Equipment and Sound
Burnel is noted for his distinctive bass guitar sound and melodic basslines. These are particularly prominent on earlier Stranglers recordings produced by Martin Rushent, such as the hit singles "No More Heroes" and "Peaches". In the early days Burnel's distinctive aggressive sound was created using a Fender Precision Bass with RotoSound roundwound strings played with a plectrum very close to the bridge, through Hiwatt all-valve amplification. Later on he used a Wal pro bass, a Yamaha BB2000, a Steinberger L2 (headless), a Fender Jazz, a Fender Musicmaster, and a Kinkade acoustic bass. He currently plays Shuker JJ Burnel signature basses custom built in England by Jon Shuker. He was one of the first bassists to use Trace Elliot amplification when the company began production in 1980. He now uses amplification by Ashdown Engineering who have honored him with his own JJ500 signature amps. Burnel has been a RotoSound endorser since the early 1980s, and has featured in their advertising.
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