P-Type Bass
Chatham®
Deep and woody with a low bark. What Darryl plays on “Miss You” with the Stones.
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Hand-finished basses and guitars, designed by Darryl Jones. Built one at a time.
Basses and guitars named for the South Side neighborhoods where Darryl grew up. Every instrument is built to order.
Deep and woody with a low bark. What Darryl plays on “Miss You” with the Stones.
Clear mid-range, deep and round. Darryl's own preferred instrument.
Two single coils, a mid-range punch. On “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” with the Stones.
Punchy and resonant. Inspired by the bass Darryl played as a Chicago kid.
Crystalline highs, soaring leads, rhythmic crunch. Three single coils, Hendrix in spirit.
Buttery jazz to twangy country to raw rock. A neck humbucker, like Keith's Micawber.
Assembled by craftspeople with more than one hundred years of combined experience, using premium components. The models are named for the South Side neighborhoods where Darryl grew up.
Darryl Jones on tone and craft
A closer look at the lineup
Rehearsal, up close
“When I'm onstage with you, I play like I'm in the Stones. I don't know how to play any other way.” Darryl Jones
Miles Davis at twenty-one. Sting, Peter Gabriel, Clapton, Madonna. Bassist for the Rolling Stones since 1993. In 2014 Darryl set out to build the instruments he wanted to play.
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A film on Darryl's life and career, featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and one of Charlie Watts's final interviews. Now streaming.
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