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.

"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.

"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

This "Rig Rundown" video from PremierGuitar.com has the vocalist and bassist of Slayer, Tom Araya, and his guitar tech/brother Johnny Araya going through the gear Tom uses while on tour.

"We're using the Dunlop Stainless Steel and there the 50-110 gauge." - Johnny Araya, Tom Araya's Guitar Tech

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.

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.

Tom Araya is listed as a user of the MXR M80 Bass D.I.+ on an archived page from the Dunlop Manufacturing website.

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

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.

Mentioned in this capture of the ampeg website from 2008.

Tom can also be seen in this Promo shot for Ampeg with his 8x10 cab and amp.

Used by Tom according to this old capture of the Dunlop website.

According to this forum post the info was in May 2002 issue of Bass Player Magazine.

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

This video from Premier Guitar's "Rig Rundown" series features the bassist and lead singer of Slayer, Tom Araya, discussing with his brother/ guitar tech on what strap locks he was using on his ESP Signature 4 string bass.

Tom Araya - "What um... What do you use? The Schaller?" Toms Brother - "Yeah the Schaller Locks but we're not using them anymore"

This video by PremeirGuitar.com, from their "Rig Rundown" series features the bassist of Slayer, Tom Araya and his brother/guitar tech discuss his current touring rig. Tom Araya mentions he was given Marshall 8X10 Vintage Cabinets from Marshall.

"Yeah, I just use Marshall STOCK heads. There's nothing really special about them. (I like) the brightness and punch. I didn't use Marshall all the time. They made some cabinets for me; better than the cabinets I had and they sounded great. We asked them if they would send me some heads and they sent me the heads. My brother dialed in the tones that I like. This is what I got" - 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..."

"All I got is a compressor... (It's on) all the time. I like a punchy, you know like a piano sound where it's stuck out, DOM DOM DOM," says Tom Araya, at 13:30 in this rig rundown video. His DBX 160A Compressor can be seen in his rack.

At 13:39 in this rig rundown video, Tom Araya's Korg DTR2000 tuner can be seen.

Tom Araya Signature ESP model

At 1.10, Tom explains that he was using an Marshall Lemmy Stack for recording REPENTLESS. At 0.40 you can see the Marshall Lemmy Kilmister Signature Stack

This is tom's signature pickup set

Tom Araya's signature EMG set features an EMG 35J soapbar pickup for the bridge pickup.

"Bassist Tom Araya has a Countryman DI for pre-signal and another for post. Araya’s lead vocals are captured with a Heil PR 35."

In the above video you can see Tom using a Beta 58A (watch 2:21 onwards for a closeup).

According to EMG Pickups' website, Tom Araya uses 35DC pickups.

At 1.10, Tom explains that he was using an Marshall Lemmy Stack for recording REPENTLESS. At 0.40 you can see the Marshall Lemmy Kilmister Signature Stack

According to this forum post the info was in May 2002 issue of Bass Player Magazine.