German Pizano: Notable 7 String Bassist, Guitarist, Sequencing and Drummer

German Pizano has been playing music since 1983. He started playing guitar at age 10, learned to play by ear soon after. Although his first instrument was a guitar, he always wanted to play bass. This was influenced by Gene Simmons of KISS since he loved Rock music since age 4. Finally he got his first bass at age 13. One month after that, German joined his first band "Stonehenge". German was still influenced by Rock music and the technical aspect of playing. He wanted to be able to play with the technical prowess of all of his influences at the time. It was this hunger for technique which led him to Jazz music. Jazz opened up German's ears and mind/soul to a new way of feeling music. For German, rock also had feeling but it was more of an outlet for aggression. Jazz showed him how to feel Romance, Sadness, Happiness, and all of the emotions any person would feel in life. It was then clear to German that he was meant to play how he felt, and those who heard his music would not only hear the music, but feel it as well. So with time, German honed his skills further and was able to apply this theory to all styles of music. German has been quoted as saying "I connect my soul/mind/instrument as one entity to let my soul talk through my instrument."

Past Groups and Projects: Stonehenge, Labrynth, Accelerator, Shredlock, Tapping the Source, Lampblack, The Raw Angel Blues Band, Joe Allen Project, The Bob Cherry Jazz Trio, Imperial Rage, Toshi Iseda, Taniq, Cristal Bowersox of American Idol, Aretha Franklin's keyboardist Chinbaa, Mongolian female pop group SweetYmotion, Minor Rites, and most recently Kills Again. German has also recorded music for the Playstation game called Rock Band.

                                                                             Equipment 

Bass Rig: Eden WT800 amplifier, Lexicon Alex effects processor, DOD Envelope, Boss Octaver. Eden D410XLT, D118XLT, and D210XLT. Bass: Custom Conklin 7 String Neck-Thru with Bartolini Pickups, Custom Adler Neck-Thru 7 String Fretless Bass with Bartolini pickups, Custom HJC 5 String Bass with Reed James prototype pickups and Bartolini preamp.

Guitar Rig: Rivera Duo Hundred Twelve, Trace Elliot Tramp, Blackstar 5 watt combo amp, Vox Volume Pedal, Dunlop Wah Pedals, Digitech Hardwire Distortion pedal.

Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Special with Bartolini pickups, Epiphone Shereton II with Bartolini pickups, Epiphone Les Paul Custom with Bartolini pickups, Epiphone 7-String Les Paul with Bartolini pickups, ESP Ltd H-307 with Bartolini pickups, and Dean EVO 7 String with Bartolini pickups.

Sequencer: Roland PMA-5.

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