Bootsy Collins & William Earl Collins – World Wide Funk album cover

Bootsy Collins & William Earl Collins – World Wide Funk

Album 2017

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2017 album World Wide Funk.

Music from World Wide Funk

Gear Used On World Wide Funk

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Bootsy Collins & William Earl Collins – World Wide Funk (2017). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Bass Guitars used by Bootsy Collins on World Wide Funk

Electric Basses

Vox V271 Apollo IV

Avg price: $1,000.00

Used with James Brown and on World Wide Funk, as stated by Collins in this November 23, 2017 Premier Guitar interview.

Did you have a Vox bass with James Brown as well?

Yeah, I’ve still got that Vox bass [an Apollo IV] and I played it on one of the songs on the new album—I can’t think which one it was off the top of my head—but I played it on one of the songs and man, I mean, nothing sounds like that. It’s like a dead-string sound—those old flatwound strings on top of that hollow Vox bass guitar. It’s got a built-in fuzz on it and a built-in tuner. It was incredible. I used a lot of different things on this record to try to give me a facelift. I’m still keeping the old stuff, but I’m adding a little newness here and there. On different songs, I use different pedals as well.