modalsum

SEEKING

Band to Join, Bass Guitar, Upright bass.

ABOUT

bassist with around 13+ years experience playing traditional backing bass styles, front lead bass, rhythm + lead bass - across a variety of styles blending psychedelic, trash, funk, punk, progressive and hard rock. i'm proficient in finger style, thumping, plucking, flamenco strumming, pizz and arco upright bass.

i'm very comfortable salt and peppering - or going full off the cliff - with effects and take tone quality very seriously.

Screen name:: modalsum
Member since:: Oct 02 2020; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years playing music:: 14
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

primus, king crimson, meat beat manifesto, bill laswell, king gizzard, jethro tull, adrian belew, peter gabriel, talking heads, amon tobin, aphex twin, melvins, tom waits, the shadows, nirvana, rodrigo y gabriela, megadeth, slayer, testament, chopin, mouse on mars, morphine, the meters, fu manchu, butthole surfers, fatboy slim, faith no more, mr bungle, django reinhardt, critters buggin

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:: Expert
Upright bass:: Expert
Acoustic Guitar:: Moderate
Rhythm Guitar:: Moderate

EQUIPMENT

custom 4-string homebuild with nordstrand p-bass pickups + ebony fretboard + bubinga body, custom 4-string homebuild with nordstrand p-bass pickups + richlite fretboard and alder body, ns designs nxt4 electric upright bass, ampeg svp-pro, dbx 1066 compressor, crown xls2502 power amp, 2x mesa 112 cabinets, korg ax30b effects processor, line 6 dl4, mxr 10-band eq, tc electronics ditto, darkglass microtubes overdrive, guyatone chorus