Jonathan Colman (Muscle Tough) Rig Rundown 2023

Muscle Tough bassist Jonathan Colman leads you through the array of effects he uses to change his bass into a guitar & more.

Learn about his Serek bass, Aguilar & Fender amplifiers, and how he splits his signal and combines certain pedals to create otherworldly low-end tones for maximum improvisational exploration.

Captured at: Spice House Sound — Philadelphia, PA
Video: Kyle Sparkman

This is a work of love that's intended for inspirational and educational purposes... we hope you enjoy it!

If you are inclined to, please do share.

00:00 Intro
00:15 "The Switch"
01:38 The Quick Version
01:53 Serek bass
03:13 Aguilar amp
03:37 Fender amp
04:01 Ray Raydecker cables
04:17 Big board
04:38 Pitch effects
06:19 Distortion effects
09:12 Modulation effects
11:50 Synth effects
18:44 Delay - Reverb effects
22:17 Small board
27:12 Boomerang looper
29:17 Jam moment
32:22 Outro - Thank you
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Keep in touch with Jonathan
Instagram: @friendshipwizard

Keep in touch with Muscle Tough
Instagram: @muscletoughband

[seancarryon]

and this is how all rig rundowns should be done! you're truely a wizard (and master of karate and friendship for everyone)

[HLinc.]

Wow, where has this channel been all my life!?! Bro, best gear rundown ever! Being a bass player, this was a treat! I’m happy to see another bass player use two amps like me. 😂

[jarneskegge]

Thanks for sharing this. I have been s dry tone only played for years, and now am wanting to add some textures. So this was a great intro to pedals tutorial for me.

[bikoko]

Super cool! thanks for making and sharing!

[admarhermans]

Great!
Did not know this man nor his band...!
But I’ll be checking them out.

Great!

🖖

[scottm]

Dude, VERY cool! Also, killer bass and playing.

[JNH]

I just got recommended this! Cya today mr Coleman!

[markfoster_mkfbass]

Just discovered this channel.
Really enjoyed this video: the playing and the charismatic, light-hearted discussion of your rig...
Subscribed! Gonna check out the band's music, too. Wishing all of you inspiration and great gigs!🤗

[coopaloopmusic]

Yeah man!!! Inspiring bass players everywhere

[brendanf]

Awesome run down! Thanks for sharing your palette of sonic wizardry!

[Azul_blue]

Nice floating thumb technique. Very sophisticated

[spacemakesthebass]

This was such a pleasure to watch. Thank you! I learned a lot, and I had fun along the way. I especially enjoyed the whole tone sequence @16:09

[drewlewis]

Jonathan great rundown. How do you like playing a 30.5” vs 34” bass?

[LukeIsLucas]

yes excellent time to go get some pedals

[fitton]

You're having way too much fun for a bass player lol! Very cool stuff! Great video too. Earned a sub with this one dude. Cheers!

[pvg]

Hi Johnathon
I couldn’t ascertain is the bass active ? do you use any buffer pedals to maintain your ( fantastic ) tone ?
Thankyou for the great video and music !

[TheSawman]

rad!! is the C4 patch at 14:20 available online?

[Silenttreesmusic]

Like a modern day Doug Wimbish. What strings you rockin on the Serek?

[DougieD_Funk]

Hey brotha how are ya?! Hope everything’s good! Ya know that fuzz sounds gorgeous so Ive been tryin to look around after you mentioned it’s from an Ampeg 360? I apologize for my ignorance in advance but if you or someone could please help explain what that is or why I can’t find anything about it that would be MUCH appreciated lol I checked Mesh Audio as well and I’m officially lost. Thank

[PorchBass]

Do you use any fancy switchers to get pedals out of the chain? Does your clean sound lose anything? The serek is active?