Eddie Jackson (musician)

Eddie Jackson performing at Glasgow Carling Academy 2008
Photo: Shadowgate

Eddie Jackson (born January 29, 1961, Robstown, Texas) is the bass guitarist for the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche. He has been with the group since 1981, when they were known as The Mob.

During the mid-1980s "Edbass", as he is commonly known as among fans, was an endorsee of Kramer basses until Kramer bought out Spector basses. Two main Kramer Spector NS-2 basses, one black and one white, became his primary instruments throughout the late 1980s and into the 1990s, although the Black Spector was stolen in the mid-'90s. After a short stint endorsing Fernandes basses during Queensryche's "Promised Land" tour from 1994 to 1996, in the late 1990s Jackson endorsed master luthier Michael Lull, who had done all of the repair and upkeep work on Queensryche's guitars and basses due to their both living in the Greater Seattle area. Since the late 1990s Jackson has used both Mike Lull "Modern" 4-string & "Modern/Vintage" 5-string Jazz Bass-style as well as modern-era Spector "ReBop" bolt-on and "EuroLX" neck-through 4 & 5-string basses. Specifically, he uses [1]:

• Spector "Kramer-era" (late 1980s) NS-2s in white and black, as can be seen on the Operation: LIVEcrime VHS/DVD. With the black Spector stolen, Jackson has retired his white model from touring and relies on his Euro5LX 5-string and ReBop 5 DLX FM basses as listed below.
• Spector Euro5LX 5-string with custom "Gloss White" finish & black hardware and active EMG pickups and preamp
• Spector ReBop 5 DLX FM (Deluxe Figured Maple) 5-string in Black Cherryburst with active EMG pickups and preamp
• Mike Lull Modern 4 4-string in Sunburst w/ Custom Seymour Duncan Bassline Jazz Bass-style pickups, Bartolini preamp and Hipshot Bass Xtender)
• Mike Lull Modern 4 4-string in Black w/ active EMG Jazz Bass-style pickups, preamp and Hipshot Bass Xtender
• Mike Lull M5V "Modern/Vintage" custom 5-string (rear-routed with no pickguard) in Black with Custom Seymour Duncan Bassline Jazz Bass-style pickups & Bartolini preamp
• Mike Lull M5V "Modern/Vintage" 5-string in Sunburst Custom w/ Seymour Duncan Bassline Jazz Bass-style pickups & Bartolini preamp
• Mid-'90s Tobias 5-string basses: one black & one with a Operation: Mindcrime graphic on the front with Bartolini pickups and preamp
• Ibanez 4-string acoustic basses (Black)
• Hartke LH100 Bass Amplifier
• Hartke HX410 4x10" & HX115 1x15" "HyDrive" series Bass Cabinets with composite Paper and Aluminum/Neodymium magnet speakers, known for their much higher strength & density of the magnets and magnetic field with far lighter weight compared to traditional speakers.

Jackson is notoriously known for putting pranks on the inside of album covers.

His nickname is "One Take".