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On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Johnny Muench, bassist of the progressive metalcore band, Greyhaven, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on the “Keep It Quiet Tour” with Fox Lake and Commoner. Greyhaven is currently supporting their newest album, Keep It Quiet.
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Fender Precision Bass, 4-String, Sunburst Finish - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xJkL3A
Ampeg SVT-CL 300-watt Tube Bass Head - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9VgLDW
Ampeg Heritage SVT-810E 8x10-inch 800-watt Bass Cabinet - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k40OEz
Tech 21 NYC SansAmp Bass Driver DI Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/GbmKJV
Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Polyphonic Pitch Shift Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JkzKXR
Boss RC-5 Loop Station Looper Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B50na1
DigiTech JamMan Solo HD Stereo Looper Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R05Gq9
Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/RGMRy7
Darkglass Alpha Omicron Bass Preamp/OD Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jRre7e
Fortin Zuul Noise Suppressor - https://fortinamps.com/products/zuul-plusd
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - December 9, 2025
Location - Cobra Lounge in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH GREYHAVEN:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/greyhavenband
Instagram - https://instagram.com/greyhavenband
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@greyhavenband
Twitter - https://twitter.com/greyhavenband
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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Skip Intro
00:49 Bass Guitar
03:02 Amp & Cabinet
05:02 Pedalboard
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.
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Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch
On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Johnny Muench, bassist of the progressive metalcore band, Greyhaven, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on the “Keep It Quiet Tour” with Fox Lake and Commoner. Greyhaven is currently supporting their newest album, Keep It Quiet.
PLAY THE SAME GEAR:
Fender Precision Bass, 4-String, Sunburst Finish - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xJkL3A
Ampeg SVT-CL 300-watt Tube Bass Head - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9VgLDW
Ampeg Heritage SVT-810E 8x10-inch 800-watt Bass Cabinet - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/k40OEz
Tech 21 NYC SansAmp Bass Driver DI Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/GbmKJV
Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Polyphonic Pitch Shift Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JkzKXR
Boss RC-5 Loop Station Looper Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B50na1
DigiTech JamMan Solo HD Stereo Looper Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R05Gq9
Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/RGMRy7
Darkglass Alpha Omicron Bass Preamp/OD Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jRre7e
Fortin Zuul Noise Suppressor - https://fortinamps.com/products/zuul-plusd
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - December 9, 2025
Location - Cobra Lounge in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH GREYHAVEN:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/greyhavenband
Instagram - https://instagram.com/greyhavenband
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@greyhavenband
Twitter - https://twitter.com/greyhavenband
FOLLOW US:
Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus
VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Skip Intro
00:49 Bass Guitar
03:02 Amp & Cabinet
05:02 Pedalboard
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.
Affiliate Disclosure:
Some of the links in this description are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase. Your support helps me continue to create content like this. Thank
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00:00Which is so funny that it goes up to 10 and two and a half is so loud.
00:03Right here is the workhorse of the whole rig.
00:06Our bass drops come from me, so kind of blowing the 808s out through here.
00:10So this is kind of almost its own separate little pedal board.
00:39Hey guys, it's Johnny from Greyhaven.
00:42We're out on our headline tour right now supporting our new record Keep It Quiet.
00:46We're here to do a little rundown of my riff.
00:49Yeah, this is my main bass.
00:52Kind of been my go-to for years now.
00:55Kind of over the top P bass.
00:57Got the PJ pickups in it.
01:01I literally use none of this at all.
01:05I'm really ready to get a just straight forward P bass.
01:08No frills.
01:10I kind of did this thinking I would like all the options.
01:14And immediately realized I just like straight forward.
01:16The P bass SVT combo is just perfect.
01:19So yeah, I've been running this.
01:22I kind of have a backup kind of just to have.
01:24But I love the P bass.
01:25I like the thicker neck on them as well.
01:29But yeah, Fender kind of does no wrong to me.
01:31So this is my go-to.
01:33Both sets of pickups are on.
01:36But everything is just like stock on there.
01:39Kind of just set to noon except volume.
01:42Volume is really the only thing I play with at all.
01:44I kind of, the annoyance is almost me having to always double check that everyone's just set straight.
01:49If it was my choice, I would just have a volume knob.
01:53Nothing else.
01:54Just, and again, I don't even really want the J pickup.
01:57Just center P pickups volume knob.
02:00That's like the dream bass to me.
02:01It's just like, I don't, you know, I don't really need any of that.
02:04Even in the studio, I feel like we don't really mess with tonal differences in terms of like pushing them
02:09from like mid to, or like pushing the bass or treble or anything.
02:14I kind of just like it standard and playing with like pedals in the amp for any other tonal changes.
02:19So we're in drop B for every song.
02:24I use Ernie Ball 65 130.
02:29So with the 130s, I've had it like literally like kind of wear down, you know, the top of the
02:36nut here just for these 130s to fit in that.
02:39But drop B makes more sense, you know.
02:44Anything lower, it would almost just be nothing.
02:47We like the sound of it, but the 130s hold up really well, especially for a four string.
02:51It's almost surprising.
02:53That's why I also like the Fender.
02:54I feel like, I don't, I would assume on the basis would hold up well, but I find this to
02:57just hold up really well with being dropped that low and having that string gauge.
03:01This has been my main rig for a long time now.
03:06I've tried out so many different amps over the years.
03:08I've had this, you know, everyone kind of has the standard 810.
03:12This is from the 80s, I believe.
03:14I bought it off a shop in Louisville, where we're from, years ago.
03:18And I've had to replace a speaker or two through the years, but you know, this thing just has always
03:24just sounded incredible.
03:26So rocked that forever.
03:27And then, yeah, the SGT Classic.
03:29This one's from the 90s.
03:30I believe it's early 2000s is when some parts are starting to get shipped off overseas, and the quality kind
03:38of dipped pretty hard on those.
03:40And so they kind of break out on you a lot.
03:43So, I spent some research on it and making sure I'm getting the right model.
03:46But yeah, I've been rocking this thing forever now.
03:50Tried a bunch of old amps in the past, tested them all out, but the, like I said, P-Base
03:55SVT, it's just a classic combo.
03:57That's like my go-to.
03:58Little bit per room.
04:00I'll push the gain a little bit, just to push the tubes.
04:05And same with the Master.
04:06I really don't like to go below the like two and a half mark, which is so funny that it
04:11goes up to 10, and two and a half is so loud.
04:14But once you like dip under that, I feel like you really start to lose the tone on it.
04:17So it's kind of always having to fight room to room to be like, staying here so that it doesn't
04:22lose the tone.
04:24But yeah, kind of, I mean, I just kind of have everything kind of dialed at like one o'clock.
04:29But it does change.
04:30Yeah, room to room, sometimes it feels so bass heavy that I kind of pull the bass back to get
04:34the mid-range kind of punchy in instead.
04:37I like to kind of play, you know, all around the neck.
04:40So I really do want to hear both treble and mid-range and not get that lost.
04:43I don't want it to just be like, just driving the bass the whole time and just feeling like it's
04:47filling it out.
04:48I'm still trying to have like presence in there.
04:50So I try to keep that.
04:51Some of these knobs are like straight up broken right now.
04:53So that like doesn't matter.
04:55I keep it on three at all times, but that knob is just hanging on.
05:00But yeah, that's the main rig there.
05:02Yeah.
05:03So, you know, this looks overwhelming, but it's so fun.
05:08Most of this has nothing to do with the actual tone here.
05:13We've got noise suppressor here.
05:15This thing is brilliant.
05:16You know, you throw the Zool, you throw this all the way up.
05:20I could have two, three overdrives on at once without any feedback.
05:24And then, you know, this is just power supply.
05:26It's got my girl Edna on there, of course.
05:31DI box.
05:33I run two loop stations here.
05:36One for samples.
05:37We don't do any backtracking, anything like that at all.
05:41But there's a couple songs where something kind of happens before the song kicks in.
05:45So kind of have a loop here to send that out.
05:49And then our bass drops come from me.
05:52So kind of blowing the 808s out through here.
05:54So this is kind of almost its own separate little pedal board.
05:58Then obviously tuner.
05:59But this is kind of my main deal here.
06:02The Alpha Omega from, I'm blanking on the brand right now, Darkglass.
06:09That's my main overdrive.
06:11I've been using that for years.
06:12Norma Jean actually turned me on to it and have loved it ever since.
06:17Kind of keep everything at 2 o'clock and have just enjoyed it.
06:21But that's been my main overdrive.
06:22I also like the simplicity.
06:23I had done the bigger version before and it's just kind of too much for me.
06:29The Sans amp here, funny enough, is mainly used here for my clean channel.
06:35I crafted it years ago.
06:36I don't even have any idea what I did.
06:38But I love the way this sounds.
06:41It's just like a really, really warm boost.
06:43Rather than just the DI on the SVT, which can be a little clunky,
06:47this is just really, really smooth for all of our soft parts.
06:50So I kind of hop onto that.
06:52This is kind of like a fuzz I had planted in here.
06:55I really only use it once during our set.
06:57And same with this.
06:59This is just like a absolutely crazy overdrive.
07:02I kind of throw it on.
07:03Like I said, I kind of boost this up, throw them on at once for certain parts
07:06just to be like as thick and crazy sounding as possible.
07:10But these are kind of my main two.
07:12Just soft channel, overdrive channel.
07:15And then this octave pedal, we've used it on some songs before.
07:19I mainly use it for kind of fun noises, kind of buildups,
07:24or just in between songs, just goofy things.
07:27Just like I said, we don't run samples.
07:29We don't run tracks or anything like that.
07:30So I think in between songs, we're just kind of always playing around,
07:34you know, making noises.
07:36So this is just the fun pedal there.
07:38But yeah, this is kind of right here is the workhorse of the whole rig.
07:43Yeah, I use the blue Tortex Picks one millimeter, a little thicker.
07:51I play pretty heavy.
07:52So I like kind of the give on how thick these are.
07:55I use my fingers as well, kind of song to song or any kind of soft part we do.
07:59I kind of throw this guy in my mouth and just pluck instead.
08:03But that's kind of why I always keep a little too many right here and throw it in the mouth.
08:07Sometimes it's just easier to grab a new one.
08:11But yeah, that's kind of my whole main rig here.
08:14As I said, no in-ears, no samples.
08:16We're just all in wedges just kind of rocking.
08:19So thanks for watching.
08:21And thanks to anyone who's came out to this tour so far.
08:23We still have about a week of it left.
08:24So I hope to see you at a show.
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