ABOUT
I’m a Lead Guitarist currently playing with Kotahi Groove. I'm seeing what else is out there atm.
Since playing my first live gig in a pub at age 14, I’ve played with numerous bands of different genres including hard rock, blues, top 40, funk, country, originals, tribute bands and even a short stint helping out a mate in a metal band.
I like to have some room to do my own thing which is a fantastic thing for a musician and contributes to creating something new, rather than imitating someone else. If I want to hear the original, I'll listen to a DJ play the CD.
- Screen name:
- markymark71
- Member since:
- Dec 05 2013
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 35
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 4-5 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
EQUIPMENT
I play Fender Stratocaster guitars modified with Seymour Duncan hot rails pickups. I run through either my Bogner Ecstasy 101B or Marshall JVM410 amps and then into a Marshall 1936 Vintage 2x12 closed back cab. (only because I’m sick of lugging quad boxes around!) I used to run big digital preamp rigs that could do just about anything, but I’ve gone all old school now with overdriven valve amps using only a bit of reverb and compression sometimes. Yeah, it’s a one trick pony but it’s a hell of a trick!