Payam Doostzadeh

Mentioned in this March 8, 2017 Reddit post for the Young the Giant AMA.

yeedawg: I saw you guys live a few years ago and hearing Payam's bass tone was a life changing moment for me.

Being a bassist myself, I would love to know what he uses to make his sounds so big!

YoungTheGiantBand: haha thanks ! nothing too crazy to be honest, usually just a fender bass (or my lakland short scale) through an ampeg SVT-VR and an 8x10. a couple pedals here and there that i like using.. dark glass vintage micro tubes, TWA great divide 2.0 for synth bass sounds. play finger style mainly but use a pick for certain songs that call for it. cheers! -p

Listed for sale on Reverb.com.

From YTG: Payam used this bass to record the song “Firelight” on the album Mind Over Matter. Also wrote and recorded songs from the second record on this bass. Mid to late 1950’s Kay 162 Howlin Wolf Bass. All original!

Bassist Payam Doostzadeh of Young the Giant performs during X107.5's Holiday Havoc 2014 show at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on December 11, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Visible in this January 24, 2019 Instagram post by Young the Giant, as well as this June 1, 2019 Instagram post by Young the Giant.

Visible in this video at 0:27. Payam is using a sunburst Fender Precision Bass with a lower finger rest. It is also featured in this April 21, 2014 Instagram post.

my 68 P looking fierce beside the studio sword

Sold on Reverb.com. This one in particular is labeled "Bass DI".

From YTG: We used these preamps in our LA home studio while we were writing and making demos for our second record, Mind over Matter. We had both Jake and Eric’s guitars, Sameer’s Vox, and bass DI going through these preamps. These preamps are modeled after the API 312A style microphone preamps.

Listed on G&L's official artist page.

Featured this December 4, 2012 Instagram post and listed on G&L's official artist page

frankcarrozzo Amazing...how it sound?

payamd @frankcarrozzo great man it's my fav bass :)

frankcarrozzo Pretty cool, how much did u pay for it? @payamd

payamd @frankcarrozzo I didn't :x gift from g&l

This other Instagram post, dated March 5, 2013, reveals a serial number of CLF063793.

Featured in this May 15, 2013 Instagram post.

evolving suboctave filter sweep .. fun times !

Featured in this Instagram post.

@frankcarrozzo It's the Micro SVT... so b[****]in .. has a great DI out too

Featured in this March 1, 2013 Instagram post.

Featured in this March 1, 2013 Instagram post.

Mentioned in this March 8, 2017 Reddit post for the Young the Giant AMA.

yeedawg: I saw you guys live a few years ago and hearing Payam's bass tone was a life changing moment for me.

Being a bassist myself, I would love to know what he uses to make his sounds so big!

YoungTheGiantBand: haha thanks ! nothing too crazy to be honest, usually just a fender bass (or my lakland short scale) through an ampeg SVT-VR and an 8x10. a couple pedals here and there that i like using.. dark glass vintage micro tubes, TWA great divide 2.0 for synth bass sounds. play finger style mainly but use a pick for certain songs that call for it. cheers! -p

In response to a now deleted question from the same AMA, Doostzadeh stated that the pedal was used for the verse of "Something to Believe In".

i use the TWA great divide 2.0 for the verse of STBI. really dig that pedal. also i love the darkglass vintage microtubes.

Visible in this photo of Doostzadeh and this June 1, 2016 Instagram post.

Musician Payam Doostzadeh of the band Young the Giant performs at the Hangout Stage during 2017 Hangout Music Festival on May 21, 2017 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

A 1970s model in sunburst is listed for sale on Reverb.com.

Featured in this March 6, 2013 Instagram post.

@jonobrienwaller the blonde one is mine ! the black one is just visiting :)

Featured in this March 1, 2013 Instagram post.

Visible in this March 1, 2013 Instagram post.

Visible in this May 4, 2013 Instagram post.

@kylemaxwell it's actually a Michael kelly sojourn mini acoustic.. not a ubass!

A vintage B-15 head was used on Mind Over Matter with Doostzadeh's G&L JB-2, as is visible in this July 6, 2013 Instagram post thanking producer Justin Meldal-Johnson.

payamd thanks justin

justinmeldaljohnsen Sounded great...nice pairing.

Used for the "In The Open" rendition of "Amerika" for the bassline, as is visible at 1:11.

Visible in this February 9, 2018 Instagram post by Young the Giant.

Payam Doostzadeh's Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 Head, a bass amplifier head, is listed on Reverb.com as part of a November 11, 2020 sale, noted for home use only.

Payam Doostzadeh's Aguilar SL 112 Cabinet, featured in a Reverb.com listing from November 11, 2020, was noted as being used exclusively at home.