- Date of Birth:
- January 7th, 1989
- Age:
- 24
- Sex:
- Male
- Location:
- USA, CA, Sacramento Metro area
- Current Setup:
- Guitars:
Fretless Squier Jaguar Special in Sunburst with JFET preamp based on a Fender tube gain stage.
Fretless Epiphone EB3 with custom made pre, tuned CGDA.
Amps:
"Little Gem" by runoffgroove modified for bass
The cab from some Vox combo amp.
Behringer Ultrabass BX600 60-watt w/ 12" speaker (power amp only)
Fender Frontman 25R modded for use as a bass preamp.
Pedals:
Korg Pitchblack
F**box (RAT)
M-Audio Fast Track Computer interface - Previously owned gear:
- A few squier jazzes
Gretsch Electromatic Junior Jet
Dean ABG
Digitech BP200
Digitech Flanger
BBE AM64
Epiphone Jr Guitar
Trace-Elliot BLX80
ZVEX Fuzz Factory
EBS Multicomp
Boss ODB3
EHX Freeze
Squier P-bass
Epiphone Thunderbird
Acoustic B260 - G.A.S. List:
- A good DAW
Semi-hollow piezo-equipped fretless
HWY1 P-bass
Perhaps a stingray or sterling
Fuzz pedals
Sansamp VT-Bass or other Sansamp Character pedal
fEarful 12/6 or 15/6
Audiokinesis cabs
Boss OC2 - Gigs, Bands, & Ensembles:
- Paranthesis(1 [solo project], Fighting for Pineapples [defunct], Reasonable Approximation [solo project],
- Influences and Teachers:
- Justin Chancellor, Greg Burns, Brian Cook, Mike Sullivan, Dave Turncrantz, Colin Edwin, Jenny Lee Lindberg, Paz Lenchantin, Nathan Navarro, Zander Zon, Mogwai, Portugal. The Man, my old friend Trevor.
- Favorite Genres:
- Sludge Metal, Post Rock, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Trip-Hop
- Other Hobbies & Interests:
- Electrical, shiny things, penguins
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