- Date of Birth:
- December 28th, 1978
- Age:
- 34
- Sex:
- Male
- Location:
- Around Boston, Massachusetts
- Current Setup:
- Basses:
- Gibson Black Short-Scale Thunderbird
- HJC Custom Natural Ash Finish Short-Scale J Bass
- SX 3TS Short-Scale PJ (with Bartolinis and flats)
- SX White Short-Scale P (with a Ben Lindsey P pickup)
- SX 3TS Short-Scale Jaguar Fretless (with Lindy Fralin J-pickups)
- Brice HXB-405 5-string Short Scale (Bubinga finish)
Amps & Cabs:
- Mesa D-180 200W Tube Head
- Trace Elliot V-Type Tube Pre-Amp
- Bergantino NV610
- Carvin BRX112 (B800 12" Combo)
- Bergantino HT210 (4 ohm)
- Gallien Krueger 800RB head
Practice Amps:
- Acoustic B10 Combo
- Fender Bassman 25 combo
Pedals/Effects/DIs:
- Sadowsky Pre/DI
- Tech21 VT Bass
- Black Pearl Distortion
- ProCo Rat II
- Ibanez Turbo Screamer
- Red Alert Muff (heavily modded (by me) Russian Big Muff)
- Guyatone Mini Fuzz
- OLP Circuits Dr. Watt
- Exar Electronics Moby Dick Chorus
- Danelectro Cool Cat Dan-Echo
- BBE Opto Stomp
- ART Tube MP Studio V3
- Ibanez PD-7 Phat Hed
- Countryman Type 85 DI Box - Previously owned gear:
- - Ibanez SR506 (great bass...I miss it!)
- "Julia Lee" [2005 Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass (modded with a graphite neck, Telebass single coil neck pickup, stock Fender vintage reissue single coil bridge pickup, parallel/series switch, b/w/b pg, chrome knobs, straplocks, ultralites with d-tuner, and a bone nut)]
- Frankenfender P-Bass (Maple/Maple J Neck, 3TS Body)
- Gallien Krueger 400RB-I
- Ampeg SVT210HE
- Aguilar GS112
- Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus (18v)
- Steve Vai Bad Horsie Wah I - G.A.S. List:
- -A Birdsong or 5 (especially one made from mesquite)
-A Lakland Duck Dunn Sig (Sonic Blue with matching headstock)...if it was short scale :-) - Gigs, Bands, & Ensembles:
- n/a
- Influences and Teachers:
- My teacher Paul Doolittle (he's THE MAN), my friend Mike D. for introducing me to Maiden and Rush (which got me started on bass), my fiancee, my uncle Tom the rock star!
Here Are My Main Bass/Musical Heroes (who have most influenced my playing):
- J.S. Bach (R.I.P.)
- John Glascock (R.I.P)
- Martin Turner
- Dave Hope
- Nikki Monninger
- John Wetton
- Robert DeLeo
- John Paul Jones
- Stuart Zender
- Greg Kriesel
- Klaus Flouride
- Cliff Burton (R.I.P.)
- James Jamerson (R.I.P.)
- Nick Harmer
- Alan Spenner (R.I.P.)
Others I Love And Have Influenced Me:
- Jimi Hendrix (R.I.P.)
- Brian Aubert
- Stevie Wonder
- Phil Upchurch
- Carl Radle (R.I.P.)
- Aston Barrett
- Ronald McQueen
- Robbie Shakespeare
- Benjy Myaz
- Tommy Shannon
- Terrence "Geezer" Butler
- Geddy Lee
- Chris Squire
- John Deacon
- Glenn Cornick
- Dave Pegg
- Steve Harris
- Martin Mendez
- Steve DiGiorgio
- Jack Bruce
- Steve Swallow
- George Porter Jr.
- Dave Ellefson
- Colin Kimberly
- Verdine White
- Roscoe Beck
- Johnny B. Gayden
- Willie Dixon (R.I.P.)
- Willie Weeks
- Tony Levin
- Phil Upchurch
- Paul McCartney
- John Entwistle (R.I.P.)
- Victor Wooten
- Marcus Miller
- Sting
- Jaco Pastorius (R.I.P.)
- Tony Choy
- Stephan Fimmers
- Roger Patterson (R.I.P.)
- Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Bernard Edwards (R.I.P.)
- John Taylor
- Jason Newsted
- Billy Sheehan
- Tim Commerford
- Jeffrey Walker
- Glenn Hughes
- Roger Glover
- Flea
- Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P.)
- Bill Ward
- John Bonham (R.I.P.)
- Ginger Baker
- John Giblin
- Stevie Ray Vaughn (R.I.P.)
- Eric Clapton - Favorite Genres:
- Alt Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock, Electronica, Native, Blues, Reggae, Metal
- Other Hobbies & Interests:
- My kids, cooking, computers, watching football and hockey.
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