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About
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- June 23
- Location:
- UK
- Current Setup:
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all lefty:
EUB:
BSX Allegro
custom (self) made:
Ovid Headless 4, with Alembic pickups & electronics
Ovid Fly Bass, with Alembic J Activators
Ovid Telecaster bass, Warmoth neck with Bartolini MMCs & electronics
Ovid Telecaster Fretless, Warmoth neck with Alembic Activator Ps
Ovid Roadstar custom (Ibanez RB924 style), Bart Soapbars
Ovid Fretless with Moses neck, MM style, Bart MMC pickup,
Ovid Studio P, Moses J neck, 2 EMG Ps, 3 band EQ
Ovid Headless #2 (backup, similar construction and parts, except diff. body wood)
Commercially made:
Modulus Genesis 5, with SGD J pickups and Bartolini Preamp
Rickenbacker 4001v63 Jetglo
Rickenbacker 4003 Jetglo
Fender J MIJ 62 with EMGs & Roundwounds, Burgundy Mist
Fender J MIJ 62 with BL J45s & Flatwounds, Olympic White
MM Stingray with Bart Preamp and MMC,
Yamaha BB 414 fretless
Hofner 500/1B (fretless with fishman piezo bridge)
Ibanez RS 924, 1981 - with EMGs
Ibanez SR500, recent - stock
Ibanez RB850, 1986, stock
Ibanez RB600, 1986, EMG PJs
Tube Preamps with various 2U to 8U rigs:
Alembic F1-X
Demeter VTBP 201
Fender TBP-1
2U rig:
Ashly BP 41 preamp
Carver PM300
4U rig:
Klark Teknik 405,
QSC Power amp
6U Rig:
Klark Teknik 405,
Tapco Crossover
QSC PLX 2402
8U rig:
Rane PE17
Rane DC24 (backup: Symetrix 525)
DBX 3 way Crossover
QSC PLX 2402
auxilliary large power amp rig:
DBX Driverack
2 X Carver PM300
QSC PLX 2402
EUB rack:
Rane AP13
carver PM300
Two - Ovid Custom 3 way, 1 X 12 (kappalite 3012LF), 1 X 6 (alphalite), audax tweeter PR125T - crossover points 500hz, 3500hz. I have been using these since 2006 and have made a couple of shelf port changes and baffle and driver changes. The current version is a new box build assisted by a work colleague who CNC'ed the panels for me. Started with Deltalites, then Deltalite IIs, now Kappalites. Mid range - Alpha lite. Tweeters were Foster, then Peerless, now audax.
Ovid Custom 3 way, 1 X 15 (kappalite), 1 X 8, peerless tweeter, switchable for passive crossover or direct driver feed from Drive racked system
Ovid custom 1 X 15 bass cab (bottom box) & (top box) 4 X 5 Galaxy neolites in vertical line array
Pedalboard:
always used: EB Vol pedal, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner, my own 2 Loop switcher, Sony DWZ wireless
Boss EQ-20
Countryman Type 85 DI
A design REDDI
All my cables are Swiss Gotham cables with Neutrik ends, Ovid custom made.
- Favorite Genres:
- prefer jazz, but will play anything from African styles to US redneck Country
- Gigs and Ensembles:
- I recorded a lot of TV, film , albums, did bands etc., but I now only play occasionally with various live bands
- Previously Owned Gear:
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All lefty:
Alembic Epic
Rick 4001CS
Ibanez MC924
G&L L2500
Conklin Groove Tools Lefty 7 String with Bartolini preamp and Pickups
Commercial amplification I used to own:
Acoustic Image Clarus
Read Purity Preamp
Trace Elliot V Type Preamp
Groove Tubes Studio Preamp
Symetrix 501
Nady 5 Band Parametric
SWR Goliath II, III
GKMBX 112 - pair
Loads of Outboard gear:
ART, Sony, TC Electronics, X2 wireless
- G.A.S. List:
- A left handed wireless keyboard midi controller , so I can play left hand keyboard
- Influences and Teachers:
- Chick Corea's Left hand, Stevie Wonder's Left hand, Paul Macca's flatwound tone. Various studio bassists who played on pop, film, jazz and muzak.
- Hobbies and Interests:
- good food
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Signature
co-opted into:
Lefty Union, serial no: 111
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