Jerry Jemmott
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In this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtO122vaVhM] at 29:58 It is said that its a 69. And Jerry also talks about how he bought it at a pawn shop, striped it down in the 70s after changing his name, and added many modifications such as a mass control volume, off and on switch, bab6 bridge, and an ESP neck that he put on in 1980. He is also seen playing it in this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fqQttwdMyE]
Guitar Player, May 1984, "Session Bassist — The Groovemaster: Jerry Jemmott" by Gene Santoro
The same sense of perspective shapes his attitude toward his equipment. No collector, he sees his instrument as a tool rather than something valuable for its own sake. Until recently he used mostly Fenders, and he still has his Jazz Bass with an ESP neck and 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, which he prefers to maple. The electronics were rewired by Larry Brown to include treble and bass boosts and a preamp. But he's just recently had a bass made for him by Abe Rivera. Designed by Jemmott and Rivera, with electronics by Larry Brown, the new bass is a beauty. In fact, it's so impressive that Rivera has begun work on another similar one — this time for Jaco Pastorius.
In this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtO122vaVhM] he talks about using Ken Smith Slick Rounds at 35:39. He also shows it under gear on Jerry Jemmott.com [https://www.jerryjemmott.com/gear.html]
On his website he shows this head under gear [https://www.jerryjemmott.com/gear.html]
This cab is listed under gear on his website.
This Fender Bassman 200 combo amp is listed under gear on his website.
This strap is listed under gear in his website.
Jerry talks about this bass in this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtO122vaVhM] And also is seen playing it. It is also on his website under gear [https://www.jerryjemmott.com/gear.html] And is playing it in the Jerry Jemmot bass masterclass [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qf4C1svQ0]
Jerry plays our NJ4 pickups in his Brubaker JXB Standard.
Mentioned in the May 1984 Guitar Player interview "Session Bassist — The Groovemaster: Jerry Jemmott" by Gene Santoro.
Jemmott plans to feed his signal into his Kybo speaker bottom, made by Transylvania Power Supply of Walnut Creek, California. It houses a 15" Altec Lansing speaker in a projection cabinet. "It delivers like a six-foot tall tube setup, but it's only about the size of an Ampeg B-15," Jemmott explains. "With the Fender 300B head, it projects to 90 feet before the sound disperses." Jemmott likes the Fender amp because it combines power with serviceability; he also prefers the crisper transistor sound to the warmer sound of tubes for today's music. "But the sound is really what you put in there," he hastens to add. "It's in your hands." Although he sometimes uses a phaser or an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man digital delay, he generally works without effects. His strings are La Bella Quarter-Rounds, which he finds wear well and are quite adaptable to his variety of sounds and techniques.
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