- Date of Birth:
- June 3rd
- Sex:
- Male
- Location:
- Finland
- Current Setup:
- Schecter Custom Jazz basses (4), Schecter Custom Precision Custom, ESP Amaze 5, Fender Roscoe Beck 5, Modulus Quantum Spi 5, Fendern Am STD Jazz bass 5, Music Man Stingray 5, Fender Tony Franklin Precision, Fender Custom Classic Jazz Bass, Mesa-Boogie Bass 400+, Mesa Boogie Big Block 750, Gallien Krueger Fusion 550, EBS Fafner td600 (year 2006), AER Basic Performer 2, EBS Neo 410, EBS Neo 212, TC Rs 212, TC Electronic SCF and Tuner, Peterson Strobotuner, EBS Octaver, Xotic BB Preamp, BB Booster and Robotalk, HomeBrew electronics psilocybe phaser, Boss Vh500 Volume pedal, BBand Statement Doublebass preamp, Radial JDI, J48 and two Bassbones
- Previously owned gear:
- Fender Basses, G&L Basses, EBS amps, pedals and cabinets, Lakland Basses, Neuser Basses, Hartke bass amps and cabinets, Ashdown amps and cabinets, Gallien Krueger amps and cabinets, Markbass amps and cabinets, Yamaha Basses
- Gigs, Bands, & Ensembles:
- Theatres and bands nationally in Finland
- Influences and Teachers:
- Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson, Duck Dunn, James Jamerson, Will Lee, Tom Fowler, Scott Thunes, Chuck Rainey, Neil Jason, Tom Barney, Anthony Jackson, Tim Levfevbre, Paul Chambers, Chuck Israels, Scott La Faro, Charlie Mingus, Marc Johnson, Dave Carpentier, Nate Watts, Ralphe Armstrong, Baron Browne, Ray Brown, Peter Cetera, Roger Clover, Phil Lynott, Edgar Meyer, Oteil Burbridge, Jorma Katrama, Olli Kosonen, Enzo Radukanov, Franticek Posta, Miroslav Vitous
- Favorite Genres:
- music: rock, blues, jazz, world, folk, classical - good music
- Other Hobbies & Interests:
- sports (in-line skating, skiing, ice-hockey, Floorbandy)
- Areas of Instruction::
- Double Bass (Classical), Double Bass (Jazz), Bass Guitar
- Teaching Credentials:
- University Degree on music and bass playing, professional bass teacher 27 years
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