B Chaffin + Musician in Stratford, ON

SEEKING

ABOUT

I have been playing bass and guitar off and on for 25 years, but have gotten back to it much more seriously lately. Years ago, I was in two different metal/hard rock bands, doing mostly covers(Black sabbath, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd,early Metallica, etc..). I was the rhythm guitarist in the first band and the bass player in the second band. I am looking for people to play with and possibly start or join a band. I was primarily a guitarist the last few years, but have switched mostly to bass, which is now my primary instrument, and my main interest, although I do still play some guitar as well. I have also recently began learning keyboard.

My main musical interests currently are blues, blues rock, classic country and progressive rock, although I still play metal on occasion. For personal reasons, I am trying to stay fairly close to the Stratford area.

Screen name:

B Chaffin

Member since:

Jan 31 2009

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

20

Gigs played:

10 to 50

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Influences

My primary guitar influences include Alex Lifeson, Tony Iommi, Dave Murray, and David Gilmour. Other influences are Eric Clapton, SRV, and Albert Collins.

I am also big on Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, Lobo, and Simon and Garfunkel. Stuff my mother raised me on.

For bass playing, I am a fan of Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, and Steve Harris. I also appreciate John Deacon, Jack Bruce, and John Paul Jones

I also love 50s and 60 rock and old school Country and Western music.

While I do have my influences, I am in no way married to them, and am quite open to playing almost anything with anyone. Just enjoying the music and getting along are, for me, important priorities in a band.

I am also a fairly accomplished guitar/bass tech, and do all my own set-ups and modifications, as well as spending time learning a great deal more about recording and mixing music.

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

Rhythm Guitar:

Intermediate

Acoustic Guitar:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

2008 Squier Stratocaster, upgraded, modified with 7 way switching and overwound pickups
2012 Squier "Nocaster"
2008 Jazz bass with custom Neodymium pickups
2000 Precision bass with TBX tone
Alcivar acoustic guitar

15w Fender Rumble bass amp
ART passive DI box.
7 band bass EQ pedal

Behringer GDI 21 Amp modeler/driver/DI
Modified Boss DS-1 distortion pedal
Boss PW-2 Power Driver pedal
Behringer UC200 stereo Ultra Chorus pedal
Digitech RP 50 effects processor

Optimus MD500 MIDI capable keyboard

Small studio set up with new 1.5 Ghz quad core PC, Behringer UCA202 digital audio interface and Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer. Main software is Audacity and PreSonus Studio One .

Main studio mics are a wide diaphragm Apex 435 condenser mic, Apex 460 tube condenser mic with adjustable polar pattern, and a Shure SV-100 general purpose dynamic. Also have a few other dynamic mics by Apex and Pyle Pro Audio.

Solid state two microphone preamp with basic EQ and reverb
1 adjustable mic stand.

MUSIC