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The Mars Volta - Juan Alderete Bass Gear Rig and Equipment
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Juan Alderete is an American bassist known for his work with the band The Mars Volta. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.

Let's see what type of gear and equipment that has graced The Mars Volta bass players bass rig.

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Bass Guitars
- Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones

Lakland Darryl Jones Signature Model 4-String Bass Lake Placid Blue Rosewood Fretboard


- Lakland Joe Osborn with Dark Star pickups
- fretless ’71 Fender Precision
- ’73 Fender Precision

Fender American Standard Precision Bass 3-Tone Sunburst Rosewood Fretboard


- ’77 Fender Jazz 

Fender American Standard Jazz Bass Guitar Black Rosewood Fretboard





Amps and Cabinets
- 2 Ampeg SVT-VR heads

Ampeg SVT-VR Vintage Reissue 300 Watt SVT Amp Head


- 2 Ampeg SVT 810 cabs

Ampeg SVT-810E Bass Enclosure





Effects and More
- Juan uses TONS of effects including:

- Boss DD-3

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal


- Boss LS-2

Boss LS-2 Line Selector/Power Supply


- Boss OC-2

Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave Pedal


- Boss PN-2 Tremolo Pan
- Boss VB-2 Vibrato
- Digitech Delay

DigiTech DigiDelay Digital Delay Pedal


- Digitech Whammy 4

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control


- Dunlop Crybaby Bass Wah

Dunlop Crybaby 105Q Bass Wah Pedal


- Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer
- Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeller w/expression pedal

Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal


- Maestro Ring Modulator
- Micro Mutron
- Musitronics Mu-Tron III
- MXR Phase 100

MXR M-107 Phase 100 Effects Pedal


- MXR Flanger

MXR M-117R Flanger Effects Pedal Metallic Grey


- MXR Bass Auto Q

MXR M-188 Bass Auto Q Auto Wah Pedal


- MXR Bass DI M-80

MXR M-80 Bass Direct Box with Distortion


- Sovtek Fuzz




Strings and picks

- Ernie Ball medium roundwounds

Ernie Ball 2832 Regular Slinky Round Wound Bass Strings


- uses fingers and also Dunlop Gel picks and his signature picks

Dunlop Gel Guitar Picks .73MM 1 Dozen
Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Juan Aldeter's bass rig.



Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 July 2008 )
 
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