THE STUDIO
When great bass players are asked how they get their fabulous tone, the typical response is: "My sound is in my hands". While this is true to an extent, it also helps to have great-sounding instruments and equipment.
Derek's arsenal of basses, amps, effects, and recording equipment includes the best of the old‑school and new‑school: Fretted, fretless, solid‑body, hollow‑body, 4‑string, 5‑string, steel-string, nylon‑string, roundwounds, flatwounds, fingers, pick, keyboard, tube, solid-state, analog, digital... rest assured that Derek has all the necessary tools and techniques to create just about any bass sound you're looking for!
BASSES:
1963 Fender Precision
1976 Fender Precision
1973 Fender Mustang
1966 Harmony H-22
Custom Electravox Jazzmaster/Mustang/Thunderbird Hybrid
Fender Road Worn 60's Jazz Bass
Fender Nate Mendel Signature Precision
1985 Rickenbacker 4003
LaBella Olinto 4-string P-Bass
Moollon P-Classic 4-string
Fano JM4 w/ rosewood fingerboard
Fano JM4 w/ maple fingerboard
4-string Celinder J-Update ('70s Fender Jazz Bass style)
Lakland Decade 4-string (stock)
Lakland Decade 4-string (custom) w/ Nordstrand Big Blade pickups
Lakland Darryl Jones signature 4-string
Sandberg California VM5
Sandberg Forty Eight
Custom Sandberg California VM5 tuned BEAD
Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray
Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling 5
Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Short Scale
Warwick Adam Clayton signature 4-string
Early 70's Univox Coily (Hollowbody)
Hofner Club Bass (Hollowbody)
Roscoe LG-3005 fretless 5-string
Rob Allen Fretless 5 String (semi-acoustic with nylon strings)
Martin Acoustic Bass Guitar
NS Design Electric Upright
Lanakai Bass Ukeleles (Oak and Bocote)
all strung with La Bella Strings
SYNTHS:
Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Keyboard
Dave Smith Instruments Mopho SE Keyboard
Studio Electronics SE-1 analog synth module
Roland Controller
RECORDING:
Apogee Symphony Desktop interface
MOTU 828 mk3 interface (for expansion)
A-Designs Reddi tube direct box
Avalon U5 direct box
Noble tube preamp/DI
Universal Audio 610 mic preamp
Sennheiser MD421 Microphone
Sennheiser E904 microphone
SWR Mo'Bass amplifier
SWR Mini Mo preamp
Line 6 HX Stomp
AMPS:
1965 Ampeg B-15 amplifier
Aguilar DB 750 amplifier
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 amplifier
Aguilar AG 700 amplifier
Aguilar DB 410 cabinets
Aguilar SL 112 cabinets
Noble tube preamp/DI
Kemper Profiler
PEDALS/EFFECTS:
Noble tube preamp/DI
Origin Effects Cali 76 compressor
3 Leaf Audio Octabvre
Darkglass Vintage Microtubes
Darkglass Microtubes B3K
MXR Bass Envelope Filter
MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe
MXR Bass Octave Deluxe
MXR Suboctave Bass Fuzz
MXR Bass Chorus
MXR Phase 90
MXR Phase 95
MXR Smart Gate
MXR Mini Bass Crybaby Wah
MXR Mini Volume Pedal
Two Notes LeBass Tube Preamp
Aguilar Tone Hammer Preamp
Aguilar TLC Compressor
Radial Bassbone OD Preamp
HBE Hematoma Overdrive
Dunlop Bass Crybaby
Mutron III+
Electro-Harmonix Q-tron+
Boss Loop Station
EBS Unichorus
Digitech Bass Synth Wah
DOD Vintage envelope filter
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff distortion
Korg G5 synth bass pedal
Ernie Ball volume pedals
Shure wireless
Radial Twin City Switcher
Radial JDI Direct Box
Digitech Dirty Robot