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What gear does Cannibal Corpse use?

Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster was documented playing Spector Alex Webster signature 5-strings and Spector Euro 5 LX basses with EMG 40DC pickups, through SWR 750x and SM-1500 heads into Megoliath and Goliath cabinets, with a Darkglass Microtubes B3K overdrive, Radial DIs and DR Hi-Beam strings tuned down low.

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What bass does Alex Webster play?

Spector. His Bass Player gear rundown lists two Spector Alex Webster signature 5-strings and three Spector Euro LX 5s, all with EMG 40DC pickups. Seymour Duncan also makes his Alex Webster Hammer Smashed Bass pickups.

What amp does Alex Webster use?

SWR. Bass Player listed two SWR 750x heads with two Megoliath 8x10 cabinets for Europe, and two SWR SM-1500 heads with four Goliath 4x10 cabinets for North America.

What strings does Alex Webster use?

DR Strings Hi-Beams: .050 to .130 for his G# C# F# B E tuning and .025 to .125 for A# D# G# C# F#, per his Bass Player gear rundown.

What bass overdrive does Alex Webster use?

A Darkglass Electronics Microtubes B3K live, with a Radial Tonebone Bassbone for the clean DI and a Radial ProDI after the overdrive. On the Torture album he used a Boss ODB-3.

What did Cannibal Corpse record Torture with?

For the bass, Alex Webster used two Spector Euro 5 LX basses, an SWR 750x head into a Megoliath 8x10 miked with an AKG C-12, a Boss ODB-3, a Teletronix compressor and an Avalon U5 DI, with Erik Rutan producing.

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Cannibal Corpse are the Florida death metal band of Alex Webster, Paul Mazurkiewicz, George Fisher, Rob Barrett and Erik Rutan, together since 1988. This guide covers the band's documented bass rig: Alex Webster's Spector basses, SWR amps, Darkglass overdrive, DR strings and Seymour Duncan pickups, from his Bass Player gear rundown and Seymour Duncan's artist page.

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