Mike Kerr has said he played a custom Fender Jaguar bass with a humbucker and Fender Starcasters, after starting Royal Blood on short-scale Gretsch Junior Jets. He has said his amps were a Fender Supersonic and a Fender Bassman, and that his board included an Electro-Harmonix POG2 with pitch-bending pedals.
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“They made me this über-Jaguar with a humbucker which I really like.”
“I also use Fender Starcasters for certain songs.”
“Originally I used short-scale Gretsch Junior Jets. That's how the Royal Blood sound started, on them.”
“They're all Fender: a Supersonic and a Bassman.”
“everyone knows I use an Electro-Harmonix POG 2 and some pedals for pitch-bending.”
“I write a lot of my riffs when I'm drunk and I sing into my iPhone.”
In 2017 he said his go-to was a custom Fender Jaguar bass with one humbucker, plus Fender Starcasters for certain songs. Royal Blood's sound started on short-scale Gretsch Junior Jets.
He has said his amps were all Fender: a Supersonic and a Bassman, splitting his bass between guitar-style and bass tones.
He kept most of his board private, but has said it included an Electro-Harmonix POG2 octave pedal and some pedals for pitch-bending.
Mike Kerr is the singer and bassist of Royal Blood, who plays guitar-style riffs on bass by splitting his signal between bass and guitar amps. This guide covers the basses, amps and pedals he talked about with MusicRadar in 2017.
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