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Birthday

Jun 18, 1957 (Age: 69)

Location

Rouen, France

Gender

Male

Current Setup

Basses : (USA) Fender Precision natural 1967 - (Germany) Höfner 500/1 Violin bass 1975/76 [first owner, register #422 here http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/registration/register/5001.html ] - (USA) Rickenbacker 4001 burgundy glow 1975 - (Japan) Dan Armstrong Amper Lucite 2008 - (Mexico) Fender Jazz sunburst 2013 - (China) acoustic Ibanez AEB8E-BK black 2006? - (Indonesia) Squier VI sunburst 2015 and of course (USA) Washburn fretless Force 40 1983 !

E-Guitars : (USA) Epiphone Century E422-T cherry 1967 - (Japan) Telecaster '62 reissue sunburst/double bound 1995 - (USA) Gibson Melody Maker 2007 - (USA) Rickenbacker 330/12 jetglo 2011 - (USA) Gibson Melody Maker Explorer black 2011 - (China) Epiphone Casino w/Bigsby 2014 - (Poland) luthier Trinicaster [Gibson Trini Lopez diamonds neck & Fender Tele carved body] dark brown 2015 - (China) Gretsch G5810 Bo Diddley Electromatic red 2010?

Acoustic 6-string : (USA) Epiphone FT-150 1974 [sold by a first owner, now dead friend. RIP Yannick] - (USA) Ovation 1612 Balladeer 1982 - (Japan) Takamine EN-18 1991 [first owner, as precious as my life. 34th Birthday gift from my little brother. I love you Chris]

Acoustic 12-string : (Italy) Vox Folk Twelve V239 1967 - (Japan) Ibanez V302BS 1982 + Lawrence mic added by my luthier = killer machine (yep, birds stop singing when it rings).

Occupation

Teacher in History/Geography

Favorite Genres

20th century 's jazz/pop/rock/soul/real and I mean REAL R&B... I grew up in a world of incredible bands and solo artists. Now that I'm old, why would I change for samplers, mumblers, haters and supermarket divas ?

Previously Owned Gear

Fender Musicmaster red 1976 [my first bass, I worked one month to buy it] - Rickenbacker 4001 [stolen from me in 1978, still crying]

G.A.S. List

No more "Gimme my Rick baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack ! " - Found same Ric, same colour, same year !

Influences and Teachers

My second bass was a 500/1 by Höfner when I was 20. So guess who. No, not Lemmy (gentle person anyway, met him years ago in Rouen, Exo 7, in his 2003 tour. RIP man) ...

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