Surface-Warrior

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Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Gender

Male

Current Setup

Basses:
Early 2000's Fender Jazz modded with a Babicz FCH-4 bridge and JBE noiseless pickups.
1979 Epiphone Genesis, modded with a Supertone Hipshot Bridge.

Guitars:
1996 Jackson DR3
Jackson JS32T ( Cheap version of the Rhoads V)
1983 Gibson Challenger II upgraded with Bill Lawrence pickups and modded with a four-pot configuration and split coils.
1971 Yamaha SA-50
Squire Affinity Telecaster with upgraded, high output, "Super-Twang" pickups
Cordoba GK Studio nylon-string Flamenco

Late '60s Vox Cambridge Reverb amp.

Favorite Genres

Old-School trash; Crossover; Classical; Flamenco; Big-Band Jazz; Bluegrass; Old-School Hip-hop

Previously Owned Gear

1979 Epiphone Genesis bass (traded it, regretted it and bought another)
1983 Gibson Challenger, wood grain (first guitar)
1984 Fender Stratocaster, cream (traded my first Challenger for it)
1976 Gibson Firebird
Early '90s Jackson Fusion XL

Marshall JCM 900 with a slant '60 A top cab and a JCM 900 bottom cab

G.A.S. List

Another JCM 900 full stack.
Gibson Firebird VII
Gretsch White Falcon
Nearly any model Wal bass

Influences and Teachers

Teacher: Arnold Lessing (Classical and Flamenco)
Rhythm Guitar influences: Mike Wead (Hexanhaus), Gary Holt, Dave Mustaine, early Overkill ("Years of Decay") guitarists

Bass inspirations: Mick Carn, John Taylor, Leigh Gorman, Cliff Burton, Geezer Butler