Gene Simmons - Instruments

Instruments

Gene Simmons has used various bass guitars during his career including:

  • Axe Bass (Kramer, Jackson, B.C. Rich and now Cort)
  • Punisher Bass (B.C.Rich, now made by Cort)
  • Spector Gene Simmons Signature
  • Pedulla Basses (mainly in the 1980s and early 1990s)
  • Gibson Grabber (mainly in Kiss' early years)
  • Gibson Ripper (mainly in Kiss' early years)
  • Custom lebau bass (Wicked Lester, very early Kiss circa 73–74)
  • Cort Guitars Signature GS-1 Bass

He uses Ampeg SVT CL Series amps with 8x10 cabinets. He uses Silver Herco Flex .75 Nylon Flat Guitar Picks. He uses D'Addario EXL165 Nickel Wound Custom Light .45-.105 Long Scale Bass Strings and Dunlop Electric Bass Guitar Stainless Steel Heavy .050 -.110 strings. In 2010 Gene Simmons collaborated with Cort Guitars to make his own signature bass line called the GS-AXE-2.

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