Ben Shepherd

This article states that Shepherd uses a "Fender '62 Reissue American P-bass."

You can see him holding it the first time on 0:32 into this video, and multiple other times thoroughout the video.

you can see ben shepherd playing the rickenbacker 4001 performing during Nfl

This black 1970's Fender Jazz Bass, nicknamed 'Tree', was Ben's main bass right through Soundgarden's first period. He learned to play on this instrument and recorded most of Badmotorfinger and Superunknown on it. However, this piece of history was unfortunately stolen and its whereabouts are unknown.

Shepherd can be seen in this photo playing a Gibson EB Bass.

Shepherd can be seen in this image playing a Fender Cabronita Precision Bass.

Shepherd can be seen in this image playing a Mosrite Combo Bass.

At 42:20 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Mesa/Boogie M6 Carbine 600 Watt Bass Head.

At 42:05 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Ampeg SVT-VR.

At 40:14 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Mesa Boogie V-Twin.

We ran Ampeg SVT and Mesa Boogie heads through a couple of cabinets, along with an Ampeg flip-top [B-15] all at the same time in the bass room.

From a Bass Player magazine interview in 2013, asking about the setup of recording King Animal.

At 40:04 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Lehle P-Split II.

At 41:55 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Boss RC-3 Loop Station.

At 39:01 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Dunlop DC-Brick Multi-Power Supply.

At 41:55 in this Rig Rundown for Ben Shepherd of Sound Garden, Wellwater Conspiracy, Hater, and The Desert Sessions, his gear is displayed, showing his Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuner.

this pedal appears in the Mesa enginering ben shepherd page

Onstage the sound is my Mesa Boogie V-Twin preamp pedal and a Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah.