Guns N’ Roses Tour with Austrian Audio Mics

Hard rock band Guns N’ Roses have been touring the world this yr, delivering hard-hitting exhibits all through North America after having performed in Europe and the Middle East over the summer time. With them on tour is entrance of home engineer Dave Natale, who has used Austrian Audio mics for 2 of the newest Rolling Stones excursions.

Richard Fortus, Dave Natale with the OC18

For the Guns N’ Roses World Tour, Natale has employed Austrian Audio OC18 precision microphones for overheads and CC8 true condenser microphones on the hello hat, trip cymbal and cowbell on drummer Frank Ferrer’s equipment.Not solely are these Vienna, Austria-made mics delivering on the drums, however Richard Fortus, Guns N’ Roses guitarist, additionally appreciated what he hears: “Dave put the Austrian Audio mics on my amps when he began with us. I’ve been so impressed with the sound of the OC18 on my Magnatone amps reside that I needed to attempt them in my studio as effectively. I’m blown away by the element and heat. An absolute traditional."The Guns N’ Roses World Tour 2023 made stops in lots of cities all through the US and Canada, and concluded on November 5 in Toluca, Mexico.

Dave Natale with Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer and his drum tech, Imy James.Photo credit to photographer Guilherme Neto and lighting director, Ron Schilling.