Sean Van Holder

memberInfo Name: Sean Van Holder Contact: Available to Members Focus: Rock/Pop Location: MECHELEN, Belgium • 4 Lessons • 1 MP3 • 12224 Messages • 127 Resources • 184 Reviews Welcome to all adepts of the 4&5 stringed bass! (6-stringed basses are guitars on anabolic steroids!) Hi, I'm Sean from Belgium to be more precise from Flanders, the Western Dutch-speaking part) I live in Mechelen (province of Antwerp, born the 27th of March in the year 1958. As you can see I'm on the RAM-page!) I'm the lefthanded bassplayer of UNIT, a rock/pop coverband. Impression of one of our last gigs... Looking for the right tone on a lefty bass, isn't easy at all! My gear: Since a few days...I use a MARKBASS CMD102P combo, the one with the Little Mark amp and the 2x10 yellow coned neodymium speakers in combination with a Markbass 4x10 cabinet. I have expanded my rig with a Line6 Bass Floor Pod and it's a great toy to play with... My basses: My main bass is a KEN SMITH DESIGN Proto-J 705 natural lefty bass. I couldn't help buying a genuine HÖFNER CS-500 lefty violin bass as well. It plays like a dream, astonishing warm and deep sound coming out of a rather small instrument. Recently I bought a TOKAI FG4003 Rockinbetter Fireglo bass Ideal for playing pre-5-string songs! And here are my FabFour! I'm using a genuine GL strap: Great custom made stuff...elegant, solid and real Italian leather, straplocks standard included! My guitar(s) (well, I have to show the guitarists in the band how my songs go...): I've traded the IBANEZ V-300L lefty acoustic guitar and a lefty HOHNER T-57 professional Strat copy for a semi-acoustic RICHWOOD SD-18CL, more space on the wall of my musicroom!... You can visit my bass-website at My Bass Collection

My absolute favourites: Sir Paul McCartney (being my lefthanded rock'n'role model, off course... John Paul Jones, Chris Squire, Flea, Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears), Colin Moulding (XTC) and many others... If you're a lefty, handy things can be found at this site! REMEMBER TO... Oh, by the way, I LOVE TONS OF PUNS!

Musical Influences • Mozart / Bach / Beatles / Redbone / The Doobie Brothers / RHCP / • Yes / Led Zeppelin / U2 / XTC / Capercaillie (I love Scotland and I have a License to Kilt!)) • Stackridge/The Police/Coldplay/Kaiser Chiefs

Favorite Recordings • ALL REDBONE - CAPERCAILLIE : "From Dusk till Dawn" - YES: "Fragile" - ALL BEATLES • ALL HEATHER NOVA - ALL STACKRIDGE - ALL CHICAGO • DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH: "5th Symphony" - ALL MOZART

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