Nigel John Taylor's Bass Guitars

Nigel John Taylor frequently used the Aria Pro II SB-1000 as his main bass from 1981 to 1985, as evidenced in the photograph.

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Here at minute 0:03 we can see that John Taylor uses a Peavey Cirrus BXP 4. Also, he uses it at many Live performances like the 2013 live in UK

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Signature model bass created for him

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http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2011/unplugged-bass-2/

It is a Yamaha Fretless acoustic bass APX-B12F…I thought it was the most beautiful acoustic bass of that period.I bought two and added frets to one- I imagine that is the one I use on ‘Unplugged’. It is currently on show at the rock + roll hall of fame. JT

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The picture shows John Taylor playing his custom Dingwall Combustion.

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Nigel John Taylor used the Kubicki Ex Factor as his main bass from 1985 to 1990, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on BlogSpot.

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The item can be seen at the very beginning of the video

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In the picture Taylor can be seen playing the item.

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The picture shows John Taylor playing the item on stage.

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The picture shows him playing the item on stage in 1994 circa.

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In 2003, a gear list compiled by Nigel John Taylor's guitar technician, featured on his former website trusttheprocess.com, includes the Gibson LPB-3 Les Paul Standard Bass.

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It’s my home bass.. it rarely leaves the house. I love it.. it’s very old school!

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In this video John Taylor can be seen playing his MusicMan Stingray, formerly property of Chic's Bernard Edwards.

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In the video John can be seen playing a Les Paul Bass.

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In this video John Taylor plays a black Ibanez AEB10E.

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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The picture shows John Taylor playing the item.

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In 2003, a list compiled by Nigel John Taylor's guitar technician, featured on his former website trusttheprocess.com, includes the Esh Sovereign bass as part of his gear.

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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In 2003, a list compiled by Nigel John Taylor's guitar technician and featured on his former website, trusttheprocess.com, includes the Status (UK) Precision Bass among his gear.

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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Item can be seen at 0'34''.

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As seen in the "My own way" video

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John can be seen using this bass in Band-aid's Do they know it's Christmas music video at 2:03

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Nigel John Taylor can be seen using the Roland G-77 Bass Guitar Synthesizer Controller in the music video for "I Don't Want Your Love." This is evidenced by a picture from the set, where he is clearly holding the instrument.

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