Editing C. J. Ramone (section)

==Equipment==
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Ward used [[Ampeg SVT]] [[amplifiers]] for most of his career, having inherited several amps from Dee Dee Ramone. However, he has since switched to [[Fender Bassman]] amps, stating that the Ampeg amps had "substantial historical value" and he wished to preserve them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxC9By67J_0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/bxC9By67J_0 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Cj Ramone (of the Ramones) - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 129|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=June 22, 2019|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Prior to joining the Ramones, Ward played an early '70s [[Fender Jazz Bass]] and always played fingerstyle, explaining in a 2015 interview with [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] that he stopped at a music store to buy [[Guitar pick|picks]] on his way to first meet the band. When he joined the Ramones, they gave him a black Mexican [[Fender Precision Bass]], with a white [[pickguard]] and a maple neck and that was his main bass for the first gigs with the Ramones. He also had two cream Fender Precision basses, one with a white pickguard and another with a black. (These basses can be seen in various backstage photos.) He then bought a white American Fender Precision with a white pickguard (later switched to a black to make it look more like Dee Dee's bass guitars). Then he finally got a vintage 1979 Fender Precision, like the basses that Dee Dee used to play. He would mainly use that bass for the rest of his time in the Ramones.

While with the Ramones, Ward also had a custom-made Mosrite Bass made for him by [[Semie Moseley]], white with a tortoiseshell pickguard. He used it while with Bad Chopper and has since sold this bass. He then used a Mosrite bass that he designed with Mr. Yuasa of the Filmore Company, the Mosrite copyright owner in Japan. It was white with a black pickguard. This bass was stolen when Ward toured Japan in February 2010.

Currently, Ward plays Fender Dee Dee Ramone Precision Basses with Leo Quan BadAss II bridges added.