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.

@mesaengineering mentioned that John Cooper use Mesa Boogie Subway D800

@mesaengineering mentioned John Cooper use Mesa Boogie PowerHouse PH1000

On this video at 4:00, John Cooper use Martin Acoustic Guitar.

John Cooper has used GHS strings Bass Boomers for years.