Jack Endino

In the interview conducted by Daniel Sarkissian, Jack Endino is seen sitting in front of a Trident 80C Mixing Console, suggesting its use in his studio. The console appears around the 1:30 mark in the video.

In the second photo, zoomed in, of course, you can clearly see it's a TS9. I did really did some deep digging to find this one.

1st and 3rd photos show the bassman in full action. When asking Jack he said that he used them on Skin Yard's Fist-Remixed and 1,000 Smiling Knuckles for sure, but probably on the rest of the of Skin Yard's stuff.

Zooming in on the photo you can see it's an original RAT, and I contacted Jack asking him what he used on 1,000 Smiling Knuckles and he said so himself he used it on that album.

At the AES PNW Meeting, it was noted that Jack Endino uses the Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, identifiable by its classic XO casing, likely for both studio and live performances.

Where were the first recordings done and what gear were you using?

It’s important to note that Nirvana had recorded almost a year before meeting me. Like the “live” at KAOS, a college station in Olympia, WA, John Goodmanson did that demo, and some of it is on the “Lights Out” box set. That drummer may have been Aaron Burkhard. We recorded at Reciprocal Recording in January 1988, with Dale Crover from the Melvins guesting on drums; Chad hadn’t joined yet.

We had an Otari MX5050 Mk 3 1/2 inch 8-track machine, running at 15 IPS with no noise reduction. The board was a Ramsa. Mics were the usual generic stuff: 414 x/y as overheads, 421s on toms and probably bass, 57s on snare and guitar, a d112 on kick, probably a 58 on vocals. I still use some of the same mics today (plus many other choices) except the 57s and 58s are banished. It was mixed to 1/4 inch tape at 15 IPS on a Revox PR99 with no noise reduction.

In the AES PNW Meeting Report on Jack Endino's Guitar Recording Workshop, a First Act ME-300 electric guitar is visible in the second picture, identifiable by its distinctive headstock.