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| Forum Info | Contact Info | | | | | Additional Information | Group Memberships | - Date of Birth:
- January 11th, 1976
- Age:
- 37
- Sex:
- Male
- Location:
- Evansville, Indiana
- Current Setup:
- Absolutely Out-Of-Date (8/03/2009) Bass List/Gear, Effects & Pedalboard/General Signal Chain: http://ianperge.com/images/My_gear/rig_diagram_8_03_09.jpg
Basses:
-2012 Epiphone Limited Edition (Custom Shop Run of 500) Jack Casady Signature Semi-Hollowbody Bass in Silverburst. Black Hipshot "SuperTone" 3-Point Bridge & HB1 Tuner upgrades to come...
-2005 Fender Jazz 24 4-string in Cherry Sunburst with Flame Maple top and Alder body, Maple Neck & 24-fret Rosewood fretboard, Bassline SJB-3 "Quarter Pounder" Pickups, Duncan Designed 3-Band Active EQ w/ Mid-Cut "Slap Switch", Hipshot Ultralite Tuners and String-Thru-Body/Top-Loading High-Mass Bridge ("Base Bass" for long-awaited EFX Bass Project: Kahler 7410 Bass Tremolo, Maniac Music Bass Sustainer, J/MM Pickup Arrangement for MM, J & MM, and J/J with MM Coil-Cut)
-2005 Fender Jazz 24 4-String Lined Fretless (defretting as we type...) in Tobacco Sunburst with Flame Maple top and Alder body, Maple Neck & 24-fret Rosewood fretboard, Bassline SJB-3 "Quarter Pounder" Pickups & Duncan Designed 3-Band Active EQ w/ Mid-Cut "Slap Switch", Hipshot Ultralite Tuners, Bass Xtender and String-Thru-Body/Top-Loading High-Mass Bridge
-2004 Mike Lull Modern 4 with "P-width" Neck, 4A Flame Maple top and Swamp Ash body in Transparent Red with Lindy Fralin pickups & Bartolini NTBT 2-band Preamp w/ Passive Bypass, Passive Tone Control, Hipshot Ultralite Tuners, Bass Xtender & A-Bridge
-2002 Mike Lull Modern 5 with 4A Flame Maple top and Swamp Ash body in Transparent Amber with Aero J-Bass 5 Type-1 pickups & Bartolini NTMB 3-band preamp with 250/500/750hz Mid-Boost, Passive Bypass, Passive Tone Control, Hipshot Ultralite Tuners, Bass Xtender & A-Bridge
-Spector Euro Bolt-On DLX FM ("Flame Maple") & EX ("Exotic Top" Zebrawood) tops and Alder backs, 3-Piece Maple w/ Rosewood & MOP Crown Inlays with custom-wound & sized (EMG "35" and "40" 4 & 5-String soapbar shells) Nordstrand Big Single Pickups, EMG 40P5 & 40DC Pickups (in Black Cherryburst "Spector American DLX P/DC 5" P-Bass mod) & Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP 3-band Preamps @ 18v (Vol/Vol/Stacked Treble & Bass/Push-Pull Midrange Frequencies @ 400Hz and 800Hz):
*2008 4-String DLX EX Zebrawood (Natural Finish)
*2008 5-String DLX EX Zebrawood (Natural Finish)
*2007 5-String DLX FM Flame Maple (Black Blueburst Lined Fretless with HG Thor Fingerboard Epoxy Coating - Custom color & fretless order, thanks, PJ!)
*2007 5-String DLX FM Flame Maple (Black Cherryburst with EMG 40P5 and 40DC pickups, reproducing Fender's '95-'08 P5/Dual Coil 5-equipped "American Deluxe V" Precision Bass setup
-1992 Ibanez SR-800 Lined Fretless 4-string in Jewel Blue with Japanese Basswood body, 3-piece Maple neck & Rosewood fingerboard, P/J pickups and stock 2-band Active Preamp (First "Quality" bass, professionally defreted in 2002: waiting for Nordy P/J & Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP upgrade... or sale)
-1996 Ibanez SR-1206 6-String with Flame Maple top and Mahogany back in Natural, 5-piece Maple/Walnut neck & Wenge fretboard, Soapbar (Internal 6-String "P" structure) Pickups and Ibanez 3-band Vari-Mid III Preamp (waiting for Nordy 6-String Pickups & Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP Preamp upgrade... or sale)
-2005 Music Man SUB Sterling 4-string with Poplar body in Textured Cinnamon (1 of *6* 2003-2006 USA-Made SUBs produced with the Cinnamon Rust Red/Green/Gold Pearlecent "Flip-Flop" Finish according to EBMM) w/ Active 3-band Preamp and Ernie Ball aftermarket White Pearloid pickguard (tuned to C/C# Standard)
-1996 Taylor AB-2 four-string Acoustic Bass Guitar with Natural Imbuia (Brazilian Walnut) body & top, Mahogany neck, & Imbuia headstock w/ Fishman ABGP-2 two-band preamp & piezo pickup (Upgrade to newer Piezo/Internal Mic & Preamp to come...)
Guitars:
-2010 Paul Reed Smith SE Special 25th Anniversary Custom 24 in Scarlet Red modified with Grover 406 Locking Tuners, TUSQ XL Teflon Nut, Q-Parts "Rippled Pearl" Knobs, DiMarzio Crunch Lab & LiquiFire pickups & Tremol-No "trem blocker"
-2010 Paul Reed Smith SE Singlecut NOS hardtail in Transparent Grey-Black modified with Grover 406 Locking Tuners, TUSQ XL Teflon Nut & Q-Parts "Black Pearl" Knobs
-2006 Jackson DXMGT hardtail in Transparent Black Cherry w/ EMG-HZ passive pickups (The Wife's, but she lets me use it from time-to time ;)
-1993 Fender Squire Strat in Black with Maple fretboard, custom Silver Pearloid pickguard with upgraded "Tex-Mex" overdriven single-coil pickups and standard Fender tremolo tuned to E standard (currently being reassembled/rewired)
-DeltaLab DGFX1 Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal (w/ USB Output for Digital Recording)
-Peavey Vypyr 15 Digital Modeling Amplifier
Strings: D'Addario Custom Progressive Tension 4 & 5-String sets from "Bass Strings Online": ProSteels on Fretted Basses, XL Nickels on Fretless Basses & Spector Euro Bolt-On "American DLX P-Bass" P/DC 5-string, EXL-170BT Balanced Tension XL Nickels on Fender Jazz 24 Fretless & Fretted "EFX Bass" for Kahler Bass Tremolo balanced tension, EXP Coated Phosphor Bronze on Taylor AB-2 Acoustic Bass Guitar & "Light Top/Heavy Bottom" 10-52 Electric Guitar Strings. Many thanks to Jason Mendelson of BSO for working out *my* personalized Progressive Tension String Gauges with me over the phone and fantastic Customer Service!
For Sale:
-Aphex Punch Factory (earlier "Orange Box" version) Optical Compressor/D.I.
-Dunlop DC-Brick Power Supply
-EMG-HZ "35" (4-string) & "40" (5-string) Passive "CS" ceramic & steel Soapbar Pickups: 2 pickups per set, 1 set of 35s, 2 sets of 40s
-Spector TonePump 2-band Boost-only Preamps near-completely wired together & w/ Spector Knobs: 2 units
-Korg DT-10 Chromatic Tuner
-Q-Parts Mini Dome Knobs in Rippled White Pearl shell & Blue Abalone Shell with "Black" plating (much closer to "Cosmo/Smokey Chrome" such as Ibanez uses) - *4* of each color
Outboard ("Front-of-Rig") Effects:
Pedaltrain PT-2-HC Pedalboard #1 (EFX 'Board) modified by Ed Reed for underneath mounting of Power Supply containing (in Signal Chain order):
-Dunlop M87 Bass Compressor
-Loop-Master 6-Loop Effects Switcher Strip (L#:)
-L1: Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
-L2: Xotic Effects Bass BB Preamp/Overdrive
-L3: Tech-21 XXL Bass Overdrive/Distortion
-L4: MXR M288 Bass Octave Deluxe
-L5: MXR M82 Bass Envelope Filter
-L6: T-Rex The Sweeper Bass Chorus
-Xotic Effects Bass RC Booster
-Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply (mounted underneath pedalboard)
~And~
Pedaltrain PT-JR-SC Pedalboard #2 ("Pedal PedalBoard" aka Secondary Pedalboard) containing:
-Dunlop Cry-Baby 105Q Bass Wah
-Dunlop DVP1 Volume Pedal
-Zoom Expression Pedal for Manual Filter control of the SWR Mini Mo' Preamp's Onboard "Bassynth" Envelope Filter Effect
-Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Pedal Tuner
-DigiTech JamMan Looper (in preamp effects loop)
-SWR Interstellar Overdrive Preamp Clean/Dirty Footswitch
Amplification:
-SWR Mini Mo' Preamp with Onboard Effects: Overdrive/Distortion, SubWave (Octave), BassSynth, Mo' EQ (2nd post-preamp shelving EQ section to modify tonality of the internal effects) & Chorus w/ 4 Preset Groups of Effects, Effect Bypass, Tuner Mute, "Dual Mode" splitting of Clean and Effects signals to separate cabinets, and various preamp functions controlled by "Mo' Control 2 Master Footswitch"
~or~
-SWR Interstellar Overdrive tube Preamp/Power amp (2 x EL84s) with Overdrive function & blend control for mixing Clean and Overdrive signals and "Overdrive" On/Off Pedal
-QSC PLX 1602 Power Amp
-Avatar B210 2x10" Neo Cabinet ("Clean" cabinet in Mini Mo' "Dual Mode")
-Avatar B212 2x12" Neo cabinets ("Effects" cabinet in Mini Mo' "Dual Mode")
-SKB Roll-X 5-space rack (3U Mini Mo' Preamp and 2U Power Amp)
-SKB Standard 3-space rack (1U Interstellar Overdrive Preamp and 2U Power Amp)
-Auralex GRAMMA Riser
~or~
Ibanez Promethean P3110 300 Watt 1x10" Bass Combo Amp (Practice, Rehearsal, Home Recording, Small Gig & Taylor AB-2 ABG amplification)
Practice, Randomness, and Recording:
Audio-Technica ATH-M50s & ATH-M40fs Studio Monitor Headphones and Shure SCL3 Sound Isolating Earbuds/IEMs, Dunlop Dual-Design StrapLoks in Black & Chrome, GarageBand 3, Gator / Pro Tec / Spector Gig Bags & Hardshell Cases, Korg BT-2 "Bass" Tuner (bought in 1991, on my pedalboard for *15* years and STILL my Practice Tuner!), 15" MacBook Pro, M-Audio FireWire 410 interface, M-Audio Axiom 49 MIDI Keyboard Controller & Key Rig Virtual Keyboard Rack, Mono GS1 "The Betty" / Neotech Super & Mega Bass Straps / Comfort Strapp and various other weight-relieving straps, ProTools M-Powered 7.1 & Various plug-in/drum/loop software (upgrading), Tascam CD-BT1MKII Bass Trainer & Tascam CD-SP1 CD Trainer Travel Case w/ speakers for Road/Vacation practicing... and no Behringer ever! - Previously owned gear:
- Basses:
-1989 "Pro Session"-labeled Precision copy
-1992 Fender Jazz Plus V five-string in Black (bought in 2002, first Jazz Bass purchase in 13 years of playing & made me a near-complete convert to bolt-ons... :)
-1994 Washburn MB-2 P-bass tuned BEAD (early live work only)
-1997 Yamaha BBN5A (Nathan East Series, used for Studio Work in late '90s)
-2002 MIM Fender Jazz Standard passive four-string in Midnight Wine modified with Bassline SJB-2 "Hot" Jazz Bass pickups, Hipshot Ultralight Tuners, Gotoh 201 Bridge and White Pearloid pickguard. Fantastic Modded Passive Bass,... (the first of my two "Regretted Sales")
-2002 Spector ReBop 4 Natural Oil with EMG 35-DC/CS pickups and BTS preamp system (in retrospect a "Regretted Sale" as it would have been perfect for my "EFX Bass" platform, but it *did* helped fund my "ZeBop DLX EX" 4-string)
-2003 Yamaha RBX-775 five-string Fretted in Flat Silver & Custom Lined Fretless w/ matching blue fretlines in Flat Blue. Michael Tobias gave me props on the professional-looking/sounding defret and installation of matching Blue inlaid fretlines! :-D
-2004 Ibanez Prestige RKB-900 with Basslines SPB/SJB-3 "Quarter Pounder" P/J setup in Vintage Sunburst (the 2nd "Regretted Sale")
-2003 to 2006 Music Man SUB 4 & 5-strings & SUB Sterling 4-string
-2009 Epiphone Special Run Thunderbird-IV Limited Edition in Silverburst with Mahogany body, Chrome hardware & pickup covers
-2005 to 2010 Fender Jazz 24 4 & 5-strings with Alder body, Basslines SJB-3 and 5 "Quarter Pounder" Pickups & Duncan Designed 3-Band Active EQ w/ Mid-Cut "Slap Switch". Still own two 4-strings (one Fretted, one Lined Fretless) and the 5 was a Great Deal but a bit too heavy & wide string-spacing for my hands
2010 Schecter Diamond-P Custom-4 P/Dual Coil (splitable to Single J) 4-string in Vintage White
Amps:
-Peavey MAX-110 1x10" Practice Combo
-Peavey TNT-150 1x15" Gig/Recording Combo used with the above TKO as a "dirty" effects amp
Effects, Random Randomness:
Akai Deep Impact Bass Synth (oh, to reverse this sale as well... )
Boss Bass BE5B multi-effects unit
Digitech Bass Whammy (this back in a Loop to cut down on the engaged noise factor but I mainly used it for the Octave Up which my Micro POG handles far better, so I'm not weeping about it...)
Digitech Bass Multi-Chorus
Digitech DigiDelay
Electro-Harmonix POG
Hipshot Ultralite tuners & Bass Xtenders (Various models/types)
Hipshot "A-Style" Bass Bridges
Korg DT-10 Tuner (moved to a Korg PitchBlack simply for pedalboard space, but still a fantastic tuner)
Pedaltrain JR-SC
Tascam CD-BT1 & 2 Portable CD Bass Trainer
Yamaha Magicstomp EB multi-effects unit ("Regretted Sale" as I grabbed it while discontinued and should have kept for various odd effects and studio/demo/recording purposes) - G.A.S. List:
- The Near-Future:
-Outfitting my Fender Jazz 24 Cherry Sunburst as my long-desired "EFX Bass" which includes: Routing & Installation of a Kahler 7410C Bass Tremolo, Maniac Music's "Bass Sustainiac" Driver at the heal of the neck for "Infinite Sustain" (check out Terry Law on YouTube or the multitude of Guitarists who use them), Basslines Music Man pickup in the Bridge Position (wired for coil-tapping for 3 pickup arrangements: Solo MM when using the Bass Sustainiac Driver, J & MM, and J/J with MM Coil-Cut engaged), TUSQ XL Lubricated Nut, and the wiring and finding the easiest/most logical method of controlling all the above as well as the regular Volume & Tone of the standard Jazz & Music Man pickups
-10-string Grand Chapman Stick in Natural Light or Dyed Black Laminated Bamboo w/ Red Recon Linear Inlays, Black Hipshot Hardware & ACTV-2™ EMG pickup module, tuned to Baritone Melody
-Installing Black Hipshot "SuperTone" Bridge and HB1 Tuners in Jack Casady Signature to match its Silverburst finish and increase Tone & Tuning Stability
-Godin A5 Natural Unlined Fretless 5-String Semi-Acoustic Bass
-MXR Bass Overdrive & Bass Chorus Deluxe pedals
-NS Designs CR5 Omni Bass 5-String: 34" scale EUB w/ "Boomerang Strap" to shift from Upright to Electric Playing Positions
-Avatar SB112 (2), B210, B212 & B410 Neo-loaded Cabinets w/ Line-X Coatings
~or~
Gallien-Krueger Fusion 550 Head and/or Fusion MB-800 Ultralite Tube Heads & Neo 112-II (2), 212-II & 410 Cabinets
When Money Flows like Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry: Custom Mike Lull Basses with Alder bodies, Spalted or Quilted Maple tops, Birdseye Maple & Ebony fretboards w/ Stainless Steel frets, Matching Headstocks, Bartolini NTMB Preamps & Custom Bassline Pickups, Hipshot Ultralite Tuners and A-style Piezo-equipped Bridges...
-M5 in Natural Spalted Mapleburst or Transparent Quilted Blackburst w/ Matching Headstock, Birdseye Maple Fretboard & Hipshot Piezo-equipped A-Bridge
-M5 fretless in Natural Spalted Mapleburst or Transparent Tealburst w/ Matching Headstock, Lined Ebony Fingerboard & Hipshot Piezo-equipped A-Bridge
-Modern "PDC5-24V" ("PJ5-24" w/ 5-String Precision/Dual Coil pickups) in Candy Apple Orange with Matching Headstock, Birdseye Maple Fretboard with Black Bound & Blocked fretboard, Black Pearloid PG with custom Bassline P5, Silver Pearloid PG with custom Bassline J5 & Bassline NYC 5 Passive Phase II Dual Coil Pickups (Fender's '95-'08 American Deluxe Precision P/DC pickup setup in a Jazz body) or Nordstrand equivalent Pickups for hardwired quick-change from P/DC to J/DC, and Hipshot Piezo-equipped A-Bridge
-JT5-24 5-string with Mahogany body, Brazilian Rosewood or Birdseye Maple fretboard in Silverburst with Matching Headstock, T-Bass Pickups, NTMB Preamp, Hipshot Ultralite "Y"-key Tuners & A-Bridge in Black
-T4 T-Bass 4-string with Mahogany body, Birdseye Maple fretboard in Transparent Red with Matching Reverse Headstock, T-Bass Pickups, NTMB Preamp & Hipshot Ultralite "Y"-key Tuners in Black
-Spector Euro Bolt-On DLX FM Figured Maple & EX Zebrawood tops/Alder back Basses with custom Nordstrand Big Single Pickups & Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP Preamps:
-Spector Euro Bolt-On 4 DLX EX/FM 4-String Fretted with custom Silverburst finish & Maple fretboard with Black Crown Inlays, Kahler 2410 Bass Tremolo in Black, Nordstrand NJ4 J-Pickups & MM 4.2, Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP Preamp, Bass Sustainiac @ Neck ("EFX Bass Mark II") & Black Hardware
-Spector Euro Bolt-On DLX EX/FM 4-String: Fretless with Ultraviolet/Black-Stained Zebrawood top & Ebony or Pau Ferro Lined Fingerboard. Custom EMG-Sized Nordstrand Big Single Pickups, Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP Preamp & Black Hardware
-Spector Euro Bolt-On DLX EX/FM 5-Strings: Fretted with Magenta/Black-Stained Zebrawood top & Maple Fretboard with Black Crown Inlays, and Fretless with Cobalt/Black-Stained Zebrawood top & Ebony or Pau Ferro Lined Fingerboard. Custom EMG-Sized Nordstrand Big Single Pickups & Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP Preamp
-Spector Legend Classic 6-Strings: Fretted with "Slate Grey" Quilted Maple Veneer top and non-figured Maple body, Rosewood fretboard with custom Crown Inlays to replace standard Dot Inlays, and Lined Fretless with Black Cherry finish & Rosewood Lined Fingerboard. Custom EMG-sized Nordstrand Big Single Pickups, Aguilar OBP-3SK/PP & Black Hardware
-NS Design CR5 or NXT5 "Omni Bass"/"Bass Cello" Electric 5-String Electric-Upright Bass with Electric Bass Scale Length (34") in Satin Black w/ NS Design: Boomerang Strap System and Gig Bag included (NS Design Carbon-Fibre "Composite Bow" needed)
-Rob Allen Deep 5 Lined Fretless Semi-Hollowbody Bass with Integrated Thumbrest & Gig Bag
-Taylor AB Series (1996-2003) Lined Fretless Acoustic Bass Guitar & Gig Bag
-Music Man Bongo 5 HS Honey Roasted Mahogany-Bodied PDN or Dargie Delight II (w/ Black Hardware from the "Stealth" Instruments if I can talk Sterling Ball into accepting more money for it! :-)
-Fender 2000-2002 American Deluxe Precision - Influences and Teachers:
- Rick Allen, Michael Anthony, Bryan Beller, Rex Brown, Adam Clayton, Nathan East, Colin Edwin, Jon Evans of Tori Amos' Band, Tony Franklin, Simon Gallup, Tom Hamilton, Amy Humphrey (of "Clatter"), Mike Inez, Eddie Jackson, Mike Keneally, Geddy Lee, Tony Levin, Doug Lunn, Sean Malone, Bear McCreary of "Battlestar Gallactica" scoring fame, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, William Murderface, John Myung, Jason Newsted, Pino Palladino, Trent Reznor's live & studio playing & synth bass programming, Billy Sheehan, Daniel Shulman and all the "Garbage" live & studio bassists, Peter Steele & Doug Wimbish. And Bryan Beller again, 'cause it can't be said enough. ;-)
- Favorite Genres:
- "Music". There's "Good" & "Bad", and whatever genre it's supossedly in means nothing to my listening pleasure.
- Other Hobbies & Interests:
- Fiction writing & literature, Good stouts & vodkas, cinema, comedy, Disability Activism, Sci-Fi...
- Available for instruction:
- Online advice/instruction
- Teaching Credentials:
- Beginner Instruction specializing in the physical, mental, and emotional issues of being a bassist w/ a disability... Online/PM or e-mail discussions absolutely welcome.
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