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Photo shows Paul Gray using the signature Ibanez PGB1L Left hand bass during a live performance with band Slipknot late in his career during the "All Hope Is Gone" tour in 2009. The PGB1L is a modification of Ibanez's ATK series of bass guitars.

Ibanez ask Paul Gray in an interview what he thought about the PGB1L bass. His answer was

"Well like I said, it's just so versatile. With nine guys, it's easy to step on each other's toes. I can adjust my sound to fit whatever part it happens to be. If it's a percussion heavy part, I can adjust the bass to have more mids and highs. That way it cuts through, but it never gets over the top or too muddy. On other songs, I can crank the low end and fill everything out. It's a big band, and we could easily make it sound like shit [laughs]. That bass allows me to change a lot of things, so that it never gets muddy on stage. I couldn't be happier with it."

Paul Gray was known to use the Ernie Ball Slinky Bass Strings.

This photo from clashmusic.com features Slipknot bassist Paul Gray performing live with Slipknot while playing a Warwick Streamer Stage 2 left handed 4 string bass with single coil pickups. Paul Gray played Warwicks before he became endorsed by Ibanez.

THIS photo is a close up of the actual bass. You can see the SLIPKNOT logo on his jumpsuit's right shoulder.

In this image from the MFKR era of Slipknot, Paul can be seen using a natural Jackson or charvel Left Handed Bass (he has called it both in different interviews) which he either stripped the finish off himself, or he just bought it in that condition.

Listed on http://www.slipknot-metal.com/main.php?sk=equipment

At 1:32 into the, "Behind the Player" video featuring Paul Gray, he was using a Peavey Tour 700 bass head.

In this video (at around 11:59) Paul says "I run SansAmp."

In a video on DunlopTV, Paul Gray of Slipknot mentions using a Pro Co RAT pedal.

In this performance Paul was seen with a Warwick thumb bass. This bass can be seen in other performances and was used for recording slipknot albums. He had both bolt on and neck through versions of his thumb.

In this image from the Subliminal Verses era, Paul Gray is seen playing a Warwick Thumb Bolt-On 4 bass.

In the Dunlop TV episode with Paul Gray, he mentions that he used Jazz III picks

At 1:10 in the video you can see in Paul's rack that he's playing through three Ampeg svt-2 heads During the recording of Vol 3 at the Houdini mansion

Here is a rare image of Paul with a kramer v when he played in The Have Nots in the 1990's

Paul Gray's rig includes a Whirlwind Multi-Selector, as seen in a photo featured on Gabriel Palma Guitar's blog.

In the YouTube video "Slipknot - Of the (Sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams," Paul Gray is seen playing a left-handed Warwick Streamer Stage 1 bass. This appears to serve as a backup to his Stage 2 Streamer.

Paul Gray is seen here using an Ibanez ATK bass. This was late into the vol 3 tour and was when he was endorsed by ibanez.

Here is Paul wearing his mask for promotion for his final album with Slipknot

In the YouTube video "Paul Gray: Behind the Player," Paul Gray discusses having owned a left-handed Gibson Flying V, which was unfortunately traded away by a friend.

Says at 11:20 in the videos that he uses Ernie Ball strings with gagues of .115 (B), .95 (F#), .75 (B), .55 (E)

Paul used an Ampeg 8x10 bass cab during the "Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat." era.

On the left Paul can be seen with a Warwick Standard Corvette Model in the Self Titled era

According to Slipknot-metal, Paul Gray used the Peavey Pro 1600 bass amplifier head, as listed in the Slipknot Equipment section by Pasti Gacor.

In a discussion on TalkBass.com, Paul Gray is noted to use the Tech 21 Sansamp PSA1.1, highlighting its role in his gear setup.

In this video, at 11:20 Gray stated that he uses Ernie Ball Bass Strings tuned to B F# B E with string gauges of 55, 75, 95, and 115.

Paul Gray is listed as using the Peavey GPS 2600 power amplifier in the Slipknot Equipment section on Slipknot-metal, authored by Pasti Gacor.

If you can see Paul's corvette bass, you can see the stock pickups were replaced with seymour duncans.

Identified in this talkbass post.

According to this auction listing by backstagauctions.com, Paul Gray used a Peavey Pro 810 Speaker Cabinet on tour with Slipknot as far back as 2004.

During the Dynamo Open Air show, Paul can be seen at 6:04 playing this bass

At 12:00, Paul mentions using Audio Technica wirelesses