Tom Araya

Tom can be seen playing this specific B.C. Rich wave bass while playing Hell Awaits live in 1985. This bass is significant because of its white double reversed p style pickups.

"I use my ESP's. These are the uh, signature basses. I have the EMG's, yeah this is a humbucker and I have one that is a single coil. It's about sound. Today he made me try this one out because this is the main bass. I don't really switch basses unless it's out of tune and I notice it. I use one bass when I start and that's the same one I use the whole time." - Tom Araya

In this Youtube video at 0:36 Tom can be seen playing a red ESP Vintage-4 Bass Guitar

Tom Araya used to play a custom built Jon Hill bass.

Tom Araya used the Fernandes APB-90 Bass during a performance at Donington, UK, in 1992. This is captured in a photograph available on Photoshelter.

Tom Araya is seen playing a Fender Precision Bass during a rehearsal or possibly at a house show, as captured in a user-uploaded photo.

This "Rig Rundown" video from PremierGuitar.com shows vocalist and bassist of Slayer, Tom Araya mentioning that he does not want to play a high end custom bass.

"When they were making these for me, when they first approached me about that, I said listen. I know you guys can make me a custom bass, that's great but, you know if someone wants to buy the bass I'm using I want them to be able to go to the store and just grab it off the rack. They make these (ESP) and they make the LTD's. They are very similar to these and I use those." - Tom Araya

This "Rig Rundown" from from PremeirGuitar.com features the bassist and singer of Slayer, Tom Araya, and his guitar tech/brother discussing what gear he uses.

"I use my ESP's, these are the uh, signature basses. I have the EMG's, yeah this is a humbucker and I have one that is a single coil. ...It's about sound."

"I like to use STOCK because that way if someone asks 'what do you use?' I can say I use THIS and you can go to the store and buy it. "

"They make the LTD's. They're very similar to these (ESP ta-600), and I use those. I'll use the LTD's sometimes. They're the ones you get right off the rack, I don't want anything special, It costs too much money to get something specially made and I can go anywhere and get one..."

Tom Araya Signature ESP model

Tom Araya is the bassist and frontman of the iconic thrash metal band Slayer. With his LTD Signature Series TA-604, you get a bass designed for serious players who want to push their music to the extreme. It offers neck-thru-body construction at 35" scale for thunderous bass tones, with a comfortable maple body and a fast thin U-shaped three-piece maple neck, a pau ferro fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets and Slayer pentagram inlays. Components on the TA-604 FRX include Grover tuners and EMG 35DC active pickups.

According to this post by Jeff Becerra, at one point Slayer borrowed Possessed's gear to play Jesus Saves. There is a picture as proof.

Here is a picture from the back of Slayer’s "Show No Mercy" album showing Tom Araya playing an Ibanez 2369B P-Style Bass.

In a live show photo found on Pinterest, Tom Araya is clearly seen playing a B.C. Rich Ironbird Bass.