John Cooper

In this video, at 0:51 we can see John with his Traben Phoenix 5 string bass

in this image you can see john playin his traben array attack 5 string

John Cooper has been testing prototypes by Michael kelly for several months now. It seems that he has 3 of them and been testing all while he's playing live. Unfortunately the Bass Guitars have not been released yet thats why there's not much information on them so I had to dig down and find out what bass he's using as of today!

For a short time during 2014 John cooper used a Paul Reed Smith Gary Grainger 5 string bass which can be seen in a few videos of Winterfest 2014.

During the beginning of Skillet in 1996/97 John Cooper played Ibanez basses inculding a six string Soundgear bass and a BTB series six string version. The different basses can be seen starting with the soundgear at the 0:14 point of the video, the BTB at the 0:27 point and the headstock of the Soundgear bass at the 3:40 point.

In this photo you can see John Cooper using a 5 string Spector bass to record with.

During the late 90s early 2000s John Cooper used a GMP 5 String bass that can be seen in the video, now it has been retired from touring but it is used constantly for recording new albums.

John Cooper at the 7:40 timing of the video starts to talk about amplifiers and how he loves Ampeg Svt and states that he thinks they are the best amplifiers ever made for bass guitar.

John Cooper has used GHS strings Bass Boomers for years.