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Vergrössern Fender '62 Precision Bass
Completely original Precision Bass from 1962 in very good condition. It has been refretted at some point. The body is made from alder and it has also got a slabboard-rosewood neck made from brazilian rosewood. My main axe.
Vergrössern Fender '65 Jazz Bass
Completely original Jazz Bass from 1965, in great condition. The body is alder, the fretboard is brazilian rosewood.
Vergrössern Fender '72 Jazz Bass
70s JazzBass in fairly good condition. It was refretted at some point, apart from that all parts are original. The body is alder.
Vergrössern Rickenbacker 4001
Completely original Rickenbacker from 1977. Neck-Thru construction and stereo output.
Vergrössern Tokai '84 Hard Puncher
Tokai Precision Replica from 1984. I built in Kloppmann PB '57 pickups.
Vergrössern MTD 535-24
Active 5-string that was custom-made for me by Michael Tobias. It features a 35"-scale, the Buzz Feiten Tuning System and an EQ with parametric mids. The body is alder with a bloodwood top and the neck is maple with an ebony fretboard. Michael also built a fitting ramp. Pickups by Bartolini.
Vergrössern Fender Jazz Bass 5
American Standard 5 string, the body is ash.
Vergrössern Gibson '78 RD Artist
This model was only built from '77 to '81 and this is a '78 which is in a total original condition. The bass has active Moog electronics which makes it a very versatile studio-axe. Unfortunately, it's quite heavy....
Vergrössern Paul Zagler Custom Jazz Bass
Passive Fender Style bass custom made by Paul Zagler. Special features: 35"- scale, Tesla pickups and electronics that enables me to switch between singlecoil and humbucker (serial as well as parallel). Plus, the neck is extra thick which affects the sound in a positive way. The body is ash.
Vergrössern Lakland 44-94
Early Lakland from 1995 with the serial number #91. Some things were different back then: The pickups were BassLina, the output jack was in the front, and it has a neckplate.
Vergrössern Lakland 55-94 Deluxe
The 35"- scale makes for agreat sustain and the Swamp Ash Body has a warm,smooth tone. Flamed maple top, Bartolini pickups.
Vergrössern Fender Precision Bass
Mexiko-Fender from '93. I learned to play on this bass (more or less...). I got a Schaller Bridge and Tesla pickups in it.
Vergrössern Hoyer '66 Semiaccoustic Bass
Semiaccoustic bass from 1966. Sounds very sexy plugged as well as unplugged.
Vergrössern MusicMan StingRay 5 Fretless
Sounds beautiful... I put 7 layers of lacquer on the fretboard to get a more singing tone.
Vergrössern Gewa Kontrabass
I got it 5 years ago, pretty cheap but it sounds fine.I got Underwood Piezo pickups in the bridge and Iuse a Fishman preamp.
Vergrössern Ampeg SVT-Classic Top
Since I got this top I hardly ever use anything else;
six 6550 power tubes make for a punchy yet warm sound that always cuts through. The only problem: it's very heavy.
Vergrössern Aguilar AG-500 Top
2 channel solid state top with 500 watts @ 4 ohm. Sounds great and weighs only 8 kilos.
Vergrössern Epifani UL2-310
At first, I got this Epifani cabinet to do my back a favor - with its just about 20 kilos, it's almost carried onto the stage by itself. After all, I was even more impressed by the power (750 watts) and by the sound of this lightweight. Highly recommended!
Vergrössern Ampeg SVT-610 HLF Box
I always use it in combination with the Classic. I think it has got a less aggressive sound than the 8x10; and it weighs about 45 pounds less.
Vergrössern Avatar B210
2x10 cabinet with Eminence speakers. 500 watts RMS @ 8 ohm and weighs less than 20 kg.
Vergrössern Manley Dual Mono Tube D. I.
Well, a DI-box. But this one does its job particularly well.
Vergrössern Effects
The signal always runs through a Peterson Tuner and through a Toadworks True Bypass Box, to be able to bypass the effects loop without any signal loss. The effects loop consists of a Boss OC-2 octaver, an Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer, an Electro Harmonix Q-Tron+, a DOD Gonkulator Modulator, a MoogerFooger Low Pass Filter (often with an expression pedal) and a Sans Amp GT2. After the True Bypass Box, the signal goes through a Yamaha FC-9 volume pedal. For power supply I am using a Cioks Schizophrenic powerstation. The whole board is connected with George L's cables.
Vergrössern Epiphone Valve Junior
I got this 5 watts - guitaramp to get some extra dirt for rock gigs. I replaced the preamp- and the poweramp-tube by JJ tubes.