Jay DeMarcus

"Wanted to tell you I played the bass you made for me in the studio today, awesome axe! Thank you so much, what a great feeling, great sounding instrument! Love it. It tracked like a champ. Engineer loved it. Sounded amazing, color is amazing and plays like a dream. Appreciate your craftsmanship and grateful to you."

"My favorite is a ’63 Fender Jazz Bass, and I also have a ’59 Fender P-Bass. If I’m looking for that old-school rock and roll vibe, I grab the P-Bass. If I need something to speak a bit more and cut through the mix, I’ll use the Jazz. Lately, I’ve been tuning down a minor third, and using heavier-gauge strings, so I can grab some lower notes that you usually can’t get with standard E, A, D, G tuning."

Demarcus's visit to a Lakland workshop, shown on their official website.

"My favorite is a ’63 Fender Jazz Bass, and I also have a ’59 Fender P-Bass. If I’m looking for that old-school rock and roll vibe, I grab the P-Bass. If I need something to speak a bit more and cut through the mix, I’ll use the Jazz. Lately, I’ve been tuning down a minor third, and using heavier-gauge strings, so I can grab some lower notes that you usually can’t get with standard E, A, D, G tuning."

Jay has a 1959 höfner violin bass that he uses for recording and performing Live. The bass was featured in Rascal Flatts music video for their song “Changed”. The bass was also used live on the same song during their 2012-2013 Changed tour.

Starting in 2007, Jay started using a Tobacco sunburst Gibson LP3 Bass. The bass was only played on the Rascal Flatts song “Me & My Gang. The only official Pro shot footage of Jay playing the bass was from a special concert for “Yahoo Nissan live sets” in 2007. The bass has been caught on film being used by Jay during the Rascal Flatts “still feels good” tour from mid 2007 to mid 2008. Since then the bass has not been brought out on any more Rascal Flatts tours. Video of the Yahoo Nissan live set’s performance can no longer be found online but the official audio released by rascal Flatts can be found on their Greatest hits volume 1 record.