What Bass setup does Jeff Roffredo use?
(I>According to his post on the psychobilly-online.de board:) “I have a 1960’s era Kay model C-1, it’s the only upright bass I’ve ever had. She’s provided years of trusty tone (knock on wood, literally), she could use some cosmetic attention now. I have tried many strings, gut, steel, and nylon. I’ve been using Rotosounds for the past few years, I like the feel, you can get a nice round tone out of them, and they last a long time! Tuning is standard, sometimes a half step down (Eb).” As of summer 2007, Jeff is now playing a blue King Doublebass Tiger King. (From their myspace:) Live, Nick normally plays a Gretsch Duo Jet ’57 reissue (although he does have a real one at home) through one or more Fender Tone Master amp heads and 2×12″ speaker cabinets. Various vintage analog delay and chorus pedals are used as well, although these tend to rotate a bit. On the recording of III: Ghost Tigers Rise a number of guitars, amps & pedals were used, with the primary amp setup being similar to the
