Duff McKagan

During the late 80s Duff played both a white and black Fender JP-555. In the video it is mentioned Duff played a black Fender Japanese Jazz Bass Special.

Duff's Tech (McBob) shows his Fender Aerodyne in this video Duff is seen playing the Aerodyne in this video.

This bass was designed based on the instrument he has used ever since the first GNR album, the Duff McKagan Signature model is a distinctive, sleek and full-sounding reissue of the '80s-era Jazz Bass® Special, which combined a Precision Bass® body with a Jazz Bass neck and Precision Bass and Jazz Bass pickups. That's all here, with a Pearl White finish, gloss black neck and headstock, TBX treble/bass cut circuit, black hardware and custom skull-engraved neck plate.

Duff is seeing playing this bass on thr Live Ritz '88 show, as he said post on an interview for Total Guitar Bass Special Issue 2, April 2004:

"I had a real bad experience with an active pickup. When we filmed live for MTV at the Ritz, the first song was It's So Easy. Kramer gave me this bass they wanted me to play and it was active. It's So Easy starts off with dnnna dnnna dn dnnna dnnna dn (sings opening bass figure and air fingers the bass)… The bass stopped working so I threw it and got my Fender back. So from then on I want my bass with a cord going into an amp; if it's two amps that's fine. And I'll probably play live that way."

About the Spector Guitar in case the name kramer make some confusion:

Spector Guitars

In 1985, Kramer purchased the Spector guitar and bass company. It should be noted that during this time, Kramer was doing extremely well and was well on the way to becoming the biggest domestic manufacturer of electric guitars thereby, putting them in a position to buy out smaller companies in an effort to expand the size of it's base.

http://www.vintagekramer.com/spector.htm

Here is a pic of the bass http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q551/guitarhousenet/NS2%20Black%20Kramer%20Era/BlackNS2FullFrontw.jpg

Here's another pic of Duff at the Live Ritz: http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2011/32/1313325702-kramer.jpg

And here is the live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qix7JNA_Y70

Duff played an LPB-3 on the Use Your Illusion Tour

“I’ve always played Seymour Duncan,” Duff says. “Always. Guitar, bass. The first Fender bass I bought when we got our record advance in ’86, I saw this bass in Guitar Center and I was one of those dudes coming in playing shit they could never afford to buy. But we finally got our record advance and I could afford it, and the bass was still there. It was a Japanese-made Fender Precision Bass Special with Seymours, and that became my sound, that bass. It’s a sweet bass. But the combination, even the pick I use, that pickup and those strings, you can really get that sound. I didn’t know anything about the pickups back then. There wasn’t an internet back then and I wasn’t a techy guy so all you had was what you had to make your sound.”

http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/backstage-pass/talking-bass-with-duff-mckagan

He originally used a Yamaha BB 400 when Guns N Roses first formed. this bass originally had a Rosewood fingerboard but then it later switched out to a maple fingerboard and Yamaha did not make these bases with maple fingerboards the headstock it has no logo at the top and there are about 3 to 4 photos in this video that show the base with its original Rosewood fingerboard and then its second maple fingerboard .

In a user-uploaded photo on Wordpress, Duff McKagan is pictured playing a sunburst Gibson Thunderbird IV bass.

He is seen using this bass in the music video for Sweet Child of Mine.

Duff is cited on the Yamaha Artists page and seen in this picture playing the BB1024X.

He used Frank Bello signature bass before got his own signature.

Seen in the opening seconds and the final frames. Are two potentiometers which distinguishes this from the Aerodyne.

Seen in the documentary "Inside Out: The rise of Velvet Revolver"

5mins 21 seconds.

In a video by Fender, Duff McKagan showcases his second Fender Duff McKagan Deluxe Precision Bass, available in black and white pearl finishes.

Duff is listed on the Duesenberg website as playing this bass.

On his twitter, Duff posted a picture of another Nash bass, this one being white with a black pickguard. Commenting on it by saying:"the growl this thing has!"

He played this with the Alice Cooper's Hollywood Vampires @ the Grammys.

In this pictures, we can see Duff McKagan playing this bass.

"Sharing the stage with the likes of Axl Rose, Slash, and Dave Navarro would seem like a tall task for most bass players, but American hard rock legend Duff McKagan has always made his presence felt no matter who is he playing with. The low end master for Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, McKagan has play a massive role in shaping the sound of American Rock music. Watch as he and Matt Sweeney breakdown his approach to carving out his own space, his longstanding love for punk, and the Fender Precision Bass.

Without the Fender Precision Bass, the original electric bass, dance floors and rock clubs everywhere would be empty. As music evolves, our instruments change in lockstep; the end result is today’s version of this seminal instrument—the American Professional Precision Bass. Boasting a single Michael Bump-designed V-Mod split-coil Precision Bass pickup and the infamous ’63 P Bass neck profile, the American Professional Precision Bass gives you the power to make your voice heard. "

Duff McKagan use Lakland Skyline 44-64 Custom Candy Apple Red.

This was a show at CBGB's festival on 7 July 2012 http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/J39LrY5NrzM/2012+CBGB+Festival+Times+Square/oMlIUSA4JJ6/Duff+McKagan

The photo from Bigshotconcerts shows Duff McKagan playing a Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass with a humbucker in the neck position during the UPROAR Festival. This indicates he was not using a Fender American Special Precision Bass at this event.

On his twitter, Duff posted this picture of a Nash precision bass.

Duff McKagan is pictured using the Gretsch G6073 Bass in a Wikimedia photo of Velvet Revolver.

In this Twitter (now X) post from January 2022, fan group DuffMcKaganArgentina wrote

“Two differents pictures same gig! @DuffMcKagan live @gunsnroses Tokio Dome, Tokio, Japan 🇯🇵. January 1993. Probably the first show where Duff play the Gibson Les Paul Bass.”

The image clearly shows a young Duff McKagan playing a black Epiphone Power Bass electric solid-body P-J bass.

Duff McKagan is seen playing a Fender Jazz Bass during a performance in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil in 2026, as depicted in an image available on Equipboard.