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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 look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Bootsy Collins bass rig. 
 Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend
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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Comments
thanks for the info
i, too, too remember a bigger rig
please let us know; i'll try to find it as well, in BPM
but hey, we've most of us scaled back
me: to a 30" bass and only one 18" speaker [Fender, w/a fender BXR 300W amp]
Basses:
1975 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-Alembic 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:
Mutron 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
Let me dig out an old (but recent) mag that details a ton of stuff he uses.
D
You finally get Bootsy into the site and this is all you have? I think he tends to use a bit more gear!