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Ray Cuellarâ„¢

Upcoming show: TBA

About Me


Welcome! I'm a Bassist/Synthesist
heavily influenced and inspired by the likes of:
Matt Malley
(Mr.Dog, Counting Crows, The Auroras)
Charles Meeks (Chuck Mangione)
Geddy Lee, Pino Palladino, Patrick O’Hearn
And of course…
Lydia Holly (Oberheim Queen of "Mr. Dog")
Rupert Greenall (PPG Synth master of “The Fixx”)
But as of late...
Debbie Shair of Heart and MARIZANE
Over many years, I've been involved in countless Bay Area bands, but am probably best known as “the guy with the big hair” in the 80’s alternative rock band “Mystery Farmer”.
It was during this period that I began pursuing a growing interest in Synthesizers. My current collection contains some pretty fun pieces of vintage synthesizers. I've traveled to the U.K on more than one occasion (first as an attendee then as a guest speaker) specifically to meet with an elite group of Synthesizer designers, programmers and users.
LINKS:
PPGs a go-go in the valleys
PPG-UK Ltd. Reunion
PPG 2002

My Interests

Collecting Gear!!!
Here's a rundown of what's in the current collection:

Basses:
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Wal Mach II
(Geddy Lee model)

Fender Jazz
(Geddy Lee model)

Musicman Cutlass
(Stingray w/ a Modulas Graphite neck)

Musicman Saber

Custom Made
"Dan Ransom" body
w/a Fretless MOSES Graphite neck

Steinberger
(Fretless XL-2)

Steinberger
(CR Series Double Bass)

Concert Double Bass

Dean 5 string fretless

Dean Acoustic

Synthesizers:
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PPG Wave 2.3

PPG Wave 2.2

PPG WaveTerm B

PPG PRK-fd

Prophet 5 Rev1
(Serial # 0010 !!!)

Prophet VS

Oberheim OB8

Oberheim OB-Xa

Emulator III

Roland D550

Kurzweil 1000
(Professional Expander)

Kurzweil 1000
(String Expander)

GEM Real Piano

EMU Pro Performance Piano

Yamaha MU50

Moog Taurus Pedals

Moog Taurus II Pedals
(Guts replaced to serve as a MIDI controller)

I'd like to meet:

A good, solid, in the pocket drummer that lives in the South Bay Area. If you are one, or know of one, please contact me.

Music:

At this time...
I'm Completely
hooked on

Other stuff inludes:

The Beatles
The Bolshoi
China Crisis
Chuck Mangione
Clan of Xymox
Cocteau Twins
Esquivel
The Fixx
Hanz Zimmer
Heart
Journey
Keiko Matsui
Mr. Dog
Ozomatli
Patrick O'Hearn
Paul McCartney/Wings
Placebo
Rush
Stabilizers
Tangerine Dream
Thomas Dolby
"Produced by
Trevor Horn "
Wire

Movies:

Brookdale Lodge show 05/18/07

Television:

House

Six feet Under

Arrested Development

The Office
(The original U.K. version)

The Newsroom

My Blog

Saturday night happenings...

Saturday night turned out to be a pretty fun and exciting evening. Randy, who had won a couple of free tickets to the Cinequest Film festival, invited me along with him to see "Everyone Stares: The Po...
Posted by Ray Cuellar" on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:31:00 PST