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Mark Stoddard

About Me

I am a guitarist of 28 years who has performed in more than 15 bands, most of them cover bands. My small claim to fame as a musician was being voted the best guitarist at an All-Army battle of the bands in 1995 and playing the Whiskey in L.A. in 1988. I also played the National Anthem to a crowd of about 8,000 in 1997 at the Ft. Bragg fairgrounds. I currently perform at 1-2 blues jams weekly and occasionaly I get paid to do so.

RIG:

I currently play through a Egnater Mod50 with matching 2x12 cab. Guitars include a Stevenson Pop Classic, a Tom Anderson Cobra S, a Modified 2001 AM Fender Stratocaster, and a Taylor 714CE. Effects include; Clyde Deluxe Wah, MP Deep Blue Delay, Xotic RC Booster, Xotic BB preamp, Arion Sch-Z Chorus Mod, and a Sweet Sound Mojo Vibe.

MUSIC:

Listen to a clips of me recently at a local blues Jam: Voodoo ChileWatchtower The following is the best recording I have done to date a song I wrote in '93 and this version was recorded in '95 the band was "The Groove" with lead singer Erica Reddick and we played in SLC,UT: Fade to Blue

ARMY CAREER:

I am a career Army officer stationed at Ft.Bragg, NC and I served in Afghanistan in 2004 as Logistics Officer and Detachment Commander with a Special Forces Battalion. I currently work in the Simulations field of Army training supporting Special Forces. I served most of my 23-year career thus far in airborne units and I have made more than 150 static line and 15 free-fall jumps from 14 different aircraft to include two Russian airplanes, and I have been certified as a Test Paratrooper and I still am on jump status.

BUSINESS:

I own and operate Lava Cable - a high-end custom cable shop that makes custom guitar, instrument, microphone and speaker cable assemblies using 16 brands of and 31 types of cable from: van den Hul, Vovox, Tara Labs, Kimber Kable, Zaolla, Cardas Audio, Evidence Audio, Lava Cable, Sommer, Klotz, Van Damme, Canare, Mogami, George L's, Gepco and Gotham Audio.

Each of these cables are made to order and come with a lifetime warranty.

You can visit the website at: Lava CableHave questions about cables?I have 80% of the world's guitar/instrument cable designs in my shop. Email me at: [email protected]

Or call: 910-797-7214

My Interests

My wife, kids, Guitars, Computers, skydiving and making high-end guitar, instrument, speaker and microphone cable. You can check it all out at: Lava Cable

I'd like to meet:

Joe Satriani, Eric Clapton, and Steve Vai

Music:

I love Rock, Progressive Rock, Funk and Blues.

Books:

Platoon Leader

Heroes:

My Dad and my wife