The Art Of Shreddin'

Featured Bassist

Les Claypool

Primus

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Tom Araya is the bassist and frontman of the iconic thrash metal band Slayer. 

His LTD Signature Series TA-204 FRX gives you the vibe of Tom’s bass at a price that most musicians can afford. 

It’s a bolt-on design at 35″ scale, with a basswood body, maple neck, and a rosewood fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets and Slayer pentagram inlays. Components on the TA-204 FRX include ESP Designed SB-4 pickups.

ESPLTD TA-204 FRX Signature Series Tom Araya Bass Guitar

South Of Reality

Claypool Lennon Delirium

South Of Reality, The Claypool Lennon Delirium’s epic sophomore album might be just the antidote this sick world needs. Music so potent it could repel an asteroid impact from space, these seasoned warriors of psychedelia have crafted timeless songs that may as well be chiseled in stone. The monolithic dream team’s new record was produced by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon themselves, and engineered and mixed by Les Claypool at his own Rancho Relaxo studio in Sonoma County, California.

Les Claypool's Gear

Regal RD-05 Studio Series Resophonic Bass
Mesa Boogie Subway D-800
Ampeg 8×10 Bass Amp Cabinet
MXR M80 Bass D.I.+
Line 6 DL4 Stompbox Delay Modeler
MXR M85 Bass Distortion
A/DA MP-1 Channel Preamp Pedal
Ampeg SVT-3Pro Bass Amplifier Head, 450-watt
Ampeg Portaflex Series Cabinet
Ampeg Amps 1998
EMG 35DC Active Bass Pickup
Jameson Guitars 5-String Banjo

Live Frogs Sets 1 & 2

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade

From the warped mind of Primus frontman comes the release of Colonel Les Claypool s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade s Live at the Great American Music Hall. This two set, 12-track collection was recorded live over two nights in San Francisco. Set 1 includes five Claypool originals bookended by superb King Crimson and Pink Floyd covers, while Set 2 is comprised of an unabridged performance of Pink Floyd s legendary 1977 concept album, Animals.

Les Claypool's Gear

To Defy the Laws of Tradition
Over the Electric Grapevine
Frizzle Fry LP
Monolith of Phobos – Claypool Lennon
The Big Eyeball in the Sky
Les Claypool Wall Art
Musician Magazine, July 1993
Highball with the Devil
Four Foot Shack
Les Claypool Poster
Poster Flying Frog Primus
Bass Player Magazine 2014
Concert Poster 2009
Purple Onion
Of Fungi And Foe
South of the Pumphouse
Les Claypool Wall Art
Les Claypool Poster 2001
Primus Concert Poster
Frog Brigade Primus
Lime And Limpid Green