Carlos Alvarez

Band: Claudette and the Afterhours

San Antonio, Texas / USA

Arni,
Your Website is great!

Thanks,
Carlos

My name is Carlos Alvarez and I'm from San Antonio, Texas in the US. I play Trumpet (my main instrument) and Electric Bass. I am currently playing Bass with a Jazz/R & B group called Claudette and the Afterhours.

My current equipment set up is the following:

Basses:
Fender Jazz with Bartolini Stacked Dual Coils; a BadAss II; Aguilar OBP-3; Hipshot D-Tuner to "B"
Wawick Corvette Pro 6 with Bartolini Soap Bars (also came with a wide five string neck and conversion kit); Hipshot "Ultra-Lites" and a D-Tuner to "A"
a right-handed Fender Precision Deluxe 5 (played on and autographed by Willie Weeks when on the road with country artist Vince Gill)

Strings:
Ken Smith for the Warwick
DR's or D'Addario's for the Jazz

Pedals:
Sadowsky Pre-Amp (floor unit), Roland/Boss GT-6B, Akai Deep Impact, Ernie Ball Vol Ped, MXR Auto Q and am waiting on a custom "Loooper" from Dave at loooper.com

Amp/Rig:
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Monitors:
Shure PSM600 - wired with either Shure E1's or FutureSonics. I am currently waiting for some Shure E5's to be sent to me.

Trumpet:
1977 Los Angeles Benge Bb "Claude Gordon" Model
1976 Bach Strad with a #7 Leadpipe

Mouthpieces:
Monette BL, B6L and B6

Drink:
any cheap Scotch "on the rocks"

Fender Jazz
Wawick Corvette Pro 6
right-handed Fender Precision Deluxe 5

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