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Les Claypool's Setup

Stickk

Stickk

Sep 2, 2008
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Basses​

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Carl Thompson "Rainbow Bass"

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Walnut Carl Thompson Bass

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Backup Carl Thompson Bass

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Carl Thompson Bass

Fretted 6 String Bass (pictured below)

Carl Thompson Bass (pictured below)

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2 Fender Jazz Basses (this one has EMG's in it, by the look of it [the other one is red])

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5 String NS Electric Bass Cello

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Whamola

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Dan Moloney Bass Banjo

Amplification​

(Primus)
Mesa Boogie 400+ Heads
Mesa Boogie Cabinets

(Les Claypool [solo])
2 Ampeg SVT-5PRO Heads
2 Ampeg 4X10 Cabinets
2 Ampeg 1X15 Cabinets

Pedalboard​

MXR M-80 Bass DI
Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Boomerang Phrase Sampler
DBX 160a Compressor
Access Virus TI Synthesizer (with a foot MIDI controller)
Korg Toneworks AX3000B Multi-Effects

Strings​

Dean Markley Blue Steel Strings

Please comment and feel free to request bass players's rigs! More to come soon...
 

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He used Mesa Bass 400+'s and mesa cabs in primus (he also switched while in primus), he switched to SVT-3's at a show while trying out some Ampegs at a booth.

Now he uses other things, he still uses ampeg pro series cabs but he uses a pre/power setup apparently as seen in the Anthony Jackson issue of BP.
 
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Ampeg SVT said:
He used Mesa Bass 400+'s and mesa cabs in primus (he also switched while in primus), he switched to SVT-3's at a show while trying out some Ampegs at a booth.

Now he uses other things, he still uses ampeg pro series cabs but he uses a pre/power setup apparently as seen in the Anthony Jackson issue of BP.
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Thanks, I'll change that.
 
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This is Claypool' s pedalboard. Pic is taken in March 2009. It is a really dark pic. I can see - from left to right -

Line6 DL4 Modeling Delay
Boomerang Phrase Sampler
Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler
TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
MXR M80 Bass D.I.+ (maybe two?)

There are 6 or 7 more on this board, but i` ve never seen those before in my life.

The MIDI foot controller looks ugly. Is that really a MIDI foot controller?

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Somebody with GIMP or PHOTOSHOP on his PC maybe could clear up the pic.
 
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Colonel_Claypoo said:
i just thought the same...
at first i though that maybe it has gotten some sort of general overhaul but now i'm not sure anymore...
the walnut has more figure to it and looks very fresh and not shiny.
but we all know the lighting could deceive us, so...
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sorry to sound like a fanboy but the grain is not the same, the control plate (or lack thereof) is different. Plus the most obvious part that isn't the same is the non Geddy Lee signed headstock. Different bass.
 

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