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RonVB

About Me

My name is Ron, and this is just a little bit about my bass and me!
I play bass for ASKHER in her new band called STOP N' ASKHER .
I used to jam with a band called SECOND HAND LIGHT , all the mp3's on their myspace page is with me on bass.
I am now in my late 30's, have a beautiful family and still get to make some music in my spare time. I love it...
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One of my dreams in life has always been to be a studio musician, so if you like what you hear then send me a message through myspace or e-mail me at [ [email protected] ].
The gear I use....
-I use a Godin BG-5 bass (5-string, active electronics)
-Gallien-Krueger MB150S series III combo amp with the GK 112MBX extension cabinet (it runs 2x12" speakers this way, and sounds friggin' awesome!)
-Zoom B2 effects unit. Great overdrive and fuzz sounds and a decent autowah... for the funk.... for the funk....
-All my recordings pretty much have been done with my Zoom H4 digital recorder
All of the MP3's on this page are all recorded live off the floor except for the solo bass tracks. I ran my bass straight-in to record those tracks.
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Member Since: 30/12/2006
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/rvb_is_me
Band Members: Just me!!!

Influences: Flea, Norwood, Cliff Burton, Geezer Butler, Les Claypool, Rage Against The Machine, System Of A Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer, Audioslave... I love the old school funk/R&B/soul bass players - those boys had style! James Jamerson, Louis Johnson.... And too many more to list.... wow!

Sounds Like: Myself god damn it!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

My New Daughter...

Born this evening at 7:05pm. She wieghed 8 Ibs, 2 Oz and is absolutely beautiful.... Right down to the finger-like toes that she got from me! :o)Megan (my wife), did it all naturally too.... no drugs ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:53:00 GMT

New baby.....

Well, my wife and I are still waiting for our baby to be born.  Every day I go to work and think I am gonna get a call telling me that my wife is  in labour.....  Oh man, this waiting i...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:13:00 GMT

5 strings or 4

The one thing I have heard people say (and I am not talking about myself in particlar here)....  "He's awesome!  He plays a 5 string!" Well...  I do play a 5 string Godin BG-5 Bass...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:13:00 GMT

I AM GONNA BE A DADDY!!!

I found out for sure a little over a week ago that I am gonna be a daddy!  I am so excited about this because this will be my first child.  My stepson Whom I love very much doesn't know he i...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:19:00 GMT

Death Metal and me...

Well, I went and jammed with an awesome group of guys on saturday afternoon who call their band 49 Floors of Misery.  They were excellent musicians and I was lovin' the heavy low tunings they wer...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:01:00 GMT

I bought a new acoustic bass!

I went onto ebay to check shit out... I had never really been into ebay and I wanted to see what all the hype was about.  So I sign up for a free user account, and try to set up my pay pal and th...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:53:00 GMT

Finger style vs. pick style....

For the good majority of my time playing bass I have used my fingers and I kind of looked down on those bass players who used picks.  I used to say to people, "I only use a pick if I have on...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:57:00 GMT

My Job and Music

I work full time in a factory that makes car transmission parts.  My place there is running and setting up CNC machines and doing some preventative maintenance for which I get paid pretty go...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:49:00 GMT

COR is in Trouble...

I have played in tw obands for several months now.  The one being a classic rock band (which is going very well), and the other a rock band called Control of Reason (COR for short from now o...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:46:00 GMT