Tom Araya's Bass Amplifier Heads

"Yeah, I just use Marshal stock heads. There's nothing really special about them," says Tom Araya, at 13:02.

He says he likes their "brightness and punch" at 13:12.

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In this video at 1:10 Tom explains that he was using a Marshall 1992 Lemmy Kilmister Signature Amp for recording the "Repentless" album, and at 1:28 you can see a Marshall 1992LEM Amp behind him.

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Tom Araya is reported to use the Ampeg SVT-4PRO 1200-Watt bass amplifier head, as mentioned in a forum post on TalkBass.com, which references the May 2002 issue of Bass Player Magazine.

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Picture from the early to mid 80s. Ampeg SVT Head visible in front of the Drum set.

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According to this forum post the info was in May 2002 issue of Bass Player Magazine. Apparently he used 2 of them as backups for hsi SVT-4 PROs.

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