Mike Inez's gear

[tocs100]

If you missed it, catch "Them Bones" live at the Sonisphere fest on VH1 Classic. Sickest upper-mid sound EVAR: Inez's bass sounds like a purring Formula 1 racecar. If that's the natural Warwick sound (doubtful) then I must have one...

Gear notes: 4-string from rear of headstock, big pedalboard, Ampeg cabs, no ampheads visible (same for guitars but Bogner cabs).

 

[rockstarbassist]

Mike from what it looks like uses his cherryburst NS-2 (with the sanded neck) for all of their "drop D" (which is drop C# as they tune to Eb as their "standard" tuning) stuff. Them bones is one of them IIRC. I think I still have it on my DVR.
His silverburst 'Wick was always too middy/trebly for me, in a bad way.

 

[JDM2010]

I love Mike's style. On the MTV unplugged, he used an Alvarez. Iam sure it was Lexicon reverbs they were using, but does anyone know for sure? Thanks!

he is quoted once as saying it was a alvarez acoustic with a cheap chorus pedal he picked up in a pawn shop. Go figure....

 

[Greenman72]

Bob Daisley actually played on "No More Tears".

But Mike Inez came up with the bassline.

 

[wolfkeller]

Ampeg...anybody know specifically how he achieved his tone for the intro to "no more tears"? Maybe I should call him up.

He didn't record that album, old Bob Daisley did

 

[wolfkeller]

Anybody know what kind of bass and rig that Mike Inez used for Ozzy and AlicenChains?

Specifically, warwick streamer stage 1 basses (later a spector SSD era ns4. Ampeg svt 2 pro amps into ampeg 810s and 118s