Technique and Equipment
Basses
- 1971 Fretless Fender Precision Bass (this was Juan's main bass on Frances the Mute.)
- 1973 Fender Precision Bass
- 1977 Fender Jazz Bass
- 1986 Fender Jazz bass
- 1964 Fender Jazz Bass (recently with flatwound strings)
- Fender Geddy Lee Jazz basses
In 2007 Juan sold some of his Fender basses on eBay and donated money to the MPD Foundation for research on blood disorders.
The Laklands that Juan had on tour are:
- a white Darryl Jones Signature
- a black custom fretless
- a red Bob Glaub signature
Lakland had made Juan a bass that if popular, will become a signature model, assumed to be based on his modified 70's fretless Fender Jazz that he used during the "Frances the Mute" tour.
- Darryl Jones model body
- Fretless neck with painted lines
- Volume/Volume/Tone. (Passive)
- Precision/Jazz pickup orientation
- "Curb" style thumb rest
- Killswitch
For live shows he was most recently using a white model with a white pickguard and maple fingerboard.
Amplifiers
- Mid-'70s Ampeg SVT Amplifier (now Ampeg SVT-VR heads with 8x10" SVT cabs)
- Early '70s Acoustic 360 preamp and folded 18" cabinet (the "Jaco rig")
Juan was featured on the first issue of the online magazine Resonate, talking about his Ampeg Rig.
Influenced by players like Jaco Pastorius, Juan's main playing technique was to use the "standard" fingers to pluck the strings with his right hand (two fingers: index and middle). He would occasionally use Dunlop Gel picks, as well as his signature picks. He was also known to use two-handed tapping techniques and even slapping/popping.
Effects Pedals
- MXR DC Brick
- Electro-Harmonix Bass Synthesizer ('70s version)
- Two DigiTech Whammy IV Pedals
- moogerfooger MF-102 Ring Modulator
- DigiTech Digital Delay
- Boss LS-2 Line Selector
- Fulltone Fuzz
- Musitronics Mutron III
- Musitronics Mutron Micro V
- Electro-Harmonix Sovtek Fuzz (second issue)
- MXR Phase 100
- Digitech Bass Synth Wah
- Boss PN-2 Pan Tremolo
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
- Two Boss CS-2 Compressor/Sustainers
- Dunlop Bass Crybaby Wah
- Boss OC-2 Octave
- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
- Wren and Cuff Phat Phuk B
- Wren and Cuff Tri Pie 70
- Line 6 DL4 Delay
- Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
- DOD Meat Box Sub Octave Pedal
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