Ryan Martinie
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Ryan Martinie is an American bassist, best known for being the bass player of metal band Mudvayne. He is known for his complex basslines. He has been with the band since 1998.
Biography
Early life
Born in 1975 in Peoria, Illinois, USA, Ryan was raised in a Christian non-denominational church where his grandfather was one of the choir leaders. Because of this background, he was exposed early in life to hymns, orchestras, and other forms of non secular music. His father also plays guitar, piano, and "has a nice voice that he has good control over," says Ryan. "The first 10 years of my life I was content to simply listen. I saw so much playing throughout those years that I feel like I was bound to it in some way. Why I requested the purchase of a bass is really still a mystery to me. I can only articulate that I remember being drawn by the sense of connection it shared with all of the other instruments." His father gave him his first bass at the age of twelve, at which time he began picking out Metallica songs to touch himself.
He studied jazz bass, and won several high school awards for classical vocals. [1] He also became interested in sword swallowing.
He was in a Dream Theater-styled progressive rock band called Broken Altar. [citation needed] Former members of Broken Altar Les Aldridge (guitarist) and Wes Pollock(drummer) joined heavy metal band LowTwelve of Bloomington, Illinois. [citation needed]
Equipment
Basses
Main bass: Warwick Thumb Bass 5-string, ebony fingerboard, chrome hardware, bell brass frets.
Back-up basses: Thumb 4, wenge neck and gold hardware. Also two Thumb 5 stringers with ebony and wenge necks and bubinga bodies & also a fretless Pedulla Buzz 4. In several images he has been seen with, but never using, a Warwick Vampyre bass.
Strings: Ryan uses Dr Hi-Beams .045-.105 with a .135 5th string, tuned to F#-B-F#-B-E and B-F#-B-E (as heard in LD50), and for Mudvayne's newer albums he is tuned to G-C-G-C-F and C-G-C-F. Sets action high for live shows and low for recording.
Amplification
Ryan primarily used Ampeg SVT amplifiers during all albums before The New Game, at which time he switched to Warwick amplification. On the Warwick website, Martinie was quoted saying:
“Warwick is the cleanest sound in amplification,” he says. Though Martinie’s been playing Warwick basses for years, he only recently converted to Warwick amps. “I played Ampeg for nine years and the Warwick amps just sound better,” he says. Martinie used an X-Treme 10.1 head and two 410 Pro cabinets on “The New Game.” He’ll be taking two stacks out on tour when the band hits the road. “We compared different cabs and combinations of amps and cabinets and everyone agreed, including our producer Dave Fortman: the Warwick amps sounded better,” he reiterates. “I’ve always had a problem with the ‘woolliness’ of Ampeg down at around 250hz, but with the Warwick I could shave what I wanted to and the amp responded. The Warwick was much easier to deal with and much more user friendly.”[2]
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