In terms of gear I have loads(45 + basses, 8 + amp rigs, mountains of pedals) my favourite basses are:
'66 Fender P & Starfire Reissue tied
But I also hold very dear:
beat-up customized T-Bird
Gibson RD Artist
Geddy Lee modded Jazz
Wal Mark I
Vox Cougar
Eko
'66 Jazz
Harmony solidbody shortscale
List of most of the basses - From Bass Player Magazine
Engelhardt ES-1 Supreme upright, with K& Bass Master Pro pickup system
’78 Electra MPC Outlaw, brown sunburst (“A ridiculous bass for the cybernetic Southern rocker in everyone, complete with modular, onboard effects.”)
’67 Fender Coronado, wildwood green
Fender 1975 Jazz Bass Reissue, black/maple
Fender 1964 Jazz Bass Custom Shop Reissue Closet Classic, sunburst/rosewood (“My main live bass with Beck for years. Those Fender Custom Shop boys do amazing things.”)
Fender Mustang, Olympic white/rosewood
Fender American Standard Precision, black/maple (“My favorite P-Bass—a pure, lovely rock tone.”)
’75 Fender Precision, root beer brown/maple (“Sounds like a funky cardboard box. Not much sustain and a classic, old tone.”)
Fender 50th Anniversary Precision Reissue, blond/maple
Fender 1951 Precision Reissue, natural/maple
’74 Gibson Ripper, natural/maple
Gibson Thunderbird, natural (“My main live bass with Ima Robot. It’s got a nice growl and it’s very loud. T-birds have thin necks that are a lot of fun.”)
Gibson Thunderbird, pelham blue
Gibson Thunderbird, natural sunburst
’79 Gibson RD Artist, natural/maple
’86 Gibson 20/20, silver
Guild Ashbory
Guild B30E acoustic bass guitar, natural
Guild Starfire, transparent red (“This one is beat to ****, but it just records and plays wonderfully. Palm-mute with a pick and you’re done.”)
Guild Starfire, natural
’71 Guild JS100, transparent brown (“Endless booty—got airtime on Macy’s record. Plays badly, but I don’t mind.”)
’73 Guild M-85, transparent brown
Hofner Club hollowbody, sunburst (“Good for a deep fundamental with a pseudo-upright flavor; has the classic Hofner tone.”)
Lakland Duck Dunn Signature, three-tone sunburst/maple
Lakland Hollowbody, sherwood green (“The best-playing hollowbody I’ve ever met, with a flexible sound. Lakland has something special going on.”)
’77 Ovation Magnum II, transparent brown
Rickenbacker 4003, fireglo
Two Roland G-77 Synth Basses, white (“A Beck live staple, mainly for the silly look. Luckily it sounds okay. I’ve got a Guyatone MD-2 delay pedal taped onto one.”)
Fretless Schecter Traditional J-style, black/rosewood
Schecter Hellcat 8-string, black
Schecter Hellcat 4-string, metallic blue
’83 Steinberger L2, black (“I bought this on a lark, but it turned out to be a cool-sounding bass that simply cannot break, even when thrown at the drummer.”)
’79 Wal Pro IIE, natural
Wal Mark 1 Custom, African shedua (“This is my favorite bass overall. It’s hard to put down, because it has an undeniable magic. I’m scared to tour with it!”)
Wal Mark I Custom, olive ash
Yamaha BB3000, wine red burst
Justin uses D’Addario chrome flatwounds on the Fender Coronado and 50th Anniversary Precision, Gibson RD Artist, the Lakland Duck Dunn Signature and Hollowbody, the Ovation Magnum, and the Guild Starfires and M-85; he strings the ’75 Fender Precision, Fender Mustang, and Guild Jazz 100 with D’Addario Half Rounds, and uses D’Addario XL 160 .050–.105 nickel roundwounds on everything else except for the Hofner, which has its original Pyramid flatwounds.
Beck Rig
Pedalboard
Back Row: Black Box is an A/B box to switch between Bass and Synths, Mxr Micro Amp, MXR Micro Amp, Xotic RC Booster, Chunk Systems Brown Dog, Boss SYB-3 Bass Synth, Line 6 DL-4, EHX Holy Grail, Ibanez Modulation Delay.
Front Row: Boss TU-2, Guyatone MD-2, Guyatone PS-2, Boss OC-2, Boss HM-2, Sansamp GT2, Crowther Prunes and Custard Mk1, EHX LBM, MXR M-80, Silver Box is a splitter to send to 2 preamps a Sansamp RBI and a Ampeg SVPCL
Then the big thing at the front is individual loop switcher for most of the pedals.
Amp
This has changed as I was experimenting with the compressors they aren’t there now and I’m mainly using my Mesa Boogie Titan V12 and the preamps mentioned above.
Studio Rig
Furthest away board
Back Row: Line 6 Expression Pedal - Line 6 DL-4 - Roger Linn Adrenelinn 2 - Zvex Fuzz Factory - EHX English Muff'in
Front Row: EHX Holy Grail - EHX Small Stone - Pefftronics Rand-o-matic - EHX Bass Micro Synth - Moog Ring Modulator - Moog Low Pass Filter - Moog Murf
Kinda off and inbetween the 2 boards with loads of cables: TC Electronics SCF - Ibanez DML10 Modulation Delay II
Closest Board
Back Row: EHX USA Bassballs - Guyatone MD-3 - Jacques Tubeblower - Ibanez BC-9 BI Mode Chorus - Boss TU-2 - Zvex Woolly Mammoth - Radial Tonebone JXL-2PRO Switchbone
Front Row: MXR Bass Auto Q M-188 - Crowther Prunes and Custard (Older single switch version) - Tech 21 Sansamp GT2 - Boss HM-2 Hyper Metal - Boss OC-2 Octaver - Guyatone PS-3 - Guyatone MD-2
Amps Top to bottom: Mesa Boogie Walkabout - Traynor YBA200 - Aguilar DB750 - Ampeg V4
DI: Closest to use is the Radial JDI
Cables: The pedalboards are done in George L's, there is one Planet waves one going into the JDI.
Dixie Chicks
Fender P Bass, Guild Starfire, Mesa rig (Mesa Titan V12 and 8x10), and a Boss Tuner with my tech Donny.
IMA Robot Rig
One of my favorites. Studio: T-Bird through B-15R, Marshall JTM-45 with Tube Screamer always on into Fender ToneMaster cab, and Evil Twin DI.
Live, T-Bird and Ripper through pedalboard into Radial DI into two SVT 4 Pros, both bridged, one driving SVT410-HLF, one driving 810AV
Pedals just lying around
Back Row: EHX Q-Tron, Guyatone MT-2, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, Ibanez Dual Chorus, Pigtronix EP-1, Pigtronix Disnortion
2nd to Back Row: EHX Steel Leather, Switchbox, Guyatone TZ-2, Boss SYB-3, B K Butler Real Tube Blue Tube, Dwarfcraft Stopping Double Square Snakes, Malekko B:Assmaster, EHX Frequency Analyzer
2nd to Front Row: Guyatone FL-3, CAE/MXR Boost/Overdrive, USA EHX Bassballs, Dwarfcraft The Great Destroyer, Boss OD-1, EHX Russian Sovtek Big Muff, EHX POG
Front Row: EHX Deluxe Memory Man, Maxon AD999 Analog Delay, Sansamp Programmable Bass Di, EHX Octave Multiplexer, EHX Stereo Polyphase, Chunk Systems Agent OOFunk
Other board
Back Row: Boss TU-2, Boss OC-3, MXR M-188 Bass Auto Q, Empress Tremelo, Sansamp Para Driver Di
Front Row: Xotic BB Bass Preamp, Guyatone MD-2, MXR EVH Phase 90, Maxon Overdrive OD808, Zvex Woolly Mammoth, Tech 21 Boost D.L.A, Line 6 Verbzilla
Synths and Circuit Bent
Octave Cat
Casio SK-1
Glitchmachines SK-1
Glitchmachines Syntax Cataract
Prophet '08
Alesis Ion (my biggest not-so-secret weapon)
SH-101
Not pictured: Korg MS-2000, MicroKorg
