
Name: Jason Newsted
Date Of The Birth: March 4th, 1963
From: Battle Creek, Michigan
Instrument: Bass
Some
Equipment
Basses
Music Man 4 and 5 String
Stuart Spector Designs 4 - 5 - 6 String
Hamer 8 and 12 String
2 Sadowsky Vintage 4 string
2 Sadowsky PJ 4 string
3 Sadowsky Vintage 5 string
1 Sadowsky 24 fret 5 string
Amps
Ampeg SVT III (Live)
Ampeg SVT Vintage (Studio)
Effects
Alesis Mediverb II
BBE Sonic Masimizer
Morley Power Wah Boost
Marital status: Girlfriend
Sports teams: NBA - Phoenix Suns & Chicago Bulls; NFL - Detroit Lions & L.A. Raiders
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Before Metallica: Flotsam and Jetsam Pre-Metallica career: Burger-Flipper, Truck-Driver Likes: Mountain Biking, Basketball, playing and listening to music... |
Listens to: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Machine Head, Fugees, Sepultura...
Heroes: Gene Simmons, Al Pacino, B.B. King...
First concert: Ted Nugent