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Old 09-09-2011, 09:35 AM
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Anyone know what amp Jeff Ament was playing through on Jimmy Fallon last night?
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:20 AM
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Link to the performance: Soundcreeps: Pearl Jam - "Olé" (Live on Jimmy Fallon 9/8/2011)

The bass amp looks like a one-off custom build.
You might want to ask these guys at Sourmash cabs as it looks like they may have built the head box:
Sour Mash Guitar Cabs - About Sourmash
We made this one for jeff ament of perl jam, custom for a bass amp. Photos from Sourmash Guitar Cabs (Sour Mash Custom Guitar Cabinets) on Myspace

The cab sort of looks like a Genz Benz 6x10 XB2 with a custom paint job and grill removed, but that could be way off. Ament typically used SWR cabs in the past I think.

I recognized a couple of the guitar amps: a 65amps head with 2x12 cab and Savage combo.
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Old 09-09-2011, 11:27 AM
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Due to the three ports on the bottom, I'd guess Ampeg 610 hlf, not the Genz XB-2 which has four ports along the bottom.

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Saw another thread that says it's a Pearce BC-1 preamp mounted in a custom head case...don't know where the power comes from...and that's one of his custom SWR cabinets (back when Steven Rabe made 'em) and before they came out with the Goliath III with the shelf port.

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Good points
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Diggin that custom Lull Thunderbird !
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Old 09-09-2011, 11:52 AM
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Diggin that custom Lull Thunderbird !
Agreed! I've been wanting a Fenderbird style bass for a few years now, this just makes me want it more.

Great bass tone too, even with the typically poor bass sound you get on TV live performances.
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Great bass tone too, even with the typically poor bass sound you get on TV live performances.
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Really digging his tone. Lots of growl.
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