Jeff Ament
Jeff Ament's Bass Guitars
Jeff is known for using this on various songs. It can be heard very famously on 'Jeremy' on the 'Ten' album. It is also noticeable on 'Why Go', also from Ten.
Jeff Ament teamed up with Mike Lull in 2012 to create a signature model. The bass features a 20% oversized body, but thinner body thickness than standard Mike Lull T4 models, along with a reverse headstock. Jeff Ament personally chose all custom colors, finish, and wood configurations.
In this photo, Jeff Ament is playing a natural finish Music Man Stingray Bass.
A Warmoth Jazz body, Bartolini pickups, Fender tuners and an ESP neck were all assembled for Jeff by Mike Lull to make the bass that was used on most of the songs on Ten. (Including Even Flow, Alive, Black and several others.)
During a live performance, Pearl Jam's bassist Jeff Ament is seen playing his Wal Mk II Fretless Bass. This is one of the two Wal fretless bass guitars he owns, as noted in the source from CFOX.
In the photo, Jeff Ament is using his customized Modulus VJ4 bass, which he modified to suit his punk style. He is known to have played this model between 2000 and 2010.
This rig diagram states that Jeff Ament’s main studio bass in 1998 was a 1959 sunburst Fender Jazz Bass.
You can see Ament play a late 70's Ibanez Rocket Roll bass when Pearl Jam Play Alive at the home shows in Seattle (2018)
In this photo on far left Jeff is playing a Non Reverse Thunderbird whilst singing.
Played during 1992 Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged performance
Jeff Ament is frequently seen using a Carruthers Guitars CB5 Bass in various live performances and studio sessions, as evidenced by numerous images and videos, including a user-uploaded photo on Fretlessbass.
Jeff can be seen using the Washburn AB 20 in smoke grey during the song "Alive", MTV unplugged in 1992. at 4:39 the body is pretty clarely visable. it has the lines and not the soundhole and at 0:46 you can see the washburn headstock.
In this Instagram post, Jeff Ament is seen playing a Hamer 8-String bass live with Pearl Jam.
In an Instagram post by Jeff Ament, he showcases and praises his "wildwood" colored 1967 Fender Coronado Bass II, referring to it as his "summer-off bass for the last 25 years."
in this video he is seen using ibanez destroyer
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