PiquetBass

Played Bass in a gigging band at the pubs and clubs around Leicester and Northants (UK) in the late '80s and early '90s doing our own numbers - rock and metal mainly, with a couple of covers thrown in.
Brief hiatus when the kids were small and growing rapidly.
Did a few benefit / money-raising gigs for the local scout-group and cricket club mainly around rock and pop in the last 10 years. Very casual gigs with musical friends, but few and far between.
I have just left a local Grunge tribute band covering Nirvana (of course), Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and the like.

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Location
Northamptonshire, UK
Gender
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Occupation
Engineer and part-time Bass-player
Current Setup
Aria Pro II XRB bass (from about 1988)
Fender Player P-bass MIM (2023)
Fender Rumble 500c
Ashdown Studio 8 (for home practice)
Pedals:
- DOD flanger
- Boss tuner
- Dunlop cry-baby wah
- Boss Waza-craft delay
- Aria stereo chorus
- TC Electronics SpectraDrive preamp / compressor / DI
Favorite Genres
Rock (70s, 80s, 90s), Metal, Grunge, Punk, a little Thrash, a reasonable amount of Pop, and a smattering of Ska for good measure... and McFly (because why wouldn't you?).
Gigs and Ensembles
Dark Grin (grunge tribute)
Previously Owned Gear
Marshall Super-Bass head
Sound City 4 x 12 cabinet
G.A.S. List
Fender J Bass.
Fender P Bass (now got one, so technically could cross this off the list).
One of Steve Harris's basses - especially his blue sparkle Fender.
Another old Aria Pro II XRB with passive pick-ups. Preferably a blue one this time, but black would do. Or red.
A Squier PJ bass for gigging (so I don't have to worry about knocks and raucous crowds).
A nicely balanced Ibanez bass with passive pups for gigs (see above for reasoning).
Influences and Teachers
Steve Harris - Iron Maiden (the main reason I picked up the bass in the first place).
Mark King - Level 42.
Robert DeLeo - oh so smooooth!
Steve Kalorin - Woodfish. If you don't know them, look them up. You owe it to yourself.
Lemmy. Because.
Billy Gould.
Duff McKagan.

Mark at Talking Bass.... a great teaching resource.
Hobbies and Interests
Cycling and fishing, and a bucket-load of home DIY.

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Aria Pro II XRB bass; Fender MiM P-bass; Fender Rumble500c; Ashdown Studio 8
Official Fender Player Series Bass Club #72
Rumble Club #1525
Combo Club #321

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