ABOUT

I like and can play most music, as usually happens, we gravitate to the songs we love. I have been playing bass and guitar since childhood, heavy country and traditional influences early on, then rock, blues, covers, acoustic/ folk, tried them all. Love 'em all.

Decided one day to learn every song I ever liked and so I'm never at a loss of new and interesting material to learn. Bass, Rhythm and Lead Guitar. Piano for past 12 years, still learning everyday!

Music is my life. Practice 2-3 times a week. Love to gig. Get paid weakly. Have road worthy high end playing gear. Band support gear which includes lighting (Chauvet) and Bose PA systems.

Presently, 5 years now, I'm a bass player in The Elwoods, a local Milford, CT band. We do charity events, fundraisers, memorials, weddings, pizza joints, boat clubs, tons of fun, good times, worthy causes and events of every type. Classic Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Hippie songs, Grateful Dead.....no limit, we love playing the B-side songs too!

New for 2023!! The Atomic Unknown by Mental Elvis is going strong! We are working on Video Podcasting and will let you know how this project turns out. Very Exciting!

"The Griffin Gang". Won't be making any appearances soon, we will keep some videos on the Bandmix site, since there are many acoustic videos linked to this site, I would like to credit my family, Eric, Greta, Dino, Jack and Rebecca

We all played a yearly gig at Smugglers Notch along with "Gentle Elvis" where I play acoustic guitar with "Dino" on harmonica. This is truly an "all family band" I am blessed to have such a talented and wonderful family, who play and sing together.

Karl

Screen name:
karl1253387
Member since:
Dec 28 2017
Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
55
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
2-3 times per week
Available to gig:
2-3 nights a week

Influences

All Music and all the fellow musicians I know and meet.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:
Expert
Bass Guitar:
Expert
Lead Guitar:
Advanced
Piano:
Advanced
Ukulele:
Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Fender Jazz Bass
Carvin AE185 acoustic /electric
Agile 3100 electric guitar
Takamine EAN10C acoustic electric
Lanikai Ukulele (acoustic/electric)
Yamaha CP4 Stage piano
Behringer Pro-800 Synthesizer Module
1980 Fender Deluxe Reverb
Marshall Class 5 amp
Prime 40RC amp
Carvin BX500 bass amp
GK NEO 4X10 bass cabinet
Cervin-Vega 18" Earthquake 36D
Fender Rumble 100 bass amp
Fender Rumble 500 bass amp
(1) Bose L1 M1 with 2 sub woofers.
(2) Bose S1portable PA
Mackie Pro FX12 mixer
SM57, SM58A beta and SM58A beta digital wireless, (2) Sennheiser e609 microphones, stands and cables.
Chauvet 2-Swarm FX multifunction lights/lasers
Chauvet 2- Kinta FX derby/laser lights
Chauvet 2- Color Strip Mini wash lights
Chauvet DMX "dongle" for Computer interface.
2- Adkins 10' trussing systems
All wiring and software for Chauvet DMX system

MUSIC