The O-Zone

Sukop 6 string

This bass was made for me by Stephen Sukop. He sent it up to me while I was in NYC doing the Allman Brothers’ 40th Anniversary run at the Beacon Theater. I opened the show one night during that run…

’63 Fender Precision (P-Bass)

  I originally wanted to get a ’64 P-bass to match my ’64 J-bass but a compatriot of mine told me about this one and said he thought I should at least try it. I was knocked out by the…

Joe Perman Custom Fretless six String Bass

This bass was Joe’s first bass under his own name. He is the Luthier responsible for every Modulus bass that I’ve owned, and I’ve had a bunch of them. My very first signature bass was the Modulus OB-1. As in,…

Fodera Signature Monarch 6-String Bass

Oteil Burbridge’s Fodera Signature Bass from GravityFree Studios on Vimeo. I was blessed to have Fodera make me two of these handmade beauties. I have never had instruments that were totally hand made before. Sometimes I want to leave them…

Goldtone Banjo Bass

I got this bass at a bluegrass festival called Merlefest when I was hanging out with the great singer/bassist John Cowan. We went and played it together and I was immediately taken with it. My new found obsession with the…

Fender Road Worn ’58 Reissue P-bass

This is the bass that I use with the Allman Brothers Band. It’s a copy of a ’58 that I added a J-bass pick up to for more treble. Its amazing how close they got to that old classic sound…

64 Fender Jazz Bass (J-Bass)

For years I thought, “One day I want to get a J-bass that was made the same year I was born”. Then one day in LA I ran across one. Tobacco Sunburst was always my favorite finish on old Fenders…

’69 Fender Precision Bass

I got this bass because I was in love with the P-bass’s low end but it didn’t have enough high end for me to hear it clearly through two drummers and two guitarists all at once. So I bought this…

’69 Gibson EB-2

I bought this bass because it looked just like a Cherry Red Gibson ES-335 guitar that Mark Kimbrell played in my band, Oteil and the Peacemakers. I’ve been playing with Mark for 25 years and always associate that guitar with…

Fodera NYC Five String Bass

This bass is made in the classic style of a Fender Jazz Bass but it goes lower than a regular 4 string bass. You could make the 5th string a high C but I prefer to go lower with the…