Does anybody know what bass Jeff Ament uses in the Unplugged show (1992)?

stonevs
stonevs Posts: 64
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it has a great sound to it. Any help would be great!!!

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  • samquigley
    samquigley Posts: 220
    It's a Washburn. Either an AB10 or AB20, I think.
  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    The "Jeremy" bass was a Hamer 12 string
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • stonevs
    stonevs Posts: 64
    Thanks guys!
  • love-boat-captain
    love-boat-captain Essex. UK Posts: 476
    edited January 2014
    Yes it's a AB20. I have one of these and they are great Basses. Washburn do not make the AB20 anymore but they make the AB20 anymore, but they make a slightly cheaper AB10, which is okay.

    The bass on Jeremy is his famous Custom Hamer USA 12-String, which I have one of these rare things too.

    Check out my other thread just added on this forum showing the Hamer 12 string Jeff Ament Bass I have.
    More pics on the other thread...

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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    In addition to that black one, Jeff also used an acoustic/electric 12 string (also made by Hamer)
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • love-boat-captain
    love-boat-captain Essex. UK Posts: 476
    Yes he did, but I don't believe that ever got recorded, or at least not on any releases we have. The black one is whats all over Ten, Vs etc. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Jeff asked Hamer to make the semi-acoustic 12 string as a custom order, but doesn't use it much as it wasn't how he hoped it would perform.

    I seem to remember this was about 2000 when he used it a few times on the Binaural tour. I saw him use it in London, Wembley Arena, 2000 for Jeremy etc, but soon ditched it and went back to the original black version as pictured above.
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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I saw him use it in 2006.
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy

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