Rex Brown Bass Rig – Pantera 1982-2001 part 1 The Rex Brown bass rig is the groove machine behind Pantera, Down and Kill Devil Hill. By his own admission he was “never one to talk to the press”. And he was relegated as the “quiet one” in the band with nothing to say. In this…
Geezer Butler Bass Rig In the final episode of our first series, we look at the Geezer Butler Bass Rig. One of the most influencing musicians of all Metal genres. Geezer can be named the forefather of all things heavy in his own right, developing his own sound and accompanied writing. Drawing heavily upon his…
Welcome back to our fourth episode of Know Your Bass Player and today we’re talking the Jason Newsted Bass Rig Rundown formerly of Metallica. Jason contributed to the core years of Metallica after much growing pain. When he eventually was given creative space and created such fan favourites such as “My Friend of Misery, “King…
Welcome back to the final installation of the Duff Mckagan Bass rig series. The associated acts that followed Duff after Guns N’ Roses deserved it’s own post, where we can provide more detail. Duff’s Velvet Revolver bass rig originally used elements from Guns N’ Roses but soon took a change following many new line ups….
Today we are discussing the Duff Mckagan amplifier rig, which was used throughout Guns N’ Roses and associated acts. His amplifiers have steadily increased in size and power and we’ll go through them all. Additionally in this post, we cover his strings and effects pedals. Both of which are used to create the shimmering harmonious…
