truerecs
Explore truerecs
Log inFor artists
Independent research by truerecs. Not affiliated with, endorsed or verified by Death From Above 1979.Are you Death From Above 1979? Claim this page
d
Independent research by truerecs. Not affiliated with, endorsed or verified by Death From Above 1979. Every item links to its public source.
27 items · Last checked

What gear does Death From Above 1979 use?

Jesse Keeler has been seen using Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi basses, a Roland Juno-60 and Peavey Super Festival and Acoustic 450B heads into Traynor cabs. He has said he recorded a DI with an MXR M80 Bass D.I.+ and leaned on a Death By Audio Echo Dream 2.

Shop the gear
AllTop 5Jesse Keeler
In stores now

Shop Death From Above 1979's setup.

Top 5

Where to start with Death From Above 1979's gear.

01
02
03
04
05

What bass gear Death From Above 1979 uses: a sourced gear guide

Independent research by truerecs: every item links to the public source it comes from.

Jesse Keeler

27 items
Questions

About Death From Above 1979's gear.

What bass does Jesse Keeler play?

A 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi with Kent Armstrong custom pickups, per Premier Guitar in 2017, with a 1971 Dan Armstrong as a backup in the 2014 Rig Rundown.

What amp does Death From Above 1979 use?

Jesse Keeler has been seen using a Peavey Super Festival F-800B and an Acoustic 450B into two Traynor YC-810 cabs. On Is 4 Lovers he moved to modified Orange Bax Bangeetar preamps.

What synth does Jesse Keeler use?

A Roland Juno-60, which he routed through many of the same pedals as his bass, per Premier Guitar's 2014 Rig Rundown.

What pedals does Jesse Keeler use?

His 2017 board listed a Death By Audio Echo Dream 2, EarthQuaker Bit Commander and Dispatch Master, MXR M80 Bass D.I.+, Carbon Copy and 10 Band EQ, an Ibanez CS9 and an EHX Micro POG.

DF
Death From Above 1979
About this guide · Last checked

Death From Above 1979 is the Toronto duo of bassist and synth player Jesse Keeler and drummer and singer Sebastien Grainger. This guide covers Keeler's bass rig from Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown and interviews from 2014 to 2021.

truerecs put this guide together from public videos, interviews and posts. Each item says how we know and links to the source. Death From Above 1979 didn't write it or choose anything on it. How we source gear guides.

Report an error or ask for removal. We fix or remove within 72 hours. You don't need to sign up.

Are you Death From Above 1979?

Claim this page to make it yours: verify with your Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, keep what's right, drop what isn't, and add your own.

Claim this page
truerecs gear guides are independent research from public sources, not made or approved by the artist. Store buttons on this page may be affiliate links: truerecs may earn a commission when you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. Death From Above 1979 isn't paid for them. Report an error or ask for removal. Full disclosure.