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Proudly using Musicman basses, vintage ibanez copies, and custom builds.

Amps: Ampeg b15n + Acoustic 370
Cabs: mesa 1000 + Ampeg Heritage 410

I stomp on EBS, EHX, and MXR pedals.

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Join Date: 08-24-2008
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Age:
27
Sex:
Male
Location:
Dominican Republic
Current Setup:
The Amps
Acoustic 370 (main workhorse)
Acoustic 150b (on loan as a permanent backup)
Ampeg Heritage 410
Mesa Boogie Powerhouse 1000 Cab (at a practice space)
Ampeg B15N circa 1970s with replacement ceramic jensen speaker from fliptops.net (for home and studio use)
Ampeg b15n blueline era circa 1968

The Axes:
Ernieball Musicman 30th Anniversary Stingray 4
Ernieball Musicman 20th Anniversary Stingray 5 HH
early 70s pre lawsuit ibanez precision bass
early 70s pre lawsuit ibanez precision fretless bass
early 70s pre lawsuit ibanez jazz bass
early 70s pre lawsuit ibanez rickenbacker 4001
early 70s pre lawsuit ibanez gibson ripper
early 70s pre lawsuit ibanez gibson thunderbird
1979 Ibanez MC-924
Custom 5 string jazz bass with one piece mahogany body, bartolinis and 35 scale moses graphite neck MOP block inlays, all black hardware
5 string Les Paul with one piece mahogany body and neck inspired by the once piece royals basses of jens ritter, bartolini humbuckers and 35 scale, blue side and front dot leds, all black hardware.
Building a 5 string headless: 35 scale, hipshot hardware, basslines soapbar pickups and active 3 band EQ, one piece body construction (maple) with madagascar ebony fretboard

The Pedals:
Korg Pitchblack
Ibanez 30th Anniversary Tube Screamer
Boss Bass ODB3 Overdrive
EBS ValveDrive
EHX Bass Muff
MXR Carbon Copy Delay
EBS Octave Pedal
EBS Chorus Flanger
MXR M82 Envelope Filter
All this on a pedal train 2 powered by voodoo labs pedal power II

Outside the board:
Ampeg SVTDI
Radial Engineering JDI MK3 Passive Direct Box
Saffire USB 6 Interface for home recording with my macbook pro
Previously owned gear:
Behringer 3000xt Head
Behringer 4 x 10 cab
Line 6 Bass PodPro
Line 6 Bass Pod XT
MIM Fender Precision Bass upgraded with bartolinis and badass II
MIM Fender Jazz V
Ampeg Baby Bass
Ampeg Scroll Bass
Ibanez 5 string Roadstar with bartolinis humbuckers and pre (made in japan 1982)
Ernieball Musicman Stingray 5 HH
Gallien Krueger 1001RB II
Gallien Krueger 400RB
Gallien Krueger 800RB
Gallien Krueger Neo212
Mesa Boogie BigBlock 750
Mesa Boogie 400+
Univox 1236 bass amp circa 1968 - 1971 (had it for home and studio use)
Peavey Mark III, IV, and VI bass heads
Peavey Duel Two Twelve (had it for studio use for my guitarists when recording)
Ibanez UE400
Mxr 6 band eq (blue box circa 1970s)
Mxr 10 band eq
1970s fender jazz basses (owned a couple)
1970s fender precision basses (owned some more)
1966 fender mustang bass
Spector legend 5 string
1970s short scale Aria Jazz hybrid with metal cased single coils
Chinese made Stingray 5 copy
Custom fretless ripper: one piece oak body, maple neck, black hardware, vintage steel humbucking pickups
5 string Alembic Spoiler (1986)
Univox 1011
Roland bolt 120 hybrid guitar head (solid pre, tube power) circa 80s
Ampeg SVT-350 (90s USA made)
Ampeg SVT-450 (MIC)
Acoustic 370 (first one I owned) (vintage USA Made not the newer guitar center brand stuff)
Acoustic 150B (same as above made in USA)
Marshall JMP Super PA100
Dan Electro Fab tone (used for fuzz and distortion)
Dan Electro Daddy O Overdrive (used for fuzz)
Dan Electro Psycho Flanger
Clark vintage fuzz pedal (2 of them)
EHX Bass Microsynthesizer
1970s gibson ripper
EHQ Qtron+
Way Huge Green Rhino
EHX Ravish Sitar
G.A.S. List:
Ampeg SVT Heritage 300watt tuber
Ampeg SVT VR
Acoustic 360

Gallien Krueger 800rb as a backup
Gigs, Bands, & Ensembles:
Led Zeppelin R.D. Tribute Band, Black Sabbath R.D. Tribute Band, La Reforma (Punk and Ska), Rage Against The Machine Tribute Band
Influences and Teachers:
Flea
Timothy Commeford
Geezer Butler
John Paul Jones
Justin Chancellor
Troy Sanders
Chris #2 from Anti Flag
Jaco Pastorius (can't play anything like him though)
Michael Manring (same as above)
Favorite Genres:
Just about anything thats good, but some genres I can't stand are regueton, black metal (mostly due to the vocals)
Other Hobbies & Interests:
Amp and instrument restoration. Reading. Working out.
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