John Deacon

This image shows John playing a Stingray bass on stage.

In this music video for Queen's song "Don't Stop Me Now," at 1:12, John Deacon can be seen playing a Precision bass.

In this photo, Deacon can be seen tuning up his Fretless Fender Precision Bass.

John Deacon used flatwounds for all of his bass guitars, and Rotosound was his number one choice! Rotosound being one of the top string companies at the time in England, many artist used these strings. In the early years, he used Rotosound RS66 Swing Bass roundwound strings, as heard on the self-titled album, Queen. Because his playing style was either hard finger picking or normal plectrum picking, he decided to use heavy guage strings to accomidate.

John Deacon is playing a Kramer DMZ 4001 in the Top Of The Pops performance of Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) in 1981.

Deacon can be seen in this photo with a natural finish Fender Jazz Bass.

This picture show John Deacon playing his Rickenbacker. He used the bass for his audition for Queen, the very first concerts and the recording sessions at De Lane Lea in 1971.

John can be seen here with his Fender Precison Special. You can distinctlively hear this bass with its 2-band EQ and flatwounds on Under Pressure.

John Deacon can be seen here with his Fender Precison Bass Elite I. He used on songs such as One Vision and I Want it All.

John Deacon is associated with the Acoustic 370/301 Stack, as documented on the Queenie website, which details his equipment used with Queen. The site serves as a reference for his gear, although specific video footage is currently elusive.

Superwound bass strings arn't made anymore but Rotosound do offer piano string range which are the same thing. Superwound bass strings are when the core of the strings are exposed over the bridge, they then have the wound part of the string just after the bridge. These strings offer a "big bass guitar sound" ( John Deacon ) with a bit of twang.

On this polish site you can see a photo with John Deacon standing infront of he's SUNN 412l cabinets. He and he's cabinets also pops up in "Magic tour" in the live clips for example Queen live at wembley and Budapest you can see the cabs behind John. And on Live Aid Concert he also used them.

"That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while." (INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN '79)

John used this amplifier paired with his 1965 Sunburst Fender Precision Bass live sometime around 1975

John Deacon used this amplifier during Queen tours in 1972 - 1974.

John used this bass for Queen's performance at the Montreux Pop Festival in 1986. The same bass can also be seen in the promotional video for the 1986 Queen single "Friends Will Be Friends" off of the "A Kind Of Magic" album from the same year.

John Deacon used this guitar in live performances of Queen song "Staying Power" in 1982.

John Deacon played a Wal Mk II Bass during a jam session with Martin Chambers of the Pretenders and tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis in 1983, although he did not own the instrument, according to Peter Hince in 2004. Additionally, Deacon is seen using the Wal Mk II Bass at The Prince's Trust Rock Concert in 1988, as shown in the YouTube video featuring Joe Cocker and Brian May. It remains unclear whether he used this bass on his solo project, "Man Friday and Jive Junior."

John built an amp from trash and it became an iconic part of Queen’s studio sound.

2 x 4" x 12" Sound City cabinets.

In the 1983 concert at the bowl, John Deacon used a fender Telecaster for his performance of "Staying Power"

Peavy 2x15 cabinet is a part of John Deacons rig in Spread Your Wings/We Will Rock You music videos.

Used in the early days 71-72-73 usually paired with the Orange and the Sound City cabinets

John Deacon used Peavey 4x12 Speaker Cabinets alongside Peavey 215 cabinets from late 1973 to early 1978. Although the current photo is incorrect, as it doesn't show the exact model John used, it confirms his use of a Peavey 412 cabinet during that period.

Used with a Fender Precision Bass Elite and can be seen clearly from 1:45 to 1:52 during "Under Pressure" live at Montreal 1981.

John Deacon owns a custom-built Roger Giffin Stratocaster, designed as a two-pickup Precision clone. It features a distinctive ghost inlay at the 12th fret, as seen in a Google image result.

at the times 1:13 , 1:56 , ETC . John can be seen playing the upright bass.

Seen with it at 2:40 and playing it. Proof it is a Jupiter-8 is at 3:33

According to the given, article John Deacon composed You’re My Best Friend on electric piano (most likely Wurlitzer A200). He also played it on a record.

John Deacon used the Orange ORS100 amplifier head from 1971 to early 1974, as shown in the user-uploaded photo. This is distinct from the Orange AD200 Mk3.

He used this in the early 70s