What is he using?

[CharlieFla]

The bassist’s tone has meat and girth. So much girth. Godzilla-level girth. It looks like an Ampeg rig of some type. Any of my Thunder Broom brethren or sistren who can identify the rig?

 

[SkylineFiver]

It looks like an Ampeg B15 which would explain the meat and girth….

 

[Wasnex]

From a different video:

Ref:

 

[txhawaii]

well it's either an original or a heritage model as I think they lit up blue on the lucite plate. I can't see if it has the ultra switches and I think the b15r lit up in green.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

it's the bass and the player as much as it is the amp

 

[Norm Nelson]

OT but I did not know Fred Armisen played drums ... what a dream to get to play with these guys and Bob Mould!

 

[Wood and Wire]

Play over the end of the neck, and use a kick drum mic on the cabinet (although this looks to be a Sennheiser 421).

 

[dbsfgyd1]

The bassist’s tone has meat and girth. So much girth. Godzilla-level girth. It looks like an Ampeg rig of some type. Any of my Thunder Broom brethren or sistren who can identify the rig?

Sounds like a board mix. He's probably going direct pre-effects. JMO. Good sound. Nice tight, good low end extension. Might have a little trouble hearing it in the mix using an iPhone speaker as a monitor. Oh, the bassist was on point , although he needs a buzz cut and some glasses to fit in with the rest of the band.

 

[ultra60]

I like that Bob's vocals are loud in this live mix. Really like his solo records, but often think the vocals needed to be more forward in the mix.

 

[Lo-E]

Sounds like a board mix. He's probably going direct pre-effects. JMO. Good sound. Nice tight, good low end extension. Might have a little trouble hearing it in the mix using an iPhone speaker as a monitor. Oh, the bassist was on point , although he needs a buzz cut and some glasses to fit in with the rest of the band.

This. It’s very likely he’s going direct to the board before the amp so we’re probably hearing a comp of the mic on the cab and the direct signal. …plus whatever has been added in the mix.

 

[definenredefine]

OT but I did not know Fred Armisen played drums ... what a dream to get to play with these guys and Bob Mould!

He's really good! He is (was...boo) the drummer for Seth Myer's band on Late Show. That's how this came together, I believe.

There's also an old SNL sketch where he's playing drums with Dave Grohl on guitar -


EDIT - I misremembered the sketch, apparently. Dave Grohl is playing drums and Fred Armisen is screaming. Good stuff.