Eddie Jackson (musician)
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Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
for the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche
thumb|250px|right|Queensrÿche's classic line-up performing at the [[Sauna Open Air Metal Festival]] 2011 in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. Left to right: bass Eddie Jackson, lead vocals Geoff Tate, drums Scott Rockenfield and guitars Michael Wilton....
. He has been with the group since 1981, when they were known as The Mob.
During the mid-1980s "Edbass", as he is commonly known as among fans
Fan (person)
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, was an endorsee of Kramer basses
Kramer Guitars
Kramer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses. Kramer produced aluminum-necked electric guitars and basses in the 1970s and wooden-necked guitars catering to hard rock and heavy metal musicians in the 1980s; Kramer is currently a division of Gibson Guitar Corporation...
until Kramer bought out Spector
Spector
Spector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
basses
Bass guitar
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. Two main Kramer Spector NS-2 basses, one black and one white, became his primary instruments throughout the late 1980s and into the 1990s, although the Black Spector was stolen in the mid-'90s. After a short stint endorsing Fernandes basses during Queensryche's "Promised Land" tour from 1994 to 1996, in the late 1990s Jackson endorsed master luthier
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...
Michael Lull, who had done all of the repair and upkeep work on Queensryche's guitars and basses due to their both living in the Greater Seattle area. Since the late 1990s Jackson has used both Mike Lull "Modern" 4-string & "Modern/Vintage" 5-string Jazz Bass-style
Fender Jazz Bass
The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
as well as modern-era Spector
Spector
Spector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
"ReBop" bolt-on and "EuroLX" neck-through 4 & 5-string basses. Specifically, he uses http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1183306&postcount=13:
- SpectorSpectorSpector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
"Kramer-era" (late 1980s) NS-2s in white and black, as can be seen on the Operation: LIVEcrimeOperation: LIVEcrimeOperation: LIVEcrime is a live album, covering the album Operation: Mindcrime by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche. It was released by EMI in 1991...
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. With the black Spector stolen, Jackson has retired his white model from touring and relies on his Euro5LX 5-string and ReBop 5 DLX FM basses as listed below. - Spector Euro5LX 5-string with custom "Gloss White" finish & black hardware and active EMG pickups and preamp
- Spector ReBop 5 DLX FM (Deluxe Figured Maple) 5-string in Black Cherryburst with active EMGEMG, Inc.EMG, Inc. is the current legal name of a company based in Santa Rosa, California which manufactures guitar pickups and EQ accessories. Founded in 1976, the company was originally called Dirtywork Studios. The name was changed to "Overlend" in 1978 and then to the current name in 1983...
pickups and preamp - Mike Lull Modern 4 4-string in Sunburst w/ Custom Seymour Duncan Bassline Jazz Bass-styleFender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
pickups, Bartolini preamp and Hipshot Bass Xtender) - Mike Lull Modern 4 4-string in Black w/ active EMG Jazz Bass-styleFender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
pickups, preamp and Hipshot Bass Xtender - Mike Lull M5V "Modern/Vintage" custom 5-string (rear-routed with no pickguard) in Black with Custom Seymour Duncan Bassline Jazz Bass-styleFender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
pickups & Bartolini preamp - Mike Lull M5V "Modern/Vintage" 5-string in Sunburst Custom w/ Seymour Duncan Bassline Jazz Bass-styleFender Jazz BassThe Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
pickups & Bartolini preamp - Mid-'90s Tobias 5-string basses: one black & one with a Operation: MindcrimeOperation: MindcrimeOperation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length album. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a...
graphic on the front with Bartolini pickups and preamp - Ibanez 4-string acoustic basses (Black)
- Hartke LH100 Bass Amplifier
- Hartke HX410 4x10" & HX115 1x15" "HyDrive" series Bass Cabinets with composite Paper and Aluminum/Neodymium magnet speakers, known for their much higher strength & density of the magnets and magnetic field with far lighter weight compared to traditional speakers.
Jackson is notoriously known for putting prank
Practical joke
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s on the inside of album cover
Album cover
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s.
His nickname is "One Take".