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Jason Curtis Newsted
Bass guitar
March 4, 1963
Battle Creek, Michigan


Blue
Brown-red
1.75 m
86.04 kg

Divorced...and does not have any future plans of getting married again.

About Jason

Hobbies:

Mountain biking and� creating music which is convenient, because that's his job too.

Sports:

Basketball and he follows the Phoenix Suns, the Chicago Bulls on the NBA, and the Detroit Lions and the Raiders in the NFL.

Influences:

Gene Simmons of KISS, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, and Geddy Lee of Rush.

Previous_bands:

Jason played bass and vocals in Diamond, his first band in 1977. Next up was Jason's 1980 band, Gangster which, again, had Jason on Bass & Vocals. Then came Dogz...which morphed into Flotsam and Jetsam in 1984. Jason played bass and wrote most of the material. Flotsam (with Jason in tow) appeared on the 7th installment of Metal Blade's Metal Massacre compilation albums and appears on the Doomsday for the Deceiver album available on Metal Blade.

Previous_jobs:

Jason's been a truck-driver, a pizza maker and has worked at a Sandwich Shop.

Favorite:

Vehicle: '94 Land Cruiser

Drink: Jason has a penchant for fine, thick red wines like Barolo or Bordeaux, also drinks Evain and MetRx shakes.

Equipment list

Sadowsky bass_buitars:

4 Strings:
Lake Placid Blue Vintage -Alder body, Morado finger board
Black Vintage -Ash body
PJ -Cherry Sunburst
PJ -Caramel Sunburst
5 strings:
2- Vintage -Black
Vintage -Cherry Sunburst
2- 24 Fret -Black w/EMG-40J pick ups

Other_bass_guitars:

1958 Fender Prescision
1981 Spector NS 4-string
Zon fretless
1963 Gibson EB-3
Gibson EB-6 (six string)
1968 Fender Telecaster Paisley Bass
Chandler Metro Baritone
1933 National Dobro
Parker Fly guitar
Hagstrom 8 string
Music Man 4 and 5 String
Stuart Spector Designs 4 - 5 - 6 String
Hamer 8 and 12 String

Amplifiers

Mesa/Boogie 1x15 combo
Ampeg SVT cabinets
1974 Ampeg SVT head
Mesa/Boogie with SWR Heads
Gibson Skylark Guitar amp
Fender Folded Horn 1x18
Ampeg SVT III
Ampeg SVT Vintage
Ampeg SVT 8"x10" Cabinets
Ampeg ISO Vent 10"x15" Cabinets

Effects & Other

Boss Flanger
MXR Phase 100
Mu-Tron
Korg G-5 Bass Synth Processor
Electro Harmonix Big Muff
Alesis Mediverb II
BBE Sonic Masimizer
Morley Power Wah Boost

Famous quotes

"Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums."

"I thought I'd do something nice for the band...I'll hang myself."