A fan on Instagram tagged me in a photo of a Fender Precision bass I played with The Mars Volta which is currently on display at the Hard Rock Cafe here in Hollywood, California. It was cool to see, but I wanted to set the record straight with some specific details.
Read MoreA follow up from last weeks Throwback Thursday, the crew over at Earthquaker Devices uploaded the footage they shot of Nick's clinic during their annual Earthquaker day!
Read MoreThis past August, Nick and I headed out to Akron, Ohio, the home of EarthQuaker Devices, for their annual celebration of all things EarthQuaker! This years EarthQuaker day was an absolute blast. I got to see a lot of you Pedals And Effects fans, some fun music, and I even judged a competition! It wouldn't be an EarthQuaker event without the opportunity to do a clinic to show why I love them, and their work so much.
Read MoreBack in 2008 or 2009, having been on the road with the Mars Volta, we took a break from touring to work on a new record. During the break we managed to have some time at home for once. As a personal project, I had always wanted to make a “rehearsal” or “live in the studio” record on 24 track tape and release it for free. Opportunity knocked, and someone who owned a warehouse space in Frogtown (a part of Atwater Village in Los Angeles) was having an art showing. They wanted a band to play the showing, so they asked me if I could throw something together and I saw my chance to make a recording, as well as, do a fun gig in a cool space.
Read MoreThrowing it back to one of the very first Pedals And Effects posts ever! Can you believe Pedals And Effects is 5 years old already? Revisiting a video I took of a loop I put together during a soundcheck for the main man D (Deantoni Parks) to jam to.
Read MoreWe here at Pedals And Effects have the wonderful privilege, and opportunity to get hands on with some amazing equipment. Whether its Earthquaker Devices, Digitech, or pedals from smaller boutique companies, we do our best to really get in-depth with effects pedals before we even shoot a single second of film.
Read MoreToday’s Throwback Thursday is to a moment when I was younger that solidified my drive to become a bass player. I know that a lot of musicians of my era know who Stanley Clarke is. When I was coming up, he and Jaco Pastorius were legends but I had found Stanley first. I was so into Stanley because he was always winning best bassist awards, he was part of Return To Forever and he could play insanely fast. Perhaps unsurpassed to this day on electric bass. When I was young, I just wanted to burn like him.
Read MoreTwo years ago this week, the final episode of The Late Show With David Letterman aired. David was a staple of the late night talk show block, and he left a long lasting model and legacy for current talk show hosts. During the final week of his show, a lot of musicians I know posted photos of their performances on the The Late Show. One thing about the David Letterman show was that they were absolutely fearless in bringing on musical acts of all types from all over the world.
Read MoreThought I would do a Throwback Thursday post on a bass that I haven’t really covered here on Pedals And Effects. That bass being my first ever Fender bass.
Read MoreI have so many jazz records that are very personal to me, but one of my earliest favorites was with Frank Sinatra. Maybe it was because I was a youngster and it was easy to relate to his singing, maybe it was because my pops would always whistle these songs throughout the house but either way here is my jazz recommendation for today's Throwback Thursday.
Read MoreI believe anyone who has followed my career or Pedals And Effects, knows my main bass is my 1970/71 Fender Precision Fretless bass. It’s a stock fretless that has had some minor modifications done to it. I am obsessed with this bass’s tone, look and feel so much that I have always dreamed of owning an exact era specific P-bass but with it’s original stock fretted neck. This is my story of how that came about.
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