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Rancid - Matt Freeman Bass Rig Gear and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 04:52

Matt Freeman is the bass player for the punk band Rancid, and also is well known for playing bass in Operation Ivy.

Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Matt's bass rig.

Matt playing bass

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Basses
- Fender Road Worn Precision

Fender Road Worn '50s Precision Bass 2 Tone Sunburst

- Squier Matt Freeman Precision Bass

Squier Matt Freeman Precision Bass Guitar Maple Fretboard Vintage White

- Fender ’77 Precision Bass
- Fender ’78 Jazz Bass
- Fender Tony Franklin signature (fretted)

Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass 3-Tone Sunburst


- Fender ’62 Reissue P bass

Fender American Vintage '62 Precision Bass 3-Tone Sunburst


- Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Basses

Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass


- Fender ’66 Precision  bass
- Fender ’74 Precision bass
- Fender ’77 Jazz Basses
- ’77 Rickenbacker bass
- ’78 Music Man StingRay (used on Life Won’t Wait)
- Guild B-50 acoustic bass guitar
- Custom Hill Guitars Bass
- Fender Kingman Bass SCE

Fender Kingman SCE Acoustic-Electric Guitar 3-Tone Sunburst

- white upright bass




Amps and Cabinets
- Fender TB-1200 heads

Fender TB-1200 Bass Amp Head


- Fender 8x10 bass cabs   (6x10 pic below)

Fender 610 PRO 6x10 Bass Speaker Cabinet


- Ampeg SVT-5PRO heads (used for many years in the past)

Ampeg SVT-4 PRO Series Bass Head


- Ampeg 8x10 cabs (used for many years in the past)

Ampeg SVT-810E Bass Enclosure







Other
- Avalon U5 DI

Avalon Ultra Five Direct Box Instrument Preamplifier


- Line 6 Bass POD


- Korg DTR rack tuner

Korg DTR-1000 Rackmount Digital Tuner


- Dunlop picks (medium-thin)
Last Updated on Friday, 02 December 2011 14:58
 

Comments 

 
0 #4 RE: Rancid - Matt Freeman Bass Rig Gear and Equipment — 4149 2011-11-30 10:40
He uses a white upright bass with Devil's Brigade
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0 #3 RE: Rancid - Matt Freeman Bass Rig Gear and Equipment — tony 2011-08-23 12:00
he uses his signature Squire P-Bass live now.
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0 #2 76 — ton 2010-01-09 06:05
he's got '76 precision
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0 #1 Acoustic — Nate 2009-11-24 06:52
According to Fender's website, he also uses the Kingman acoustic bass.

fender.com/.../...

I own it, it's quite nice!
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