A lot of people know Randy Jackson as an American Idol judge, but they don't know Randy Jackson the musician. Randy Jackson is a Grammy Award winning rock bassist, singer, record producer and Emmy Award-nominated television and radio personality, now best known as a judge on American Idol.
Randy is one hell of a bass player - let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Randy's bass rig arsenal.
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Bass Guitars
- MusicMan Stingray Bass (looks like a 5 string HH)
- Mike Lull MV4 and MV5 4- and 5-strings
- ’61 Fender Precision
- ’70s Fender Jazz
- Modulus 5-string
- prototype Yamaha hollowbody
- Gibson Ripper
- Fritz Brothers F.B. Bass
- custom First Act Delia semi-hollowbody
- Kay hollowbody
- French upright bass
Synth Basses
- Minimoog
- Moog Source
- Moog Little Phatty
Amps and Cabinets
- Markbass Randy Jackson Signature TTE800 800W Bass Amp Head
- Markbass Randy Jackson Signature New York 151 RJ 1x15 Bass Speaker Cabinet
- Genz Benz GBE 1200 head
- Genz Benz NeoX-212T cabinets
- Ampeg B-15
- Line 6 LowDown Studio 110
Effects and More
- Line 6 Bass Floor POD
- Bass PODxt Pro
- Demeter VTD-2B Tube Direct Box
Bass Strings
- Dean Markley Randy Jackson Alchemy medium-lights strings gauges (.045, .065, .085, .105, .130)
- Dean Markley medium flatwounds
- Rotosound Tru Bass 88 black nylon flatwounds
