Duff McKagan

The Sansamp Bassdriver can be seen velcroed on the side of his amprack on this video at 1:04.

During the late 80s Duff played both a white and black Fender JP-555. In the video it is mentioned Duff played a black Fender Japanese Jazz Bass Special.

Duff's Tech (McBob) shows his Fender Aerodyne in this video Duff is seen playing the Aerodyne in this video.

"I’ve used all sorts (MXR, Ibanez, and a SPX90). Lately I have been using the MXR Bass Chorus. It’s a nod from me to the ’80s band Magazine."

"One constant in my ever-changing career and thoughts on rhythm, has been my Roto-Sound Swing Bass strings. Nothing else comes close."

Duff can be seen with the guitar in many pictures and videos.

Here and here he talks about the guitar:

"For recording and touring, I have a Burny Les Paul copy made in Japan, and I just love it. I actually have two—a black one and a goldtop—that I got around 2001. They’re not very expensive, so I don’t have to worry about them getting broken or stolen, and they sound really killer and aggressive—perfect for my style."

“It’s a Les Paul, but in Japan they can copy this stuff like exactly ... you can’t get them here because they’re illegal.”

Duff McKagan's gear includes an MXR M80 Bass DI+, according to Dunlop's website.

This bass was designed based on the instrument he has used ever since the first GNR album, the Duff McKagan Signature model is a distinctive, sleek and full-sounding reissue of the '80s-era Jazz Bass® Special, which combined a Precision Bass® body with a Jazz Bass neck and Precision Bass and Jazz Bass pickups. That's all here, with a Pearl White finish, gloss black neck and headstock, TBX treble/bass cut circuit, black hardware and custom skull-engraved neck plate.

"When I plugged into the Super Bassman, I was completely floored and taken aback. This is what I had been looking for. It is, quite simply, a mighty animal. Musicians and audiences alike have been wowed by my sound."

What’s one piece of gear you couldn’t live without?
"My Dunlop Tortex (Yellow NOT Black) .73 guitar picks. I could in fact 'live' without them, but I’d be grumpy as fuck!"

It’s a sweet child of mine chorus. If you like the sound of my bass, the chorus sound in songs like Sweet Child of Mine, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, you will now be able to get that in the TonePrint.

In this video, Duff Talks about this pedal at 07:37.

Duff is seeing playing this bass on thr Live Ritz '88 show, as he said post on an interview for Total Guitar Bass Special Issue 2, April 2004:

"I had a real bad experience with an active pickup. When we filmed live for MTV at the Ritz, the first song was It's So Easy. Kramer gave me this bass they wanted me to play and it was active. It's So Easy starts off with dnnna dnnna dn dnnna dnnna dn (sings opening bass figure and air fingers the bass)… The bass stopped working so I threw it and got my Fender back. So from then on I want my bass with a cord going into an amp; if it's two amps that's fine. And I'll probably play live that way."

About the Spector Guitar in case the name kramer make some confusion:

Spector Guitars

In 1985, Kramer purchased the Spector guitar and bass company. It should be noted that during this time, Kramer was doing extremely well and was well on the way to becoming the biggest domestic manufacturer of electric guitars thereby, putting them in a position to buy out smaller companies in an effort to expand the size of it's base.

http://www.vintagekramer.com/spector.htm

Here is a pic of the bass http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q551/guitarhousenet/NS2%20Black%20Kramer%20Era/BlackNS2FullFrontw.jpg

Here's another pic of Duff at the Live Ritz: http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2011/32/1313325702-kramer.jpg

And here is the live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qix7JNA_Y70

Duff talks about the guitar on this interview to premier guitar:

"I’ve also been using a recent Fender Jim Root Telecaster, the signature model of the Slipknot guitarist, for recording and performing. I yanked out that Tele’s stock active electronics and threw some Seymour Duncans in there. The combination of the mahogany body and the Duncans gives the Tele a warm sound with a great growl. Also, the guitar only has one knob—Volume. I love the simplicity of that: I don’t need anything more to fuss with when I’m singing and playing rhythm guitar at the same time."

Duff McKagan is shown using the Gallien-Krueger 410RBH 800W 4x10 Bass Cab with Horn in a user-uploaded photo on Imgur. This bass cabinet is known for its versatile 8- or 4-ohm operation and 800W power handling, making it an ideal match for the 400RB head. It features four cast-frame 10" speakers, a horn, and a switchable biamp/full-range mode with a built-in horn power limiter. The cabinet is constructed from birch, covered in black carpet, and includes a 16-gauge steel grille, interlocking corners, nickel-plated casters, and dual front-loaded ports.

Duff talks about the guitar in this interview to premier guitar: " I also have a Les Paul copy made by Sparrow, a really cool company in Canada."

Duff is seen with the guitar in this video

Duff played an LPB-3 on the Use Your Illusion Tour

How did you get that bass tone on Appetite for Destruction? What was your gear for that album?
"A GK 800RB bass head. Two EV 400 watt speakers in an Acoustic cab. Fender Jazz Special bass."

“I’ve always played Seymour Duncan,” Duff says. “Always. Guitar, bass. The first Fender bass I bought when we got our record advance in ’86, I saw this bass in Guitar Center and I was one of those dudes coming in playing shit they could never afford to buy. But we finally got our record advance and I could afford it, and the bass was still there. It was a Japanese-made Fender Precision Bass Special with Seymours, and that became my sound, that bass. It’s a sweet bass. But the combination, even the pick I use, that pickup and those strings, you can really get that sound. I didn’t know anything about the pickups back then. There wasn’t an internet back then and I wasn’t a techy guy so all you had was what you had to make your sound.”

http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/backstage-pass/talking-bass-with-duff-mckagan

He originally used a Yamaha BB 400 when Guns N Roses first formed. this bass originally had a Rosewood fingerboard but then it later switched out to a maple fingerboard and Yamaha did not make these bases with maple fingerboards the headstock it has no logo at the top and there are about 3 to 4 photos in this video that show the base with its original Rosewood fingerboard and then its second maple fingerboard .

In a user-uploaded photo on Wordpress, Duff McKagan is pictured playing a sunburst Gibson Thunderbird IV bass.

Duff posted this photo on his Facebook, you can see 3 MB-800's are the bottom right.

At about 1:31 you can see the MXR M-109.

As stated on TC Electronic's homepage, the section about Products used by Duff McKagan.

As stated on TC Electronic's homepage, the section about Products used by Duff McKagan.

The Gallien-Krueger 2001RB Amplifier Head is also listed on the Equipment list. He also talks about his relationship with GK here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFf8WwRAjag.

Duff put this photo on his Facebook page, it shows the CS-9 on the upper right.

He is seen using this bass in the music video for Sweet Child of Mine.

At 38:54, you can see Duff playing a Burny Les Paul

Duff is cited on the Yamaha Artists page and seen in this picture playing the BB1024X.