Tomomi Ogawa

This was TOMOMI's second newest bass in 2012. Body is navy blue and, as usual, it was later given her signature stripes in a gold color to match the pickguard. This bass is almost the same as Yuusuke-kun (red Jazz bass) except for the body and pickup arrangement. The bridge pickup is from the Jazz bass while the neck pickup is the standard Precision bass one. This enables it to produce more low end sound from the P-bass side and more brigher sound from the J-bass side. Body is alder, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, and pickguard is 1-ply beveled gold vinyl. -SCANDAL HEAVEN

Made its debut at SCANDAL's Budokan live in 2012. Nicknamed BLUETUS.

Since my other bass guitars have always had active pickups, I made this with passive ones. I think many people tend to choose their first bass by their appearance, so I felt a bright pop-like blue finish is somewhat appropriate. The passive pickups faithfully brings out the tone from the basswood body, and I think it’s perfect for someone’s first bass. It’s a design that I would want for myself LOL. -TOMOMI

Specs: Sky Blue w/ yellow competition line / Body: Basswood / Neck: Maple C-Shape / Pickups: Duncan Designed™ JB101 Single Coil(Bridge) & JB101 Single Coil(Neck) / Pickguard: White Pearl

Debuting on her blog on September 10, 2010, this bass is super sparkly/shiny due to the custom paintjob on the body + the headstock. TOMOMI later customized the pickguard with a reflective chrome-style one. The signature racing stripes are in a blue-red-blue pattern. The nickname "Sabao" came from one of the suggestions to her Twitter when she asked fans to name her new bass. -SCANDAL HEAVEN

Made its debut during SCANDAL's Queens are trumps tour in fall of 2012. -SCANDAL HEAVEN

Body: Alder-3P(A.R.E), bowlength:863.6 mm, over-all length: 1165.5mm; Neck: Maple+mahogany 5P(bolt-on); Fretboard: Rosewood 21Fret(250R), Bridge: Vintage brass (brass saddle, steel plate); Pickup: Split/Single coil (Alnico) x1, Bartype/Single Coil(Ceramic) x1; Function: Master Volume, Master Tone, 3P Toggle Switch; Nickel Hardware; finishing: BL/VSB/VW.

Nickname(s): Masaya-kun, then changed to Yuusuke-kun. This bass guitar has been used ever since the band's major label debut, and has been one of few basses that has been used regularly for such a long time frame. Candy Apple Red with a rosewood fretboard, black pearloid pickguard, and white racing stripes. There was some discussion about whether the stripe is a decal/sticker or it was painted on, but, due to the glossiness of the stripe, it has been agreed that it is indeed part of the paint job. The neck has been customized to be slightly smaller so that it is easier for TOMOMI to play those groovy bass lines. In 2013, she had this bass sent off for some upgrades. It now sports a passive pickup arrangement with 3 knobs. -SCANDAL HEAVEN

TOMOMI's newest bass, featuring a mix of smooth natural and sunburst for the body and a red tortoiseshell pickguard. These latest custom Fender instruments debuted on SCANDAL's Instagram on Aug. 18, 2017, and made their official live debut at SCANDAL's 11th anniversary live on Aug. 21, 2017. -SCANDAL HEAVEN

TOMOMI's comments about the guitar from the Dec. 2017 issue of Go!Go! GUITAR:

The sound of the wood is great and has a sense of power to it. I stacked 60's vintage series for the pickups and bridge. Doing so I now have a bass with a fingerboard radius for the first time. For the color, I was particular in making it halfway between a smooth natural and sunburst, and red tortoiseshell for the pickguard. The knobs simply consist of just tone and volume. -TOMOMI

A classic (and powerful) bass amp Tomo bought in 2016, Fender Silverface Bassman 100

Not sure how old her cabinet is, but sure looks like a 6x10

Bass fuzz pedal on her board. The image is from the most recent Gigs issue. A clearer board photo is available from an earlier issue, but her board has changed somewhat since then

A compressor pedal in her chain

Standard tuner on her board

EQ pedal for her bass tone

Bass synthesizer pedal. Freaky!

Preamp, EQ, distortion