John Wetton
John Wetton's Gear
This photo shows Wetton with a Fender Precision bass.
In an article by Vintage Guitar® magazine, John Wetton is pictured playing a Zon Sonus Custom 4 bass guitar, notable for its white finish with purple stripes, during a performance with Asia.
The Zon official website states that Wetton uses a Zon Legacy bass.
Wetton can be seen playing a Gibson EBSF-1250 at 0:15 in this video.
Here we can see John playing a Victory bass.
In a user-uploaded photo, John Wetton is seen singing into a microphone resembling the Shure Unidyne III. If accurate, this would likely be paired with the Shure A2WS Pop Filter, although it is unclear if it was known by that name at the time.
In this song Wetton uses an acoustic guitar Ovation
It looks like the microphone John Wetton is using on the Melody TV performance with King Crimson is a Unidyne III with a wind filter.
Wetton can be seen in this photo playing a Gibson EDS-1275.
Instagram photo of John Wetton of Asia and King Crimson in front of a set of Taurus pedals.
John Wetton was known for using Hiwatt Custom 100 Amplifier Heads during the 1970s, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.
In this YouTube video "UK—NOTHING TO LOSE" dated 1979, John Wetton is seen playing a Fender Jazz Bass.
According to an article by Pete Prown in Vintage Guitar® magazine, John Wetton obtained most of his distortion and wah effects from the JEN Double Sound Fuzz Wah pedal.
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Discography
Caught In The Crossfire (Expanded Edition)
1980
Battle Lines (2022 Expanded & Remastered Edition)
1994
Chasing The Dragon (Live, Japan, 1994)
1994
Akustika: Live in Amerika
1996
Arkangel (2022 Expanded & Remastered Edition)
1996
Akustika I: Live in Amerika / Akustika II: Return to Amerika
1996
Hazy Monet (Live, New York City USA, May 27, 1997)
1998
Live At The Sun Plaza, 1999 [(Live, Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, 5 August 1999) [2025 Remaster]]
1999
Sub Rosa [(Live, Milan, Italy, 5 July 1998) [2025 Remaster]]
1999
Tokyo 1997 [(Live, Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan, October 1997) [2025 Remaster]]
1999
Welcome To Heaven (Expanded Edition)
2000
Live at the Sun Plaza Tokyo 1999
2000