The White Stripes · Elephant, 2003
Seven Nation Army
16 sourced items across 3 sectionsVerified12Reported4
What the sources do and do not say
The BMI interview is Liam Watson (Elephant's engineer) giving the track sheet and miking for this song, but names only makers and mic types, not models. The Guitar.com article gives the guitar, pedals and amps; it is a journalist's account, so those rows are reported, and the amps are album-level. No console, tape machine or room details are tied to this song.
Lead vocal
7 items
Jack White
Amplifier
The real chain
Unidentified Guitar amplifier, small (model not stated)
Verified
A small guitar amp fed by the Shure dynamic vocal mic, with the amp itself miked.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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amp and cabinet simulator
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Microphone
The real chain
Neumann Condenser microphone (model not stated)
Verified
One of two sources for the lead vocal: an old Neumann condenser, patched into the desk.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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The real chain
Shure Dynamic microphone (model not stated)
Verified
Second lead vocal source: sung into a Shure dynamic whose signal went to a small guitar amp.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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The real chain
AKG Dynamic microphone (model not stated)
Verified
Picked up the small vocal guitar amp.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Input chain
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Unidentified Tape delay (model not stated)
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A little tape delay was blended into the vocal mix as it was recorded.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Soundtoys EchoBoy
delay
Includes tape-echo and studio tape-machine delay styles, the same method as the delay on the record. The machine is not identified, so it is not a model of the unit used.
The real chain
Unidentified Spring reverb (model not stated)
Verified
A little spring reverb was blended into the vocal mix as it was recorded.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Waves Magma Springs
reverb
A general spring reverb, not a model of this unit.
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Unidentified Compressor (model not stated)
Verified
Compressed the blended vocal before it went to tape.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Guitar
6 items
Jack White
Instrument
The real chain
DigiTech Whammy
Reported
Set to the octave-down setting when this song was recorded.
- Settings
- Octave-down
Source: Guitar.com, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro
amp and cabinet simulator
Includes a range of modelled pedals. Whether this exact pedal is among them was not checked.
The real chain
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
Reported
Placed after the Whammy in the chain and audible on this song.
Source: Guitar.com, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro
amp and cabinet simulator
Includes a range of modelled pedals. Whether this exact pedal is among them was not checked.
Amplifier
The real chain
Sears Silvertone 1485 Six Ten
ReportedAlbum sessions
Album sessions, not stated for this song: One of the two amps the article says were used throughout Elephant.
Source: Guitar.com, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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The real chain
Fender Twin Reverb
ReportedAlbum sessions
Album sessions, not stated for this song: The second of the two amps the article says were used throughout Elephant.
Source: Guitar.com, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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amp and cabinet simulator
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Microphone
The real chain
AKG Dynamic microphone (model not stated)
Verified
One of the mics on the two guitar amps, each amp recorded to its own track.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Shure Dynamic microphone (model not stated)
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One of the mics on the two guitar amps, each amp recorded to its own track.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Drums
3 items
Meg White
Microphone
The real chain
AKG Dynamic microphone (model not stated)
Verified
Dynamic mic used on the drum kit.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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AKG Condenser microphone (model not stated)
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Condenser mic used on the drum kit.
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Shure Dynamic microphone (model not stated)
Verified
Dynamic mic on the snare.
- Position
- Snare
Source: BMI Songwriter 101, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.
Sources
- Tips from the Top: Liam Watson of Toerag Studios, BMI Songwriter 101, 2006-01-10. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
- The Gear Used By Jack White on The White Stripes' Elephant, Guitar.com, 2023-09-12. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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