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mjnelson
Just a road dog looking at the last decade of being able to be busy with my trade....I'd like to go longer if I can. I don't look and act like I'm 64, so I can get work if I don't tell the prospective employer how old I actually am. Most of the time, if I get a chance to play with them, I'll have the job. I'm melodic, and I stay in the pocket and play for the artist or the band. I don't try to stand out. Lot's of "busy" players going hungry, or working bussing tables at Denny's! By the time they find out my age, I'm usually deeply embedded in the gig, doing my job....and they let me stay. 
Member statistics
- Messages
- 6
- Reaction score
- 1
- Birthday
- Mar 4, 1953 (Age: 73)
- Location
- Topeka, Ks.
- Gender
- Male
- Current Setup
- Two Sadowsky "fivers" and a Sadowsky 4 string, a Mike Lull 5, Xotic 5, Bongo 6, Old Cirrus 5, Fender Custom Shop 4, Ampeg 8 / 10, 2-Schroeder 21012L's, Schroeder 815L Custom, Schroeder 18L, Single 15" EV enclosure, EV single 18 down fire cab. Ampeg SVT Vintage Reissue 2006, TC Electronics RH 450, Eich T1000, Old Yamaha Pre-Amp, Demeter VTBP, Crown Power.
- Occupation
- Musician
- Favorite Genres
- Country, Rockin' Blues, 60's Rock...
- Gigs and Ensembles
- Currently working up an all original live progressive blues / jazz show with Lefholz and Singleton. Also; writing and recording an LP with my friend, and former touring partner and bandmate, Ned Banks. Just finished 4 years of "one nighters" with Straight Shot. Occasionally back up Willi X. Evans in Nashville. I was a "Road Dog" for 35 years, and played all over the US, in Puerto Rico, and Europe with artists and bands.
- Previously Owned Gear
- Celinder Vintage V, Warwick Thumb 5 NT, Warwick Thumb 6 BO, Mike Lull Modern V, Tobias V Growler, Numerous Fender Precision Basses, Numerous Fender Jazz Basses, Fender Am. Std. V, Frudua P/J V, Fender Am. Deluxe V with Audier 3 way preamp, Roscoe V, Fender Roscoe Beck Fretless, Framus Jazz Copy.....many more.
- G.A.S. List
- I'd like to get my hands on another Celinder Vintage V. Got the last one from Jake Willemain (Clint Black), and it was KILLER. Hard times came along, and it got gone. I'd like to find another. More Sadowsky's needed in the stable. Also; I'd like to get my hands on an older Mike Lull V!
- Influences and Teachers
- I'm self taught. I was greatly influenced by Joe Osborn, Bill Pitman, Max Bennett, Larry Fulcher, Red Callender, Wally Hustin, Leland Sklar, Chuck Rainey, and Bob West, Paul McCartney, Carl Radle, Klaus Voormann, Bob Moore.
- Hobbies and Interests
- Playing and practicing. Cooking.
- Disclosures
- Endorser: Schroeder Cabinets