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Brian Wheat is seen performing with a Gibson Thunderbird Non-Reverse bass guitar in blue, white, and sunburst finishes during Tesla's live performance on June 14, 2017, in Ontario, California.

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Brian wheat can be seen using one of these bass guitars here. Spector in the 1980s kramer era made these bass guitars for a short while until gibson had found out about it so they stopped making them. Fernandes also made these bass guitars but Gibson had declared a cease and desist to them as well.

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Brian can be seen using ampeg SVT-VR in this video, one on either side

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In a 2008 live performance of "Love Song" by Tesla, Brian Wheat is seen playing a Höfner 500/1 Ignition Cavern bass. Known for his admiration of The Beatles, Wheat often chooses this model for its classic sound during softer and acoustic performances.

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Used Dean Markley blue steel bass strings for over 20 years, and had never wanted to use anything else. This is one if the key factors to his bright aggressive crunchy tone along with the svt and the pick.

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