OwenMick

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Birthday

October 31

Website

https://www.niallowenmccusker.com/

Location

Baltimore City, MD

Current Setup

MAIN AXE:
2009 Fender Mexican P Bass (50’s Road worm series): Rotosound flatwounds. Recently acquired (Feb 2019), first P bass and loving it.

4 String S.D. Curlee (1974?):
"Working man's bass"? (not sure if exact model). Solid mahogany body (one piece!). Dimarzio WillPower Split P pickup, Volume and Tone. Still have the original Pup somewhere. Ken Smith Strings. Was my first bass and has always been in steady rotation.

4 String Warwick (unknown year):
Corvette Fretless. Bubinga Body. Walnut and Mahogany neck. Ebony fingerboard. Two stock MEC passive pickups. Volume, Blend, and Tone controls. Put new hipshot tuners on, great!

On the workbench: 4 String Mexican Fender Active (9V) Jazz '05: original neck replaced with '94 G&L Climax Bass neck (maple/rosewood) w/ 70's Schaller machine heads. DiMarzio Ultra-Jazz pickup set. Gotoh Standard Bridge.

STRINGS:
Fretless: Rotosound flat-wounds.
Fretted: Same as above and Ken Smith Rock Masters Strings.

PEDALS:
Ernie Ball VP-Jr.
Malekko B:ASSMASTER.
Boss OC-2 (Japanese :D).
Emma DiscomBOBulator.
Boss CE-2w.
Boss DD-7.
T.C. Electronics Ditto.

RIG:
Aguilar AG700.
Aguilar DB 112.

Occupation

Multimedia professional

Favorite Genres

Anything authentic.

Gigs and Ensembles

Babes of Yesteryear
Yo No Say: https://www.yonosay.com/
Fake Madrid: https://www.facebook.com/fakemadridband/

Sit in bassist in a few varying local ensembles for singers/ songwriters.

Previously Owned Gear

BASSES:
2 Fender Deluxe Active Jazzes (MEX). One white with Tortoise shell pg, the other was black with tortoise shell pg. Great basses, the white one was my go-to bass for almost three years or so. Got a fretless and totally switched over to that for a few years.

STRINGS:
D'Adarios. Always a great set of strings, i just prefer the others now.

AMPS:
Trace Elliot GP12 SMX 1x15” combo amp: killer killer amp.

Peavey Basic 112:
A great amp for a high school rock band kid. Eventually paired with a Hartke 2x10 XL. Got a big sound.

Carvin BX600: 600w solid state head. Truly a great amp for the price. Young musician sells amp for rent, you know the story. Was a great amp for my band in college that played original music, shows at College Park, all over Baltimore, West Virginia.

Carvin BX500: 500w single 12AX7 tube in the pre. Also a really great Carvin product. Honestly, Kind of liked the 600 more...

Fender Bassman 150 Combo: Was a great amp for a good while, paired with my active Mexican jazz bass while i gigged in a cover band through college.

CABINETS:
Hartke 2x10 XL series: Everyone should play around with one. work horse cab.

Carvin BR-410: Also, serious work horse cabinet, buy the casters. It'll make your life a lot easier.

PEDALS:
Snarling Dogs Bass Wah: liked it for a very long time... Eventually got a crybaby (much cleaner). However, some distinct overdriven/wah sounds I've never been able to recreate without the SD.

Electro-Harmonix Poly chorus: I used the 80's version of this pedal called the Poly Flange. Good chorusing, mild flange effects. Could self-oscillate and it was awesome.

Dunlop Bass Crybaby Wah: Ever Bassist should try this wah, at least to get into the world of manual wahs. I love the "automatic bypass".

EBS OctaBass: Great Octave pedal... but damn that OC-2 is killer.

MXR Bass Auto-Q: Pretty versatile... but i've found better (to my tastes)

Korg DT10: Great sturdy tuner. Lasted damn near forever (almost 10 years i think?)

G.A.S. List

Fender American Standard J-bass.

Origin Effects Cali76 (the compact model is cool too).

Influences and Teachers

The Greats: Jamerson, Chambers, Mingus, Jaco, Palladino etc...
My Family (because just about all of them are musicians too), My High school music teacher John Crocken, Mount Saint Mary's University Jazz Band Director Barry Long, UMBC Jazz Director Matt Belzer and most all of the UMBC Music faculty. Friends I have played alongside with in years past and present
And every musician that puts there heart into what they play no matter what it is they are playing.

Hobbies and Interests

Recording Engineer

Contact

Skype

owen.mccusker

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