Zach Sutton

In a live performance of "Buttercup" at Bonnaroo 2017, Zach Sutton of Hippo Campus plays a Fender American Elite Jazz Bass® V. When asked about his choice of a five-string bass, Sutton simply responded, "Why not?"

Throughout the video you can see he's playing the Viola Bass.

As seen in 3:19. He uses this pedal for a small gig in walrus audio

As seen in 3:19. He uses this pedal for a small gig in walrus audio

It's in this performance at around 0:16

This has been Zach's main bass since the beginning of his career as a bassist. He can be seen everywhere and almost anywhere with it online and live in concert. Here in Hippo Campus' most popular youtube video (at the moment) you'll see him playing it throughout the entire video, first glace at the 0:15 timestamp.

Even though he is known to use this bass more frequently than all his others, he's not known to be a 5 string bass player, this bass is the only 5 string he's owned and when asked why he uses mainly uses this, even though all his other seen basses are of only 4 strings, he replies with "Why not"

At 1:04, when he steps away from his pedals you can see the muff pi on the left side.

shown in this video his is playing a Nord Electro 3

Zach Sutton has been recently spotted playing a 1978 Fender Precision Bass Natural, which appears to be modified with vintage P-90 soapbar pickups, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Tumblr.

This bass was used back in Zach's previous band before Hippo Campus, "Whistle Kid" while they were still in high school. He's never seen with it nowadays, but it was one of his main basses back then, other than the 5 string Jazz Bass he's known for using still today.

In the beginning of this video you can see a young Zach playing a Red Jaguar Bass

In this video here, from the start, you can see Zach using a Stingray Bass

At 0:22 and several other instances you can see him stepping on his volume pedal.

Seen in the time stamp 3:19. He uses this pedal board for his small gig at walrus audio

As seen in 3:19. He uses this pedal for a small gig in walrus audio

Seen at 3:18 in this video

The buffer can be seen on Zach’s board from their 2021 livestream performance of their album Bambi.