknown
Triangle [Killer Queen]
  • Unknown.

Bass guitars

John's Fender Precision
John's fretless bass
Electric bass guitars
  • Fender Precision 1968 [main]
  • Fender Precision 1965 [spare]
  • Fender Precision fretless [´39, Melancholy Blues]
  • Music Man Stingray [spare - rehearsals]
Bass rig
  • 5 x Acoustic 371 amplifiers.
  • 3 x Acoustic cabinets.
  • 2 x Gauss 4" x 12" cabinets.
  • 1 x Cornish (?) bespoke control.

Guitars

Brian's Red Special
Brian's Red Special replica
Electric six-string guitars
  • BHM bespoke [main]
  • Birch bespoke [spare, e.g. Liar in Houston]
  • Gibson Les Paul Deluxe [second spare]
Guitar rig
  • Cornish bespoke effect [trebe-booster]
  • EBow
  • Eventide harmoniser
  • fOXX foot pedal [phaser]
  • 2 x Maestro tape-delay
  • 9 x Vox AC30 amplifiers
  • Vox foot pedal [wah-wah]
Acoustic guitar ['39, Love of My Life]
  • Ovation Pacemaker 1615 twelve-string

Piano

Freddie's Steinway piano
Piano

A Bösendorfer was used for the rehearsals in Surrey before they flew to the States, but then they bought the Steinway D concert grand shortly before the tour began. From then on, it'd be the only acoustic piano featured on every single Queen concert with Mercury.