Rig Rundown
A full rundown of the '75 Jazz Bass, mods, setup specs, and pedalboard I use to cover the tonal range worship and CCM sets demand, from hushed ambient passages to full-band anthemic choruses.
A full rundown of the '75 Jazz Bass, mods, setup specs, and pedalboard I use to cover the tonal range worship and CCM sets demand, from hushed ambient passages to full-band anthemic choruses.
This is the full rundown of the rig I bring to worship and CCM sets (and the occasional secular gig)—covering the Bass Guitar itself, the Modifications that shape its voice, my Setup specs, and the Pedalboard that carries the signal to front-of-house. Bass Guitar covers my main '75 Jazz Bass and the Fender Custom Shop PJ I'm fundraising for. Modifications trades noise and inconsistency for quiet, hum-cancelling pickups, higher-fidelity wiring, a mass-loaded bridge for sustain, and a flatwound/roundwound string swap I use to shift between warmer and brighter voicings depending on the song. Setup dials in the neck relief, action, pickup heights, and intonation that keep that tone consistent and comfortable to play across a full set. Pedalboard rounds it out with compression and EQ shaping—plus a touch of overdrive—that takes the bass from clean and controlled in ambient moments to full and driven in anthemic choruses. Together, it's a rig built less around one fixed tone and more around a range: quiet enough to disappear into an in-ear mix during a hushed bridge, and present enough to cut through a full band at the height of a chorus.
Fender American Vintage Reissue (AVRI, or the equivalent for American Vintage I) 1975 Jazz Bass
This Fender AVRI '75 Jazz Bass manufactured in June 2008 features an ash body with natural finish, a maple neck with a 3-bolt Micro-Tilt plate, and dual vintage-style single-coil pickups, which have since been modified (see Modifications tab).Body & Hardware
- Body Material: Ash
- Finish: Natural
- Bridge: Hipshot MassKicker (upgraded from the stock vintage-style bridge — see Modifications tab)
- Pickguard: Black 3-layer
- Tuning Machines: Vintage style bass "clover"
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Material: Maple with "bullet" truss rod style
- Neck Joint: 3-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt adjustment
- Neck Shape: '75 Jazz Bass "C"
- Fingerboard Material: Bound maple with black block inlays
- Frets: 20 vintage-style frets
- Radius: 7.25" radius
Electronics & Sound
- Pickups: Dual vintage-style single-coil/bi-pole Jazz Bass pickups (black)
- Wiring: Vintage '64 Jazz Bass (neck pickup volume, bridge pickup volume, master tone)
- Preamp: Passive (no active preamp)
FUNDRAISING FOR: Fender Custom Shop PJ Bass
Body & Hardware
- Body Material: Alder
- Finish: Aged Blue Ice Metallic
- Bridge: Hipshot MassKicker
- Pickguard: Eggshell 3-layer
- Tuning Machines: Vintage style bass "lollipop"
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Material: Maple with "bullet" truss rod style
- Neck Joint: 3-bolt neck plate with Micro-Tilt adjustment
- Neck Shape: CC Jazz Bass "C"
- Fingerboard Material: Bound rosewood with true mother-of-pearl block inlays
- Frets: 20 medium vintage-style frets (47095)
- Radius: 7.25" radius
Electronics & Sound
- Pickups: Hand-wound Precision Bass pickup (eggshell), noiseless bridge Jazz Bass pickup (eggshell)
- Wiring: Vintage '64 Jazz Bass (neck pickup volume, bridge pickup volume, master tone)
- Preamp: Passive (no active preamp)