blastjv

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Location

Philly Area

Gender

Male

Current Setup

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Self-Built Jazz-Type Bass
- Solid Swamp Ash Body
- Moses Graphite Neck
- Dimarzio Ultra Jazz Pickups
- Custom Wiring Scheme
- Hipshot Ultralite Tuners
- Badass Bass II Bridge
- Rotosound SB66 Stainless Strings
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Pedalboard:
- Boss OC-2 Octaver (MIJ)
- EHX Green Russian Big Muff Fuzz
- MXR Phase 90 (Block Logo)
- Xotic BB Bass Preamp
- 70's Morley Power Wah Boost
- Aguilar Agro Overdrive
- DOD FX72 Bass Stereo Flanger
- BBE Opto Stomp Compressor
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- Ampeg B-100R RocketBass
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Favorite Genres

Metal, Hardcore, OLD Emo, Punk...but I love anything that moves me...

Gigs and Ensembles

OPTION
SWARM of ARROWS

Previously Owned Gear

Ampeg SVT-II (NON-Pro)
Ampeg SVT-VR / SVT-810AV
Aguilar AG500 / Aguilar GS412
Fender MIM P-Bass (early 90's)
Fender 1974 Precision Mocha Brown
Sunn Coliseum 300
Mesa Boogie 2x15 Road Ready Cab

G.A.S. List

1974 Fender Precision (Year I was born, I miss the one I had)
Ampeg B15
Most of the gear I used to own listed above…

Influences and Teachers

In roughly chronological order...
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Billy Gould (Faith No More)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Les Claypool (Primus)
Paul D'Amour (Tool)
Joe Lally (Fugazi)
Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
Tony Bono (Into Another)
Nate Mendel (Sunny Day Real Estate)
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains)
Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band)
Justin Chancellor (Tool)

James Hetfield (Metallica - not a bassist, but VERY MUCH influenced my sense of rhythm, riffing, and song structure)

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