Simone Vignola
Bassist | Singer-Songwriter | Looperman | Producer – Official Website
Gear

BASSES

Simone uses “SIRE Marcus Miller” basses.

Since 2020 Simone collaborates with Adagio Italia and SIRE USA as endorser and demonstrator.

  • SIRE Marcus Miller V10 5st 2nd Generation (Tobacco Sunburst)
  • SIRE Marcus Miller V7 Vintage 2nd Generation 5st (AWH)

Simone uses “M2 Guitars” basses.

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M2 Guitars is the fine Italian lutherie which made the “Simone Vignola Signature Bass” based on their model B5.

Simone Vignola Signature by M2 Guitars

SPECS:

  • M2 B5 2012 SV Signature
  • Alder body
  • 3 pieces hard rock maple
  • 2 carbon rods reinforcement
  • 2 way truss rod
  • 22 frets 34″ Brazilian rosewood fingerboard
  • medium-jumbo frets
  • clay dots
  • Bone nut
  • Hipshot ultralite Lollipop tuners
  • Hipshot “B” Style Brass bridge
  • Nordstrand Dual coils pickups
  • Nordstrand 3B 5a preamp with volume (pull passive) balance, high, medium (pull slap frequency switch), bass.
  • 2 coil tap switch
  • Ultra white gloss finish with matching headstock
  • M2 925 silver logo

Also available in Vulcan black with all black hardware


BASS AMPLIFIERS

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Simone uses ORANGE Amplifiation Gear: Terror Bass 1000, Terror Bass 500, OBC410, OBC212.

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VOCAL FX

 Simone uses TC Helicon VoiceLive 2!

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…”With the VoiceLive 2 I can completely build my own vocal sound. There are a lot of options and settings that can always guarantee a different sound with studio quality. I think the greatest thing is that you can have your effects with you (the ones you use during rehearsals) everywhere just by bringing along a small pedal board like the VoiceLive 2. I think in the beginning when you play your music, you are the only one who knows in exactly which part of your song a delay would work best or what the reverb has to be. Of course, when you use the VoiceLive 2 you need to see the look on the sound engineer’s faces! The audience always seems to like a “one-man-band” musician that sounds like a complete orchestra. I have always found everything I needed in the VoiceLive 2″…