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- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Jul 14, 1993 (Age: 29)
- Home Page:
- http://www.rosskratter.com
- Location:
- Orlando, FL
- Occupation:
- Bass, tuba, composer, arranger
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About
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Jul 14, 1993 (Age: 29)
- Home Page:
- http://www.rosskratter.com
- Location:
- Orlando, FL
- Occupation:
- Bass, tuba, composer, arranger
- Current Setup:
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Double bass and EUB:
1938 Kay S-51 with Remic D5400LB mic and David Gage Realist pickup (converted to 4-string by someone before I bought it)
Eminence 4-string fixed neck EUB
Electric basses:
Fodera Monarch 6 Bolt-on
Warwick Artist Series Steve Bailey 6-string fretless
Lakland Skyline 55-01 Deluxe Spalted Maple
Fender 5-string American Jazz Bass
Fender 4-string Mexican Precision Bass
Hofner 500/1V62
Yamaha BB425X 5-string P/J
Tuba:
RS Berkeley TUB-911
Amps:
Phil Jones Bass Suitcase Compact BG-400 and Compact 4 C-4
Pedals:
Ernie Ball JR volume pedal
Peterson Stomp Classic tuner
Radial Pro DI (not a pedal, but absolutely essential and mounted on my pedalboard)
MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe
MXR Bass Envelope Filter
EBS OctaBass
Zoom MS-60B
Fractal Audio AX8 (I use this mostly for guitar, but I also have a nice Ampeg model on it that I use with my P Bass when I need an old school sound and I'm going direct.)
64 Audio N8 IEMs (indispensable on ships and in pits!)
STRINGS: La Bella 7720S on DB and EUB, LaBella Deep Talkin' Flats on Fender P bass and Hofner, La Bella RX-S6A on my Fodera and Warwick (30-118), La Bella Low Tension Flexible Flats on Yamaha BB425X
- Favorite Genres:
- Jazz, rock, Motown, funk, soul, classical, Afro-Peruvian, reggae, ska, tango
- Gigs and Ensembles:
- Bandstand First National Tour 2019-20, A Charlie Brown Christmas North American Tour 2018, FAME the Musical National Tour 2016-17, Ross Kratter Quartet, Cunard Line, P&O Cruises UK, Royal Caribbean International, Ross Kratter Jazz Orchestra (my big band), Karachacha (Afro-Peruvian jazz), as well as lots of freelance work including with the Mike Longo NY State of the Art Big Band, Gabriel AlegrÃa Afro-Peruvian Sextet, and many more. Also many freelance theatre gigs including off-Broadway and other professional regional theatres. Also lots of work as a composer, arranger, and copyist.
- G.A.S. List:
- Marleaux Contra fretless 6, a Fodera fretless 6, La Bella Olinto
- Influences and Teachers:
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TEACHERS: Mike Richmond, Ron McClure, Felix Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Anthony Wellington, John Benitez, John DeWitt, Frank Hansen
INFLUENCES: Victor Wooten, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Christian McBride, John Clayton, Stanley Clarke, Michael Moore, John Patitucci, George Mraz, Eddie Gomez, John Benitez, Tom Kennedy, Mike Hall, Scott Ambush, James Jamerson, Steve Bailey, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Paul McCartney, John Deacon, John Entwistle, Jimmy Johnson, Leland Sklar, Nathan East, Bobby Vega, Rocco Prestia, Will Lee, David Wong, Andy McKee, Phil Palombi, Brian Bromberg, Marc Johnson, and many others
- Disclosures:
- Artist, RS Berkeley, La Bella Strings, Phil Jones Bass Amplification, Remic, 64 Audio
- Available for Instruction?:
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- Bass Guitar Instruction
- Double Bass Instruction
- Teaching Credentials:
- I have been teaching since 2010 in a wide variety of settings.
I'm a bassist, tubist, composer, arranger, and copyist based in NYC and Orlando. I mainly play jazz, but I also work a lot in musical theatre pit orchestras. I have also served as a Musical Director, bandleader, and bass player for P&O, Cunard, and Royal Caribbean Cruises. I was also the bass player on the national tours of Bandstand (First National), A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Fame the Musical. I'm very lucky to be able to make my living playing.Interact
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- musicmanrak
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- musicmanrak
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