Mike Watt with his VT300Bs and D810RP cabs

Hailed by Bass Player Magazine as the Godfather of Punk Bass, Watt talks about his rig on tour with Iggy Pop and the Stooges.

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[DoctorFistenstein]

man, he is high as shit.

[EdenElectronics]

Actually, no he's not. He'd just woken up about twenty minutes before we shot the video, after having slept about three hours. You'd look fried, too, I expect.

[DoctorFistenstein]

it's called wake and bake and i am fried all the time.

[EdenElectronics]

LOL... Yeah, I've heard the phrase a time or two. :-) But, I can also tell you that wasn't the case that day. Baking came later...

[joed424]

isnt he using svts now?

[milesofsmiles2]

too bad that bass got jacked. saw him play it in 2000 w/ j and fog before all the stickerage. 10 seconds into the song he adjusted the mic and down it went head first!

[stampedehero22]

Dude he is playing a Gibson EB3 . I played one for two years and dumped it for a cheap Ibanez which is way better. Check into the Schecter Diamond series for excellent bass at reasonable price

[AJT041979]

That bass is the sadly now MIA Little Bass. It's a mid 60's Gibson EB-3 much modified with:

Mudbucker ripped out

Lane Poor humbucker in the middle

Bartolini humbucker at the bridge

Aguilar pre amp

Schaller 3D bridge

Lots of mojo

Some lowlife stole this bass along with the rest of the Stooges gear in Canada last year. A couple of generous guys donated their EB-3's to Watt to replace it. Good people.

[mirdrin]

it an EB-3 and the pups are actually Bartolini soapbars, tor thunderbirds of any kind, but it does sound awesome!

[mourningleaves]

looks like a vintage Gibson eb-3 or similar. Maybe eb-0. Short scale.

The original neck humbucker is gone, and two thunderbird-style pickups installed. Make unknown.

And the bridge is a Badass, I think.

great sound!!

[Equinoxx1337]

What bass does Mike Watt play ?

[mrmikemusic]

that dude fried his brains

[Vinnybrain]

The thing I like about the D118XL the most is I get as much or near the depth and bottom, some times EVEN MORE of an 8x10 cab, in a 76lb- 2 foot square box I can pick up and load in the back of my van, with no help. They never say it, cause they're nice and all, but drummers/bandmates actually dont like having us bassists ask them "for help to load my refrigerator-sized cabs" in my truck... they just smile...(this time)....then make themselves real scarce nexy gig's load out !!