BASSIST
I love to play bass! I’ve spent over two decades as a bass guitarist, performing, recording, and collaborating with artists across genres. My focus is always on serving the music—delivering tasteful, dynamic bass lines that elevate every track and performance.
Read more about what I offer below, in addition to bass lessons:
Remote or in-studio recording tailored to your project.
Whether you need bass recorded remotely or in the studio, I’ll deliver tracks tailored to your project.
From fat grooves to expressive melodies, you can expect top-class tones, efficient workflow and absolute professionalism. Drawing on my work as a producer, I can engineer and produce my own takes if helpful.
Session Work & Recording
Live Performance
Gigs, tours, and one-off events.
With years of experience on stages of all sizes, with bands of all styles, you can count on me to bring a solid, professional low end.
I'm comfortable reading notation and charts, and bring musicality and sensitivity to any style in any setting. I've toured extensively in the UK, Europe and North America and have gained the skills needed to adapt to the needs of each performance with confidence and precision.
Working together on your original music.
Collaborate with me to co-write or arrange bass parts that fit beautifully into your original compositions.
I am a keen listener and have a deep understanding of song dynamics. Always serving the song first, I’ll work with you to craft bass parts that complement and enhance your music.
Creative Collaboration
Gear & Equipment
As a life-long bass nerd, erstwhile music-shop-employee and full-time studio gremlin, I have, over the years, put together a delightful set of tools. I pride myself on being able to find the right tone for the job and always using the gear to serve the song. BASSES: MacIntyre 6-string jazz bass. Handmade in Leith, Scotland by the genius that is Chris McIntyre. A masterpiece in ash, maple, abalone and metal! With an John East Preamp & custom Sadowsky pickups, this gives more tone than anyone could wish for! Fender Precision Bass This is my main "studio" bass and is customised from a "Nate Mendel" signature. Strung with flats, for a classic, vintage tone. Seymour pickup, badass bridge and nitro finish. Fender USA Urge II This is the Stu Hamm signature, which has been fitted out with a custom East preamp, as well a an aluminium nut and other hardware appointments. It's a bit of a swiss army knife, covering both P and J tones convincingly, albeit with a little of its own character due to pickup placement. Strung with rounds and perfect for more modern sounds. Fretless Ibanez Roadstar P-bass This one is from the early 80s and has a beautiful clear fundamental. (A fretless P is an underrated thing!) Again, strung with flats and very useful in the studio! Fretless Ibanez 6-string For when I need a wildcard or want a physical challenge! AMPS & TONES: In the studio, I have a very versatile set up encompassing approaches from DI to preamp (Darkglass Vintage Deluxe/ ISA One), to amp (including BI amp using frequency cut-off) and microphone, to modelling (using Line 6 Helix hardware and software). I am lucky to have access to a great selection of amps, cabs, mics and effects through being based in Music Base and working from Lost Oscillation.