Bootsy Collins is a funk bassist, singer, and songwriter. Bootsy played with James Brown in the late 1960s (starting when he was 17), and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins' driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk.

Let's see what types of gear and equipment you can find in Bootsy Collins bass rig.

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Bass Guitars
- Custom Space Bass (built by Larry Pless)
- custom F Bass



Amps and Cabinets
- two Crown Micro 5000 power amps

- two Crown Micro 3600 power amps

- Crown 300 power amp (in the past)
- eight custom-made cabinets with Electro-Voice speakers: two 4x18s, two 4x15s, and four 8x10s



Effects and More
- Alembic F2-B preamp
- Alembic Super Filter
- Mu-Tron III envelope filter
- Morley Wah/Fuzz
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff distortion

- Oberheim Echoplex
- Mu-Tron Octave Divider
- MXR Digital Delay
- Roland Space Echo
- Pro Co Rat II

- DOD Thrash
- DigiTech Grunge

- DigiTech Whammy Pedal

- Boss BF-3 Flanger

- DOD Envelope

- Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer
- Snarling Dogs Bootzilla Bootsy Collins Signature Bass Wah with Fuzz Pedal

- Korg AX3000B
- Korg G5 synth bass processor
- Korg Karma, a TRITON Extreme and RADIAS keyboards

Strings
- signature BOOTZILLAS bass strings by DR Strings

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d  - this is it!?!   |2008-06-25 12:11:49 You finally get Bootsy into the site and this is all you have? I think he tends to use a bit more gear! Reply 0   0

uberpro  - Pretty recent...   |2008-06-25 12:33:52 Hey d. This info is actually pretty new and reflects his more recent rig. Much of it was as reported in 2005 Bass Player Magazine, along with a variety of other sources. If you know of other gear that Bootsy uses, please post it for us - that is the goal of the site - to get people involved and having fun! Reply 0   0

D  - Add ons coming   |2008-06-30 10:17:45 Hello, Let me dig out an old (but recent) mag that details a ton of stuff he uses. D Reply 0   0

D  - Other Bootsy gear   |2008-07-06 23:58:24 From an article Bootsy shared with a well known Chili Pepper: Basses: 197 5 Star Bass 1977 Chocolate Star 1997 Dark Star 2000 F Bass '67 Fender P-Bass '77 Fender Jazz Bass 1984 Guild Acoustic Bass Studio Amps: Ampeg Portaflex B-15 Ampeg Portaflex B-18 Ampeg SVT-4PRO Amplifier Ampeg SVT-5PRO Amplifier Ampeg SVT-1600 Stereo Power Amps Ampeg SVT D.I. Ampeg SCP-OCT Pedals Various Ampeg Cabinets Live Amplifiers: 2-Alembi c F-2B Preamps Uptown Technologies Great Divide 4-Way Splitter QSC Power Amplifiers 2-Crown Micro-Tech 2400 Power Amplifiers 2-Crown Micro-Tech 5000 Power Amplifiers Bootzilla Cabinets (4-4x18, 4-4x15) 4-Ampeg 8x10 Cabinets Effects: M utron III Envelop Filter/Followers (I heard a rumor he had the electronics of one of these put right into one of his bases) Mutron Octave Dividers Roland RE-201 Space Echo Multivox MX-201 Analog Delays Maestro Fuzz Tones Electro Harmonix Big Muffs MXR Digital Delays Rackmount Rat Fuzz Morley Fuzz Wahs Lovetone Meatball (I understand he uses other Lovetone Pedals) Original Synth Bass Pedal From Electro Harmonix (I also heard he uses an Electro Harmonix Bass Microsynth) Digitech IPS 33B Harmonizer Digitech Jam Man Digitech Vx400 Vocal Effects Processor Digitech DigiDelay Digitech Synth Wah Original Digitech Whammy Boss ME-50B Multi Effects Unit Boss DD-20 Giga Delay Boss OR-20 Drive Zone Boss DD-3 Digital Delay DOD thrash Master DOD Grunge DOD Bass Grunge I told you he uses a ton of stuff! LOL Reply 1   0

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