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Dave Kushner

Dave Kushner (born David Kushner, November 16, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rock guitarist currently with the American rock group Velvet Revolver, who are on fall after the departure of Scott Weiland, the band's lead singer.


Career

He has played in Wasted Youth, Infectious Grooves, Electric Love Hogs, Cyco Miko, Zilch and Loaded. Kushner's latest venture is playing guitar in Velvet Revolver.

Kushner plays guitar and bass. On Wasted Youth's last album Black Daze, released in 1988, as well as supplying guitar work, he also recorded the bass tracks. He left the band about a year later.

Not long after Wasted Youth, Kushner joined up with members of Suicidal Tendencies for their side-project Infectious Grooves. Kushner played on the first of their four albums The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves (1991).

A year later in 1992, Kushner moved on to Electric Love Hogs, which released just one album on the London Records label. They toured with L.A. Guns in the U.S., and Ugly Kid Joe in the UK. After three quiet years, Kushner returned to Cyco Miko Muir on the album Lost My Brain! (Once Again). He also played in Danzig for nine months, but only did one show with them at the Whisky a Go Go.

He has also appeared on the Suicidal Tendencies' compilation album Friends & Family, Vol. 1, released in December 1997.

In 1998, the hard rock band Zilch, formed by the Japanese rock legend Hide after the disbandment of his previous group; X Japan, recorded their debut album, 3.2.1 and prepared for a U.S. tour opening for Marilyn Manson. After the album's initial release in Japan, however, Hide was found dead in his hotel room, and the album's U.S. release was shelved (and eventually dropped). The remaining members of Zilch held a string of tours with a variety of American musicians in Japan, as a tribute to the band's late singer. It is here that Kushner met Duff McKagan, who was touring Japan with his band Loaded. They are now long time friends.

In Spring 2002, Kushner joined Loaded, replacing guitarist Mike Squires. When Loaded took a 'break' in late 2002, Duff McKagan started working on a project that would eventually become Velvet Revolver, which Kushner would later be part of, due to his friendship with Slash from when they were teenagers. Indeed, Kushner has played rhythm guitar for Velvet Revolver since December 2002.

Alongside Bob Thiele Jr., Dave co-wrote the theme song for the 2008 FX original series Sons of Anarchy.

Played rhythm guitar with rock band Weezer when they performed "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" on Spike TV's Video Game Awards.

Musical equipment

Kuschner has been a longtime user of Fernandes Guitars and has two signature models based on the Ravelle available in forest green finish with cream binding and metallic blue finish with black binding. Besides his signature guitars he also owns Montereys and Vertigos from Fernandes as well as a Yamaha SAO 503 TVL, which is the signature guitar for Troy Van Leeuwen from Queens of the Stone Age.[1] Lately Kuschners main instruments have been various Gibson models, such as the ES-335, SG and Les Paul models.

Dave uses a 12-space rack with a switching system that allows him to use whatever effects he would like in any sequence. Some of the effect pedals he uses most often include Line 6 DM-4, Boss Flanger BF-2, Boss Super Phaser PH-2, Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-5, Boss Digital Delay DD-3, Line 6 Filter Pro, Dynacord CLS222, Rocktron Hush II CX Noise Reduction System, Electro-Harmonix Micro synth, Boss Hyperfuzz, Line 6 delay pedal and a MXR Zakk Wylde overdive pedal. He also uses Dunlop programmable Wah Wah effects and Rotovibe MIDI controllers which are rackmounted.[2]

Kushner mostly relies on Bogner amplifiers during live performances, specifically an Ecstasy 101B amplifier that runs Bogner straight cabs fitted with Vintage Celestion 30 watt and Celestion Greenbacks 25 watt speakers. He has also used Mesa Boogie Stilletto Ace and Fender Super Sonic amplifiers.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.fernandesguitars.com/rvls.html
  2. ^ http://davekushner.com/gear.php
  3. ^ http://www.bogneramplification.com/customshop/ArtistInfo.php
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