Matt Sharp's equipment: Difference between revisions

One of the first bass models Matt used, was a Jerry Jones Longhorn Bass 4 in green. The figure of it is a bit strange and it wasn't usefull for the first live gigs. So he had to change his instrument. Over the time of the recording and the tour for the ''Blue Album'' , Matt used a Fender Jazz Bass, a classical bass model. Karl Koch summarized later: "Matt then bought a new Jerry Jones hollow body 'longhorn' bass, in celeste green. Unfortunately he soon found out that it wasn't useful in live performance ... This is when Matt made the trade for the Warmoth neck. This is a Telecaster Bass style neck, but a little different. A similar but not identical model is still made, but this particular one was an early model and made from a very interesting swirly kind of darker wood, that newer ones just don't have. Though the trade recipient got the whole Explorer Hamer for the neck, he was still quoted as saying, "You're ripping me off!" The neck was that nice! This neck was grafted onto a vintage black Fender Jazz Bass body he got as a gift from Johnny of El Magnifico. Matt got some Schecter pickups and the 'Frankenstein' bass was complete."

Even the wood of the bass was scraped after the time, Matt used this bass during the recording sessions, gigs, music videos and other peformances.  

The next bass he bought in circa 1993/94 was a black Gibson Ripper bass. Karl Koch gues that this was a result of "trying to get closer to what he wanted". There are no photos of Matt with this instrument.

After Geffen signed the band, Matt bought another bass, a very old cream painted Fender Telecaster bass. Karl Koch later: "After getting signed, Matt got a rare Fender Telecaster bass from the early 70's. This one didnt work out too well. "Too much low end," said Matt. "It just sounded like a big fart." It was sold. Then Matt tried to replicate the black bass, which was quickly becoming established as an extremely cool bass."

During his early days with Weezer, Matt used almost exclusively just two different amp's: A Gallien Krueger 800RB from his eraly hardcore punk times during his youth in Arlington, Virginia. Karl Koch stated later that Matt called the sound of the amp "awful and amberassing". But he used this up to the mid 90s. During the ''Pinkerton'' tour and the Rentals touring, he used it together with a Sovtek Big Muff pedal for distortion.  

The second amp is a 67' Orange Matamp with 200 watt. Because of constant fuse popping, it wasn't used for the ''Blue Album'' sessions. The fuses in it had a too small size. It was later demaged on the 1997 US tour at a gig in Richmond. In 1995, he bought a second one, a circa 75' Orange Matamp. It was used for recordings and clean sounds during gigs. This one was also damaged, cause of a shipping accident.