Steve Flacy

About

I am a bassist with many years of stage and studio experience. Thankful for the amazing musicians with whom I have worked, I consider myself a somewhat-above-average player blessed by circumstance. That is me thumping bottom on all the above music samples. Hope you enjoy'em.

Photos to the left are recent. Am fortunate to look young for my age (got carded until I was 33). Always exercising both body and mind. Have been playing rock and roll since 1964. Got to open for The Bob Seger System (with band The Nightcrawlers) and The Allman Brothers Band (with band Sweetheart). Got to meet Greg Allman and bassist Berry Oakley (two months before his accident). Met Steven Tyler, who liked Sweetheart so much he quite generously funded getting us into Columbia Studios. Nice guy. Our guitarist in Sweetheart was the amazing Adrian Belew, who went on to play with Zappa, Bowie, King Crimson, and more. After a break from Sweetheart I decided to pursue an information technology career. It was only about ten years ago that I came back to my first love, thumping the bottom end. So, I got my tiny hiney back on stage. What a hoot. I'm rocking with a great little band called Fat Cat Daddy (www.fatcatdaddy.net).

Bandmix limits us to three music genres but, in addition to Alternative/Modern Rock, R&B and Classic Rock, I have enjoyed playing some southern rock, a tad bit of country, funk, blues and even some light jazz.

Always open to making noise with good players, if you are such and are so inclined, give me a holler. It is both fun and stimulating to support new musical ideas. And, for me, playing a get-down-and-get-back-up-if-you-can funky riff is not quite as nice as being with my gorgeous better half ... but it is darn close.

Steve Flacy
steveflacy@gmail.com
Cell: (864) 279-1518

Influences

Paul McCartney (Writes the most elegant bass parts.)
James Jamerson (Mr. Jamerson was Motown.)
Chuck Rainey (Listen to "Kid Charlemagne" for some of the best bass work ever.)
Victor Wooten (Both an incredible player and a super nice guy!)
Tom Hamilton (Missed a backstage chance to speak with this fellow. Thanks again, Steven.)
Nathan Watts (Wish I could play like Nathan ... amazing ghost notes.)
… and many others.

Equipment List

Basses:

Pedulla Rapture RB 5
American Deluxe Fender Jazz Bass V
Korean Fender Jazz Bass 24 V
Mexican Fender Deluxe Active Jazz V with Bassline pickups
ESP LTD B-206SM 6-string bass
American Fender 4-string Jazz
Squier 5-string Jazz
Schecter Stiletto Custom-5

Rig:

Various configurations of amps and cabs allow me to support anything from an intimate acoustic session to “mega” watts of serious outdoor thump.

Furman Model M-8 Power Conditioner
BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer – Realigns phase discrepancies across frequencies
BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer - Similar to 482i sans phono out
Two Markbass Little Mark II (500 watt heads)
Gallien-Krueger MB200 (200 watt head)
Behringer Europower EPX2000 (1200 watts x 2 channels)
Two Berhinger Europower EP2500's (1200 watts x 2 channels)
Ampeg 4 Ohm SVT-15E cabinet (converted from 8 Ohm)
Ampeg 4 Ohm SVT-410HLF Half Stack cabinet
Ampeg 8 Ohm SVT-210 HE
Avatar 2-10” 8 Ohm cab
Avatar 1-12” 8 Ohm cab
Avatar 1-12” 4 Ohm cab
Two TECH 21 SansAmp RBI Preamps (to feed Behringer power amps)
Radial Big Shot ABY (to split pedal board signal to up to three amps)

Pedals:

X2 Digital Wireless, G50 Digital Wireless for bigger gigs
Korg Pitchblack Tuner – A fast true bypass tuner, Boss TU-2 for backup
MXR Bass Auto Q – A nice auto wah pedal
Tech 21 VT Bass – Recreates that SVT growl
Aphex Bass Xciter – Aurally excites upper and lower harmonics
E.W.S Bass Mid Control – Selectable midrange parametric EQ
ISP Decimator Noise Reduction - Great for eliminating line noise, if any
Radial JDI Passive Direct Box - To connect to PA / studio board before amp(s)