Juan Alderete

At 2:00 in this rig rundown video from Premier Guitar, Juan Alderete talks about his Fender stock fretless bass, saying “This is a 1970 or ’71 Fender stock fretless and I had the lines painted on it because I don’t play jazz, so I’m not at the comforts of a nice controlled room. I play rock, so it’s like this big arena are we’re about to play and it’s hard to hear so I needed that for guidance just to give me that extra edge and tuning if you know about fretless. And so, I had the lines painted on. So, usually this neck is just rosewood and it has these black dots on top. I had Eric get Eric’s guitar and paint the fret lines on it and the dots on it and I have three basses like this but it’s a stock fretless. So, it’s not wood grain, it’s not the frets pulled out but wood notches put in it.”

Juan Alderete used the Lakland USA Series 44-60 (Vintage J) bass while performing with The Mars Volta. A photograph from Google Images shows him playing a model resembling the CS series with Chi-Sonics pickups in a humbucking configuration.

Alderete's Oakland Raiders themed custom shop P-bass is featured in this June 23, 2018 Instagram post.

And, we’re back! It’s the mighty skills of premier bass tech (he can tech anything, anytime, anywhere) @mlubetski that got this @fendercustomshop Precision “Raider Bass” back in the game. The bass was made by @flmp67 in the early 90’s for me. It was my first Custom Shop bass, made around the same time Alex made Tim Commerford’s “Denver Bronco” bass. Tim and I used to kick it and we were competitive fans as our teams were rivals. He got a @broncos bass, I got a @raiders bass. The wood piece repair, glued to the bottom of the bass, was done several years after I did the initial damage (thanks @ericsguitarshop) at OG punk club Al’s Bar that was in the Art’s District in downtown LA (back in the Distortion Felix days when I threw the bass across the stage and it hit the wall. This was following a volume argument we had during our set). To say this bass has 9 lives is an understatement. I’d say 29 lives. I’ve never banged a bass around as much as this old dude. I’m am forever in debt to Alex for building it and Mark for saving it. #pedalsandeffects Oh, and that’s it’s second pickguard. Mark had to make a new one because I broke the old one a few months ago. See my Instagram stories to see the OG one.

At 14:05 in this video interview, Juan Alderete mentions his Fender Precision Bass. “I have a ’77 Fender P but it’s modded…” At 17:00, Juan demonstrates the guitar saying, “This is my newest one. I got this right before tour.”

Also listed among Alderete's basses in this June 8, 2017 Premier Guitar interview.

Basses

Goya Panther

Warwick Jonas Hellborg Signature 31” scale

Kala U-Bass (fretless)

Jerry Jones Longhorn Bass6

Landscape Archtop ABP-1 Hollowbody (fretless)

1962 reissue 32” Fender Jazz Bass (only available in Japan) modified with Hipshot Bass Xtender and Hipshot bridge

1971 Fender Fretless P bass modified with an added Bartolini J-Bass pickup, Starz Guitarz bronze bridge, and Hipshot Bass Xtender

Fender Custom Shop “Raider” P bass

8:41 of the video https://youtu.be/yremdjjYRV8?list=PL13D7650D1E3388E9&t=522

Listed among Alderete's basses in this June 8, 2017 Premier Guitar interview.

Basses

Goya Panther

Warwick Jonas Hellborg Signature 31” scale

Kala U-Bass (fretless)

Jerry Jones Longhorn Bass6

Landscape Archtop ABP-1 Hollowbody (fretless)

1962 reissue 32” Fender Jazz Bass (only available in Japan) modified with Hipshot Bass Xtender and Hipshot bridge

1971 Fender Fretless P bass modified with an added Bartolini J-Bass pickup, Starz Guitarz bronze bridge, and Hipshot Bass Xtender

Fender Custom Shop “Raider” P bass

Featured in this November 14, 2017 Instagram post.

I love @u2 & my Adam Clayton @framuswarwickofficial

"I am in awe of Goya Panther basses," Juan writes in this blog post from 2016.

Listed among Alderete's basses in this June 8, 2017 Premier Guitar interview.

Basses

Goya Panther

Warwick Jonas Hellborg Signature 31” scale

Kala U-Bass (fretless)

Jerry Jones Longhorn Bass6

Landscape Archtop ABP-1 Hollowbody (fretless)

1962 reissue 32” Fender Jazz Bass (only available in Japan) modified with Hipshot Bass Xtender and Hipshot bridge

1971 Fender Fretless P bass modified with an added Bartolini J-Bass pickup, Starz Guitarz bronze bridge, and Hipshot Bass Xtender

Fender Custom Shop “Raider” P bass

In this Instagram photo, you can see Juan Alderete in his “Pedals and Effects” room with his Nordstrand Acinonyx.

Juan’s visit to the Nordstrand Factory with his Goya Panther II was the Catalyst to inspire Carey Nordstrand to design the Acinonyx.

In this Instagram, Juan posts a photo of a Rickenbacker 4001.