About Me
Markus Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972 in Ridgecrest, California) is an American musician, producer, and was one of the founding members of the pop-punk band Blink-182 and the pop-punk/alternative band +44. He plays bass guitar and provides vocals. As of late, Mark Hoppus has produced albums for groups like Idiot Pilot, Simple Plan, New Found Glory and Motion City Soundtrack.Mark married Skye Everly in 2000 after meeting on the set of blink-182's "All the Small Things" video shoot. Two years later, Skye gave birth to their son, Jack Hoppus on August 5, 2002. The three currently reside in Los Angeles, California. In the Summer issue of Baby Couture Magazine, Mark Hoppus was voted second place in The 50 Hautest Dads 2007.Hoppus has been seen sporting his signature Fender Precision Bass in a variety of different colors since the days of Blink-182. Though considered to be a Precision Bass, Mark's signature consists of a Jazz Bass body with a Precision Bass neck and pickup. Recently, Mark's signature underwent a slight modification. The bodies are now made of Ash instead of Alder, making the bass lighter. The pickup locations were switched from their usual positions. The pickup that was placed under the E and A strings was also placed under the D and G strings and moved above the original position, placed higher than the pickup under the E and A strings, giving the D and G bass strings a warmer, thicker bass sound. The pickups Hoppus uses are Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound pickups, the same as is on the Fender Precision Bass. The current colors of his +44 touring basses include Olympic White, Sunburst and See-Through Blond all coupled with a tortoise shell pickguard. Besides his signature basses, Mark was seen using one other bass guitar live on stage: the 6 stringed Fender Bass VI, most notably for the song "I Miss You". Prior to the use of Fender Basses, Mark heavily used Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray basses in various colors during the early days of Blink 182 up until the early Enema of the State period.For live sound, Mark plugs his basses into 3 Ampeg SVT Classic bass heads running into 2 Ampeg 8x10 SVT bass cabs. Prior to the use of the all-tube SVT Classic heads, Mark used 2 Ampeg SVT-4 Pro heads which only feature a tube preamp.
