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| Smokin' Herb's Jimi Pocius |
Jimi Pocius (Phat J )
Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitars,Guitar Synthesizers
Deets: A former host of the renowned Blues Jam at Burke's Tavern in Niantic, CT and a classically trained uprite bassist, the Phatman has over 30 years experience playing RocknRoll and Blues and has performed with Mark Easton and (Hartford Advocate Best Blues Band Poll Winners)Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze, worked with former James Cotton Band drummer/bandleader Kenny Johnson, supported acts like Blues Brother Matt "Guitar" Murphy and James Montgomery, and played with many "East of the River" bands including AVATAR, Pink Salami Grinder, Blue Noise, the JimJamms and many others.It's said that Jimi redefines the term "heavy guitar".Check out my fast URL @ MP3.com:http://www.mp3.com/jimi_pocius
Guitars: Fender Fat Strat w/Roland GK-2a synth p.u.
&TBX; 1966 Gibson Firebird (heavily modified) w/ Roland GK-2
synth p.u.; '89 Gibson SG-90 w/ Roland GK-2a synth p.u.; Fender
"Squire II" fat strat, HEAVILY modified ; Jay Turser Telecaster copy; Jay Turser 134dc (one
INCREDIBLE guitar for the money).
Synths: Roland GR-1, Roland GR-09 .
Effects: Dirty Bad Puke Wah (my home - brew custom
mod to the Crybaby wah pedal) Dirty Bad Super Muff Fuzz (my mod
to the Sovtek Big Muff Pi),
Tube Guru modded Boss Super Overdrive (SD-1), Boss GT-3 (w/
home - brew controller pedals) , Market Electronics Echoplex,
original NYC Electro - Harmonix Memory Man analog delay, Dan Electro Rocky Road Rotary Speaker
Simulator, Dan Electro Hash Browns Flanger - one of the best I've used - home - brew Talk Box
Amplification:guitar;
Marshall 9001 Tube Guitar Preamp and footcontroller, Marshall 8080 stereo valvestate (mosfet) power amp (80 watts/per channel),two Tubeworks 2X12 vertical slant front cabs. The top 12's are in an open back enclosure, the bottom 2 12's are closed back. The guitar comes out of the 2 top ones. Amplification:synthesizers; Behringer 6 channel mini mixer, Boss SE-50 stereo effects processor, ADA MC-1 midi controller pedal, midi solutions midi merge, midi solutions 1 in - 4 out midi thru box, Boss FV300 stereo volume pedal, ADA Microtube 100 stereo power amplifier, 2 Tubeworks Slant front 2X12 cabs. The synths come out of the two bottom speakers(closed - back). Miscellaneous: Dirty Bad hyper - modded Blackface (early 80's) Fender Princeton Reverb (60 watts - used to be 12 watts) ( Celestion G12M100, phat boost, footswitchable overdrive & tremolo, reverb) (usually used live to drive the talkbox), Tube Guru "recycler" (also heavily modded) 50 watt all tube 2 channel with fx loop guitar head (Mike Bloomer builds some of the finest guitar and harp amps I've ever heard or played thru), 1966 Blackface Fender Bandmaster head, SilverFace 1972 Fender Quad Reverb (it was modded into a guitar head, I'm restoring her now), Peavey 2X12 guitar cabinet, Marshall 50 Split Channel Reverb 2x12 combo, assorted Hosa cables, Jim Dunlop #215 & 218 heavy wall glass slides, Jim Dunlop Big Stubby (3.0mm) Guitar Picks, assorted stompboxes, assorted homebrew switching and foot controllers.
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