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Garry Tallent also sometimes known as as Garry W. Tallent, is an American musician and record producer, best known for being the longtime bass player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Gary also has recorded with a lot of other people.

Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Gary Tallent's bass rig. This list was put together in 2008. Let us know if his rig changes since then and we'll update the list.

 

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Bass Guitars
- Spector NS-2J custom short-scale (main bass)

- ’07 Gretsch Thunder Jet

- fretless ’65 Guild Starfire

- ’60s Guild M-85

- e-size unknown 19th-century German upright

- ’63 Fender Jazz Bass

Fender American Original '60S Jazz Bass Rosewood Fingerboard 3-Color Sunburst

- ’63 Fender Precision Bass with flats

Fender American Performer Precision Bass Rosewood Fingerboard 3-Color Sunburst

- Jerry Jones Longhorn

- Brendan O’Brien’s ’64 P-Bass

- Musicman Stingray




Amps and Cabinets
- Hartke HA4000 head and 4200 Professional Series cabinet

Hartke HA Series HA5500C 500 Watt Hybrid Bass Amp Head

- Demeter SSC-1 Silent Cabinet (1x12) - studio

- Ampeg B-15S 60-watt combo amp (studio)



Effects and More
- Shure UHF M4 wireless

- Ashly LX-308B line mixer

- Radial J48 DI

- Sennheiser wireless in-ear monitors

- Aguilar DB 680 tube preamp (studio)



Strings and Picks

- Pyramid Gold nickel flats

- La Bella 0760M “Jamerson” flatwounds

- Dunlop Jazz 3XL picks

- felt ukulele pick