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- Gender:
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- Birthday:
- Sep 22, 1967 (Age: 56)
- Location:
- Brooklyn, NY
- Occupation:
- Stagehand
Lo-E
Male, 56, from Brooklyn, NY
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About
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Sep 22, 1967 (Age: 56)
- Location:
- Brooklyn, NY
- Occupation:
- Stagehand
- Current Setup:
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Basses:
'83 G&L L2K (rosewood/mahogany)
'85 G&L L2K (ebony fretless)
'87 G&L L2K (rosewood/ash)
'85 Fender MIJ P (rosewood)
'83 Fender P (maple)
'76 Fender P (maple - currently under reconstruction)
'78 Fender P (rosewood fretless w/flats)
'11 Fender Amer. Special P (maple)
'08 Fender CIJ 51 P reissue (flats)
'97 Fender N.Redding J (flats)
'72 Fender J (rosewood, pearl blocks)
'89-ish ESP parts J (ebony fretless)
'85-ish ESP parts “L1K” (rosewood fretless)
'90s Maison 5-string
'11 Rickenbacker 4003
'80 Rickenbacker 4001FL
'78 Musicman Stingray (maple)
'87 Musicman Sabre (fretless)
'88 Musicman Stingray (fretless)
'04 Musicman SUB
'83 Modulus BaSSStar
'79 Ibanez Studio ST-924
'79 Ibanez Studio ST-924 (Yup, another one!)
'79 Ibanez Musician MC-924
'79 Ibanez Musician (fretless) MC-940
'80s Kawaii FIIB
'78 Guild B-302F
'00 Warwick Corvette Standard (fretless)
'07 Alleva-Coppolo LG-5
'99 Tourmakeady custom fretless 5
Late 60s Dan Armstrong/Danelectro (single-cutaway w/ flats)
Landscape ARB-204/FL (flats)
NS Design CR5M (D'Addario lights)
'54 Kay M1 (Evah Parazzi Weich)
'52 Kay M1B (Corelli 370 Medium)
'85 Chapman Stick (baritone tuning, 10-string)
Amps:
'66 Ampeg B-15Nf
‘67 Ampeg SB-12
Ampeg SVT3 Pro
Eden WT-400
Aguilar TH-500
SWR Workingman's 12
Groove Tubes (SWR) Tube Bass Preamp
Carvin DCM1000L power amp
Carvin BX500 with...
Cabs:
...Carvin BR515N & "airhead" cab
Eden D210T
Eden D210XLT
Dr. Bass DRB2460D
Aguilar SL-112
Electro-Voice B115-M (heavily modified)
Low Down Sound 1x12
Riviera 1x15 (w/ EV EVM-15L)
Homebrew 2x8"+5"
Assorted Gak:
Joseph Richter bow - French grip, white hair
'50s Kay bow - German Grip, mixed hair
Crappy bow - French grip, white hair, awful
Whirlwind HotBox DI
Countryman Type 85 DI (x2)
LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI
a coupla passive DIs
FatMan tube compressor
A buncha guitars, amps and pedals
A basement full of tube amp parts
- Favorite Genres:
- A little of everything... except show tunes.
- Gigs and Ensembles:
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Current:
Church of Betty, The Underbites, occasional pick-up gigs and sessions
Past:
Brooke Moriber, Annie Activator, Jolly Good, Spear and Magic Helmet (Travis Lee), Chuck & Sue, Tyrannosaurus Mouse, Chuck Dorman’s Big Sticky Band, The Joybuzzers, Diatomaceous Earth, Better Watch Pete, The Rants, Tropicalia, Kathia Jane Band, Thumper, Gary 7, The Land Band, several more I can’t think of right now….
- Previously Owned Gear:
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'72 Hagstrom Swede bass
'79 Ibanez Musician 8-string
'83 Ibanez Musician MC-924
'96 Fender MIJ J (fretless)
'90s Tobias Growler 5
'86? Yamaha RBX-250 (fretless)
'81 Kramer DMZ 5000
'80s Kramer P/J (rosewood fretless)
'80s ESP P/J (rosewood fretless)
'90s ESP J
'91 Musicman Stingray 5
'76 Ibanez 2369B “lawsuit” P/J
'70s GEM Electronics J copy
SWR Studio 220
Hartke 2X10
Genz-Benz 1X15
no-name 2X15
early '70s Yamaha SS head
'70s Traynor 1x15
Peavy Microbass
- G.A.S. List:
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P-bass loaded with T-bird p’ups
P-bass loaded with Bi-Sonic
P/J fretless
Epiphone Allen Woody
Early MM Sabre (maple)
Early MM Sabre (fretless)
Musicman Cutlass
G&L L2K (maple)
G&L L1K (rosewood)
Fender Jazz (maple w/ pearl blocks)
Rick 4001v63 (mapleglow w/ flats)
Status S2 (fretless)
Gibson Ripper (fretless)
5-String P/MM w/ maple board
Tourmakeady 5-string fretted
Kubicki Factor (fretless)
Wal MkI 4-string (fretless)
Yamaha SA-70 (Green)
Another Chapman Stick (bamboo)
A nice carved upright
LDS 12/6 neo (x2)
EV RE-20
Beyer M88
Some good condensers
Radial J-48 & JDI
Traynor YBA-1
Low-Watt tube heads
More B-15s!
More time to play....
- Influences and Teachers:
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Influences:
Tony Levin, Graham Maby, Lee Sklar, Willie Weeks, Max Bennett, Percy Jones, Colin Moulding, Tom Fowler, Mike Watt, Paul McCartney, Chuck Rainey, Bill MacCormick, Bruce Thomas, Mingus, Michael Formanek, Rufus Reid, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Dave Hope, John Giblin, Andy Metcalfe, Ralphe Armstrong, Jaco, Paul Dugan, Larry Klein, Paul Jackson, John Wetton, Scott Thunes, Glen Cornick, Arthur Barrow, Charley Anderson, Horace Panter, Mark Bedford, Bill Laswell, Robbie Shakespeare, Ronald "Stepper" McQueen, John Glascock, Darryl Jones, Fernando Saunders
Teachers:
Scott Janis
Ken Freeman
Kim Clarke
John Loehrke
Will Slater
- Hobbies and Interests:
- guitar, banjo, mandolin, instrument repair, tube gear repair/restoration, photography, cycling, an occasional day fishing never hurts.
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"People don't realize it, but the bass player holds the whole thing up like Atlas." -Some wino who talked to me on the subway on my way to a gig - Loading...