Dan sings most of the tunes and gets lots of the juicy guitar parts Jools doesn't want to play, he has been playing since he was 11 and started singing at 17, he has gone through many different influences and still comes back to playing rock. He's nimble on the frets and does some impressive vocal gymnastics switching styles in a second.

He is an obsessive rock climber and Mountaineer and when not playing you'll find him hanging off something vertical.

Dan is an Endorsee of Vintage V6 Icon series guitars.



Dans Gear:

 

Guitars

 

Fender Deluxe Players Stratocaster.

Fender Pink Paisley Telecaster 

Fender Pink Paisley Stratocaster

Fender Stratocaster Blue

Vintage V100MRJBM

Vintage VV60TA

Vintage V6 Icon Stratocaster 

Browns Les Plank Natural

Sigma 000-18

Titanic Lapsteel

Vintage V880N


Amps

 

Fender 65 Twin Reverb Blackface 85W

Browns 2 x12

Crate PowerBlock 150

Roland Cube 80x (two for Stereo Gigs)

Behringer ACX1000

Diago Little Smasher


Pickups


Lace, Dimarzio,  EMG, Tonerider, Fishmann, B-Band


Effects

 

TC Electronic Nova System

TC G Switch

Morley Volume Pedal

Lexicon Reverbs

AKG Flexx Wireless

Dunlop Cry Baby

Rocktron Banshee


Mics

 

Shure Beta SM87a

Shure Beta SM58a

Shure SM58

Shure SM57

Sure Wireless IEM

Sure E5 IEM


Dans Influences are wide ranging and his music tastes are eclectic, ranging from Dolly Parton to Disturbed, Jeff Beck to Imogen Heap.

His equipment is always in flux, a never ending quest for that "perfect tone" and whilst not using cloned David Gilmour rigs, he does come close to that signature sound but never in a conventional manner.

You will also never see him dressing down for the stage.

A Current MU member and BMC activist and completely rubbish at telling jokes...and can't dance to save his life!


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