XsoGol

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Birthday

Dec 28, 1978 (Age: 47)

Location

Boston-ish, Massachusetts

Gender

Male

Current Setup

Main Basses:
- "Halima" (a.k.a. "Number One") - Birdsong CBass Corto Custom P - Mesquite body/Maple-Maple Necked - Fralin P/Widdershins Cauldron HB
- "Sedona Lee" - Modded 1985 Natural Meranti-bodied Peavey Foundation with Warmoth Medium Scale Goncalo Alves neck
- "Cosmic Turnaround" - Meanstreet/Lowe 2019 Warmoth P - Modded Holoflash Alder/Maple-Rosewood Medium Scale 3 Pickup Bass (Lowe Neck, Gemini Waverider Ric Neck, Lollar Thunderbird Middle, Fralin Split Coil Jazz Bridge)
- "SquireDhana" - Birdsong Sadhana Custom (Scott calls it the "Rickenbird") Maple body/Maple-Rosewood Necked (Rickenbacker tribute to Chris Squire)
- "Sakura" - Lowe Medium Scale neck/2019 Fender "Flea" Shell Pink Jazz with '62 Jazz controls
- "Dómur" - 1987 Peavey Fury (3TS) with Dark Indian Rosewood Warmoth Medium Scale neck and Lane Poor P and MM pickups

Main Rig:
- Arkham Sound Shadow Dual Channel Tube Preamp (Hiwatt DR103 and Zephyr)
- Quilter Bass Block 800 (Zephyr in front)
- Quilter Pro Block 200 (DR103 in front)
- FEARLESS F112 (Black & Moss Green)
- FEARLESS F212 (Black & Moss Green)

Secondary Basses:
- "Rudy K. Garz-o" - 1994 Peavey RSB Koa with custom Garz Guitars medium scale neck and upgraded electronics (keeping the Peavey VFL pickups)
- "Vampire Killer" - Birdsong Corto Custom - Walnut body/Maple-Rosewood Necked, with Avedissian pickup set
- "Mjolnir" - Birdsong Shortbass - Modded Lined Fretless Walnut/Maple-Rosewood Necked (HG Thor epoxied FBoard, angled Jazz Bass bridge Pup)

Practice Rig #1:
- Arkham Sound Oracle
- Quilter Overdrive 200
- EA Wizzy 112 (4 ohm)

Less Used Bass(es), But Still Fun/Awesome:
- "Port of Call" - Short-Scale (30.5") 2011 Gibson Thunderbird - Black with 2014 Seymour Duncan Custom Shop TBird pickups

Basses Still Being Modded:
- "Geddy P" - 2019 Fender/G&L Dual P - Modded Black Alder/Maple-Maple Medium Scale (Lowe Neck, 2 G&L MFD P Pickups)
- "Stormbringer" - 1992 Peavey Fury stripped of paint (will be matte black), black pickguard with Padouk/Ebony Warmoth Medium Scale neck and two G&L MFD humbuckers, G&L passive controls
- "King Midas" - 1993 Peavey Fury (Aztec Gold), Brushed Gold pickguard, Maple/Wenge Warmoth Medium Scale Neck, Neo pickups TBD
- "T44" - 1978 Peavey T-40 with new finish, pickguard, Canary Wood/Maple Warmoth Medium Scale Neck
- "Kallan" - 1986 Peavey Patriot (natural Meranti) with Roasted Maple/Roasted Maple Warmoth Medium Scale Neck (Mahogany Headstock veneer), Aged Pearl Pickguard, SFs in the Ric Neck Positions, EMG GZR P in P Position.
- "Yog-Sothoth" - 1989 Dyna-bass (custom "doomy" paint job) with Wenge/Ebony Warmoth Medium Scale Neck, SF in Ric Neck Position, T40 blade humbucker in Ric Bridge position, and SF in the Foundation Bridge Position
- "TBD" - 1984 Peavey Patriot (natural Hackberry) with Rosewood/Maple Warmoth Medium Scale Neck, Novak T-Bird pickup in the T-Bird neck position, 916 HC SF pickup in the Foundation bridge position
- "TBD" - 1982 Aria Pro II CSB-380

Basses Not Used Much:
- "Purple Haze" - Short-Scale (30.5") Landing L3 Custom - Mary Kay White Swamp Ash/Wenge-Ebony Necked (Aero Pickups - 51' P Neck, Reversed Split Coil P Middle, 70s Jazz Bridge) (gave this to my daughter)
- "R'lyeh" - ACG Krell 4 Custom - Green-hued Black Walnut/Quilt Maple/ART Maple Blocked/5 piece Wenge/Black Limba Necked Headless Medium-Scale (31.5" scale)

Practice Rig #2:
- Mesa D-180 200W Tube Head
- Bergantino HT112
- Bergantino EX112

Practice Rig #3:
- Acoustic B10 Combo
- Zoom B3N Multi-Effects Bass Processor

Main Pedals/Effects/DIs:
- Saturnworks Bass Buffered Splitter
- Korg Pitch Black Tuner
- Morley M2 Cliff Burton Power Fuzz Wah
- MXR Sugar Drive
- Magic Pedals Witchfinder Fuzz (Boss FZ-2 on crack)
- Fuzzlord MF-4 Fuzz
- Does It Doom Hypercoven (Analog Octave Up)
- RCO Grizzled Grime (Dunwich Amplification Olde Dirty Bass Clone)

Other Pedals/Effects/DIs:
- Dunlop MXR KFK-1 Kerry King 10-Band EQ
- Sadowsky Outboard Bass Preamp/D.I.
- Butterfly Effect Pedals u-Tron III
- Dunlop GZR Geezer Butler Wah
- Blackout Effectors Musket Fuzz
- Dunwich Amplification Cthulu Fuzz (Fuzzface on Crack)
- Dunwich Amplification Volt Thrower Overdrive (Rat on Steroids)
- RCO Hathor (Black Arts Pharaoh Supreme Fuzz Clone)
- RCO Widogast (Dunwich Amplification Wizard Fuzz Clone)
- Does It Doom Walpurgis (Laney Supergroup + Rangemaster)
- Does It Doom Elder God (High Gain Fuzz Face/Low Pass Green Muff)
- Does It Doom Sabbathi (Boss FZ-2 HyperFuzz Mode 2)
- Does It Doom Aghartha (Sunn Model T + Rat)
- Does It Doom Doomcaster (Mosfet Clean Boost)
- DemonFX Alpha Omicron
- Mu-Tron Octavider+ Octave-Fuzz
- Butterfly Effect Pedals Custard Cream Harmonic Generator/Intermodulator
- Butterfly Effect Pedals Phaser II
- Maxon FL-9 Flanger
- Aguilar Chorusaurus
- Haunted Labs Dark Aura Modulated Reverb
- MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay
- DigiTech Ventura Vibe Rotary / Vibrato
- Mojo Hand FX Bayou Tremolo
- Keeley Bassist Limiting Amplifier/Compressor
- Countryman Type 85 D.I. Box

Occupation

Tech Company Owner

Favorite Genres

Metal (Doom/Sludge/Desert/Space, Thrash, Death and Progressive especially), Progressive Rock, Psychadelia, Alt Rock, Reggae, Blues, Tribal, Electronica

Gigs and Ensembles

N/A at the moment.

Previously Owned Gear

- 1996 Peavey Fury (white body, white pickguard, maple on maple neck) - I tore it apart and modded it like a moron/n00b and it was a bass that I now sorely miss.
- "Julia Lee" [2005 Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass (modded with a graphite neck, Telebass single coil neck pickup, stock Fender vintage reissue single coil bridge pickup, parallel/series switch, b/w/b pg, chrome knobs, straplocks, ultralites with d-tuner, and a bone nut)]
- Ibanez SR506 (great bass...I miss it!)
- Frankenfender P-Bass (Maple/Maple J Neck, 3TS Body)
- SX 3TS Short-Scale Jaguar Fretless (with Lindy Fralin J-pickups)
- Brice HXB-405 5-string Short Scale (Bubinga finish)
- Gallien Krueger 400RB-I
- Gallien Krueger 800RB
- Carvin BRX112 (B800 12" Combo)
- Fender Bassman 25 combo
- Bergantino HT210 (4 ohm)
- Ampeg SVT210HE
- Aguilar GS112
- Tech21 Leeds
- Ibanez Turbo Screamer
- ProCo Rat II
- MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe v.2
- Tech21 VT Bass
- Exar Electronics Moby Dick Chorus
- Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus (18v)
- Steve Vai Bad Horsie Wah I
- Ibanez PD-7 Phat Hed
- TC Electronics Vortex Mini Flanger
- BBE Opto Stomp
- ART Tube MP Studio V3
- Danelectro Cool Cat Dan-Echo
- Donner Morpher
- Devi Ever Soda Meiser Fuzz
- Way Huge Swollen Pickle Fuzz
- Tech21 Sansamp BDDI
- Black Pearl Distortion
- OLP Circuits Dr. Watt
- Wampler Euphoria
- Dunlop MXR M108S 10-Band EQ
- JDM Pedals "Blue Dream" Overdrive (ST-9 Based)
- Aguilar Octamizer
- MXR M117R Flanger
- Keeley GC-2 Limiting Amplifier/Compressor
- TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
- Kinnatone-Modded Guyatone TZ2 The Fuzz
- Master Effects BioHAZard Preamp (Outboard HAZ preamp)
- Ernie Ball VPJr

Not Used:
- Trace Elliot V-Type Tube Pre-Amp
- Quilter Tone Block 200
- Bergantino NV610
- Broughton Audio Crossover VT Custom
- Does It Doom Giza (Matamp GT120 + DOD 250 + Boss DS-1)
- Does It Doom Doomsaw (Boss HM-2 Dimed)

G.A.S. List

- If they ever make them...a 32" Scale Klos Apollo Pro with Fishman Fluence pickups
- Custom 32" scale Fodera or Alembic (Spoiler)
- A great tube amp such as:
--> Sadowsky Tube Amp
--> Laney Supergroup
--> Sunn Model T
--> Trace Elliot V8

Influences and Teachers

My teacher Paul Doolittle (he's THE MAN), my friend Mike D. for introducing me to Maiden and Rush (which got me started on bass), my uncle Tom the rock star!

Online teachers with great content: Dan Hawkins, Jered Johnson, Josh Fossgreen, Scott Devine, Steve Reis, Andriy Vasylenko

Here Are My Main Bass/Musical Heroes (who have most influenced my playing):
- J.S. Bach (R.I.P.)
- Cliff Burton (R.I.P.)
- Brian May
- Terrence "Geezer" Butler
- Martin Turner
- Jeff Matz
- Steve DiGiorgio
- John Glascock (R.I.P)
- Dave Hope
- Peter Steele (R.I.P.)
- John Wetton (R.I.P.)
- Chris Squire (R.I.P.)
- Geddy Lee
- Bobby Vega
- Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P.)
- Jimi Hendrix (R.I.P.)

Others I Love And Have Influenced Me:
- Steve Harris
- Dave Ellefson
- Tim Bagshaw
- John Deacon
- Marcus Miller
- James Jamerson (R.I.P.)
- Tom Scholz
- Brian Aubert
- Mike Mushok
- Al Cisneros
- Stuart Zender
- Robert DeLeo
- Justin Chancellor
- John Paul Jones
- Glenn Cornick (R.I.P.)
- Dave Pegg
- Jason Newsted
- Timi Hansen (R.I.P.)
- Bob Daisley
- Klaus Flouride
- Sting
- Martin Mendez
- Mike Inez
- Joseph Ghast
- Brad Bellamy
- Jack Donovan
- Mika Häkki
- Chris Fielding
- Paul D'Amour
- Greg Kriesel
- Glenn Hughes
- Roger Glover
- Steve Swallow
- Dean Bernardini
- Martyn Millard
- Troy Sanders
- Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault
- Henri "Henkka T. Blacksmith" Seppälä
- Robert Trujillo
- John Ivar Steinsland (aka "Johnsen/Uncle J")
- Marco Coti Zelati
- Dean Millar
- Juan Alderete
- Tim Commerford
- Tony Choy
- Stephan Fimmers
- Stevie Wonder
- Phil Upchurch
- Rudy Sarzo
- Nick Harmer
- Alan Spenner (R.I.P.)
- Carl Radle (R.I.P.)
- Aston Barrett
- Ronald McQueen
- Robbie Shakespeare
- Benjy Myaz
- Tommy Shannon
- Jack Bruce (R.I.P.)
- George Porter Jr.
- Colin Kimberly
- Verdine White
- Roscoe Beck
- Johnny B. Gayden
- Willie Dixon (R.I.P.)
- Willie Weeks
- Tony Levin
- Phil Upchurch
- Paul McCartney
- John Entwistle (R.I.P.)
- Victor Wooten
- Jaco Pastorius (R.I.P.)
- Roger Patterson (R.I.P.)
- Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Bernard Edwards (R.I.P.)
- John Taylor
- Billy Sheehan
- Jeffrey Walker
- Flea
- Abbath Doom Occulta
- Bill Ward
- John Bonham (R.I.P.)
- Ginger Baker (R.I.P.)
- John Giblin
- Stevie Ray Vaughn (R.I.P.)
- Eric Clapton

Hobbies and Interests

Being creative with my kids, ballroom dancing, cooking, travelling and meeting people, watching football and hockey.

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