Jake Snider

Jake Snider

Jake Snider is the lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Minus the Bear. He also plays guitar in Onalaska. He has previously been a part of the bands Sharks Keep Moving and State Route 522.

Discography

• State Route 522 7" - State Route 522 (1994, Henry's Finest Recordings)
• The Excursion Compilation - State Route 522 (1995, Excursion Records)
• Forecast Compilation - State Route 522 (1996, Excursion Records)
• State Route 522/Lying On Loot Split 7" - State Route 522 (1996, Excursion Records)
• Samson is Apollo - State Route 522 (EP 1997, Henry's Finest Recordings & Excursion Records)
• Sharks Keep Moving/The Kentucky Pistol 7" split - Sharks Keep Moving (1997, Henry's Finest Recordings)
• Desert Strings and Drifters - Sharks Keep Moving (EP 1998, Second Nature Recordings)
• Full Length album - Sharks Keep Moving (1999, Status Recordings)
• Retrospective - State Route 522 (2001, Status Recordings)
• Pause and Clause - Sharks Keep Moving (2002, Status Recordings)
• This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic - Minus the Bear (EP 2001, Suicide Squeeze Records)
• Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them - Minus the Bear (EP 2002, Suicide Squeeze Records)
• To Sing For Nights - Onalaska (2002, Dim Mak Records)
• Highly Refined Pirates - Minus the Bear (2002, Suicide Squeeze Records)
• They Make Beer Commercials Like This - Minus the Bear (EP 2004, Arena Rock Recording Co.)
• Menos el Oso - Minus the Bear (2005, Suicide Squeeze Records)
• Planet of Ice - Minus the Bear (2007), Suicide Squeeze Records
• You and the Fishermen - Onalaska (2007)
• Acoustics - Minus the Bear (2008)
• OMNI - Minus The Bear (2010)

Equipment

• Guitars
  • Gretsch Roundup early Japanese reissue with two Filtertron Pickups
  • Fender 1952 reissue Telecaster
  • Gibson Les Paul 295 Goldtop (April 2008 Guitar of the Month)

• Amplifiers:
  • Just as guitarist Dave Knudson has done, Jake switched to a Mesa Boogie Lonestar (although Jake's is a 1x12 special) with custom white Tolex (with the exception of the 2X12" extension cabinet) circa Planet of Ice
  • Fender Twin Reverb (used as rental abroad)

• Effects pedals:
  • 3 x Line 6 DL-4s
  • BBE Green Screamer
  • Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (No Longer Used Live)
  • Moog Moogerfooger MuRF
  • Maxon Phase Tone
  • Electro-Harmonix HOG Guitar Synthesizer with foot controller
  • Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Nano
  • Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb
  • Loop Master five switch system which acts as an effects loop, making the pedals true bypass and allowing Jake to switch between effects while singing without having to "tap dance".
  • Boss RC-2 Loop Station
  • Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner Pedal
  • FX Doctor-The Scalpel. Neat pedal which cuts the volume without losing tone.
  • Line 6 M13

External links

• Minus the Bear official site
• Onalaska site run by Tom Harpel