Justin Beck

"Technically speaking, that’s a six-string bass — a baritone Fender Jaguar tuned like a Fender VI — for audible space where typically my guitar parts would have lived." - from https://bassmagazine.com/artists/justin-beck-glassjaws-post-punk-bass-legend

Excerpt from the interview:

Justin Beck plays bass and guitar on the band’s new album, but live he sticks to 6-string. His current stage go-to is a Music Man StingRay, but he also keeps various Les Pauls in his arsenal.

This picture was taken at Mohawk, Austin on July 14, 2018 when Glassjaw and Quicksand toured together.

I recently converted over to Kemper where I have the rack mount version with the built in power amp. That’s pretty much my entire rig at this point.

Pictured above, Beck can be seen playing the Strat at Musink 2017. He states in an interview with No Echo that it is the Fender HSS Stratocaster

What’s in “the coffin (guitar road case) these days?

Music Man Stingray and a Fender Strat HSS."

Quoted from this interview: Q : You’re known for playing Les Paul Classics. Is that what you played on the album?

My go-to for years was the Classic. And I would hype them up with EMG 81s because I always felt my amps on the road would always be shy on output. So I’d overcompensate with the active pickups.

You get to see the amp multiple times in this 2002 gig and a few others (live the warped tour shows at a similar time)

Excerpt from the interview:

Speaking briefly about the guitar during the festival performance, Beck mentioned that he bought the guitar in 2015 and the only thing he’s done to make it his own is swap out the standard “sideways” Vibrato with a Vibrola because "it never truly went back to the zero position." He’s really enjoyed jamming on it because of the guitar's thinner neck and he’s loved having a functioning whammy bar since he hasn’t owned a guitar with one since 1993.

Can be seen at 2:30 on this video https://youtu.be/g_Nw4eHsedM. Used before moving to Kemper.

"Recently the kind people at Music Man introduced me to the Caprice, which is one of my favorites — light as hell, and it plays like you have a cheat code to the instrument. Caprices are very fluid, have great tone, and are fun to play. Definitely bringing more into the fold." - from https://bassmagazine.com/artists/justin-beck-glassjaws-post-punk-bass-legend

You can see this cab in lots of shows from this time

For some bigger shows you can see Justin using two cabs like in this 2003 show in Minneapolis

Justin is using a Mesa 4x12 in the 2003 Warped tour live videos. You can see it in the Ape Dos Mil video. This is also one of my favourite Glassjaw songs.

You can see the tuner on top of his amp

the ani V is the signature bass Justin has with schecter. This is apart of a series of guitars and basses Justin released with schecter. The bass is loaded with schecter monster tone pj pickups. The bass is in a natural finish. The bass has the date 1993 on the 12th fret. 1993 is the year glassjaw was founded. Justin also has a matching signature guitar in the same finish

This is the signature guitar Justin has with schecter. The guitar is loaded with schecter apocolypse pickups. The guitar comes in a natural finish. The guitar has the year 1993 on the 12th fret. 1993 is the year glassjaw was founded. Justin also has a matching signature bass in the same finish

In an interview conducted by Paul Kobylensky for Premier Guitar, titled "Glassjaw’s Justin Beck: Double Agent," Justin Beck discusses his use of the Line 6 Bass POD Pro. He mentions acquiring the unit around 2000-2001 and utilizing it for his main bass tone through the Ampeg SVT emulation settings. Beck states, "Back in the day, we used to play with SVTs and some basic overdrives. And then around 2000 to 2001, Line 6 came out with the Bass POD Pro. I ended up picking up that unit and emulating that tone. And that’s been my tone for the last 18 years. But part of the tone is how you’re using the pick against the string. So it’s almost like you’re side-swiping the string. You’re yielding an almost slap effect when you’re constantly down-strumming. It gives a very direct attack."

In an article by Paul Kobylensky on Premier Guitar titled "Glassjaw’s Justin Beck: Double Agent," Justin Beck confirms that he used a white Gibson Les Paul Deluxe to record the album "Material Control," opting for this model over the Les Paul Classics he had used previously. Beck mentions that he used the stock pickups, which are typically mini humbuckers in the Les Paul Deluxe.

In this 2019 interview with noecho.net Justin says he bought a mesa 290 from a friend and still has it. It is not discussed how often he uses it or whether it is used live or for recording.

In a 2018 interview with Premier Guitar, Justin Beck confirmed that he used an "old" TopHat, which he acquired in 1999, to record "Material Control," bi-amped with his Hughes & Kettner Triamp. He described it as "like a classic Marshall type." This provides evidence of his use of the TopHat Emplexador, which is TopHat's take on a Marshall Plexi.

In the YouTube video titled "Glassjaw - Ape Dos Mil (Live Vans Warped Tour 2003)" by iZetsuboushita, you can clearly see the back of a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler and an MM4 Modulation Modeler being used by guitarist Justin Beck during Glassjaw's performance.

In the YouTube video "Glassjaw - Ape Dos Mil (Live Vans Warped Tour 2003)" by iZetsuboushita, at the 0:05 mark, the back of a Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler can be seen, verifying its use by guitarist Justin Beck during the performance.