Alex Venturella's Gear
0:11 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot Bassist Alex "V-Man" Venturella saying his current main stage bass is a Status Graphite S2-Classic, in the headless variety. This is later confirmed at 2:50 when he explains that if he were to have a signature model, "It would be this shape, the S2; Headed and Headless".
Alex Venturella uses Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Bass Strings (50-105) as evidenced by an Instagram post from vmanshreds, featuring a photo by @byericalauren.
Alex can be seen here promoting some Dunlop strings that he uses. Besides standard nickel wound strings, he uses Dunlop Heavy Core bass strings.
1:38 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot Bassist Alex "V-Man" Venturella explaining that he owns two models of the Chris Wolstenholme Signature Status Graphite Bass.
In this photo, Alex can be seen promoting the strings that he uses. Left hand has standard nickel wound bass strings.
In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view of Slipknot's newest bassist's pedal shelves. To the far left and far right is a Darkglass Microtubes B7K as well as the Darkglass Microtubes B3K.
In this image of Vman, you can see him with a prototype Headless bass from UK handmade guitar brand Carillion Guitars
I’m loving the Cali76-CB and is in both my rigs. Also our front of house guy has it on all 4 of my DI channels. The dry and HPF really is handy.
In this post Alex shows off the guitar, and bass he was sent by music man. one such instrument is the music man stingray bass. both instruments are in the same finish
In this post alex shows off the guitars he was sent by chapman guitars. one such guitar is the chapman mlv
"The new Darkglass Alpha Omega adds a punch and also has a cab sim, which I changed to an impulse response we did of an 8x10"
In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view of Slipknot's newest bassist's pedal shelves. To the far left and far right is a Darkglass Microtubes B7K as well as the Darkglass Microtubes B3K.
In a post by @vmanshreds on Instagram, Alex Venturella is shown using the Status B-2 Bass in the studio. The Status B-2, originally designed by John Entwistle, features cutting-edge design elements such as graphite composites and advanced active electronics. It boasts a distinctively contoured body with a custom active circuit, Status Hyperactive pickups, and a two-band EQ with a variable midrange frequency sweep. This bass also offers a 26-fret phenolic fingerboard with Roman numeral inlays and optional side-mounted LEDs and gold hardware.
The post shows Alex's slipstream next to his doggo
in this post alex shows off the guitars he was sent by music man. one such guitar is the st. vincent signature guitar
In tihs post on his official instagram, you can see in Vman's rack he has a two notes torpedo loadbox.
In this post of Alex showing off his warm up rig, you can see a custon kiesel Zues headless bass.
In this image of Vman from his beginings with Slipknot (.5 era), you can see him with a heavily modified Billy Sheehan Yamaha signature bass with a P-bass pickup in the neck.
This photo taken from Alex Venturella's instragram shows his full pedal shelf. The largest of these pedals is the Origin Effects Cali76-STD Limiting Amplifier Pedal.
In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a view of a small rig Alex put together in his home. Atop of the rig is a Rivera Venus Recording, an all tube, analog head.
You can see in this image of Slipknot's practice rig taken from Alex's instagram. You can see Alex's two cabinets are Gallien-Kreuger 4x10s
At 1:28 in the video, you can see vman with an Ernie Ball Bongo bass.
In the YouTube video titled "VMan From Slipknot Tries The Bass Butler," Alex Venturella, also known as VMan, demonstrates the Orange Bass Butler Bi-amp Bass Preamp.
Alex Venturella uses a Dunlop Tortex Triangle pick with custom graphics, as shown in a post by vmanshreds on Instagram.
3:28 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot bassist Alex "V-Man" Venturella saying that he used a 1969 version of the Fender Precision Bass or "P" Bass when recording inside the studio for Slipknot's current album. He mentions he does not use the bridge pickup on his bass and referenced the Precision Bass to further attest why.
This photo taken from Alex Venturella's instragram shows his full pedal shelf. There are 2 large, red bricks near the bottom. These are A-Designs REDDI Tube Direct Boxes.
In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view of Slipknot's newest bassist's pedal shelves. In the middle is a bright white pedal with 5 black knobs, this is the MXR M87 Bass Compressor Bass Effects Pedal.
In this post of Alex showing off his warm up rig, you can see the amp he is using is a Darkglass alpha omega head.
Shown in this post on his instagram.
In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Venturella on the cover, on page 24, there is a photo of a stack of Alex's rack gear. Starting from bottom, this photo shows 2 Mesa Boogie Bass Strategy Eight:88 Bass Head.
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