Sound & Groove Tools

Gianni plays basses of Christof Kost. His two current main instruments are a 5-string fret- and fretless bass “Gianni” model – with custom-wound Aero-Instrument Pickups. Other models in his arsenal are: Several Christof Kost prototypes, a original 1966 Fender Jazz-Bass and a Fodera Monarch Bass. All the plucking and slapping is done on GHS-Boomers “light” strings with an 120 low B. For amplification he uses a API 512v Mic Preamp with API 550A EQ and a LAB-Gruppen 1600 Poweramp that boosts the low end. All outlets of the Speaker cabs are by Mesa Boogie, loaded with a 15” Electro Voice Speaker, Bag End S15X-D and Glockenklang 2x10” powered with EV’s. Audio connections are from Vovox Cables. Sound-Effects are created with the Flashback X4 from T.C. Electronic, EBS Octaver, Universal Audio Golden Reverberator and T.C. Ditto-X4 Looper. For recording Gianni prefers to use a Brent Averill BAE 312A, BAE 1073 or API 512v Mic Preamp for an uncoloured direct bass signal, Direct Boxes are by Radial Engineering and BAE, Lehle P-Split Splitter, Mixing console by Solid State Logic (Big Six).