Reginald Arvizu

Reginald Arvizu

Reginald "Fieldy/Reggie" Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Bakersfield, California) is the bass guitar player for the band Korn.

Musical career

Prior to Arvizu's time in Korn, he and Brian Welch, who would later become one of Korn's two guitarists (alongside James Shaffer), had played together in a number of bands, having become friends while still at school. Upon their graduation from high school, Arvizu, Welch, Shaffer, and drummer David Silveria relocated from Bakersfield to Los Angeles and formed L.A.P.D (the name first stood for "Love and Peace, Dude", but this abbreviation was later changed to "Laughing As People Die"). Although L.A.P.D. did succeed in signing a record deal, their success was limited until the band hired singer Jonathan Davis and changed their name to Korn.

The name "Fieldy" is said to have come about as an inside joke. Originally, his band mates called him "Gopher", due to his large cheeks. Gopher quickly became "Gar", Gar became "Garfield" (based on the comic strip character of the same name), and eventually "Gar" was dropped and a "y" was added to "Field", which became Fieldy. His full moniker is "Fieldy Snuts", which when spoken aloud sounds like "feel these nuts".

He plays a 5-string Ibanez model SDGR SR5005, named the K-5, which is his signature bass.

His playing style consists of slapping, standard finger-style plucking, and left-hand muting; his standard tuning is: A, D, G, C, F.

The majority of Fieldy's bass riffs are hip-hop inspired. He says he gets inspiration from anything hip-hop. On the business side of Korn, Fieldy is responsible for all Korn merchandise, its buying and selling. He will come up with a number of designs, shows them to the band and they either approve or disapprove.

Life outside Korn

he has a 13 inch penis.In addition to Korn, he has a rap side project called Fieldy's Dreams. Fieldy's Dreams has released one album so far called Rock & roll gangster, which is a mix of rap and Hip Hop.

Fieldy married his girlfriend Deena Beber on Tuesday, 16th of May 2006. Korn's guitarist, Munky played nylon guitar at the wedding. It is her first marriage and his third. Fieldy has two daughters, Sarina and Olivia Arvizu, from his second marriage from Shela Arvizu; he and his current wife Dena had a son earlier this year and named him Israel. Fieldy recently became a born-again Christian.

Fieldy has stated that his second album, Sobriety, is still in the works. Originally intended to be a hardcore rap album, Fieldy has scrapped the original idea in favor of a jazz fusion style.

Fieldy is currently working with independent rap artist Q Unique on a side project called "Stillwell". The song "Killing Myself To Live" can be heard on their MySpace page, the album does not yet have a release date, for it is still in the works.

Fieldy is also working on his own clothing line Immanuel one twenty three.

Got The Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery and Korn is a memoir Fieldy penned, which hit shelves March 10, 2009. His autobiography tells the story of how he found God, quit drugs, and found the better part of himself.

Equipment

Basses

Fieldy in Italy 2008.

• Ibanez Soundgear SR1305 5-string (Natural finish, Lollapalooza '97 bass)
• Ibanez Soundgear SR1305 5-string (Maroon, w/ sand paper scratches on it)
• Ibanez Soundgear SR885 5-string (black, woodstock '99, origin of K5)
• Ibanez Soundgear 505's (Black w/ face scratched out & Natural)
• Ibanez ATK305 (Amber/ash body)
• Ibanez K5 TKF 5-String (Fieldy Signature/black & red)
• Ibanez K15 Custom built 15 string bass guitar
• Ibanez Custom 5-string acoustic bass

Effects

• SansAmp Pedal EQ Boost Pedals
• Digitech Wah-wah
• Boss Hyper Fuzz pedal
• Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer
• Boss SYB-3 Bass Synthesizer
• Boss TR-2 Tremelo
• Furman Power Conditioner
• Ibanez CF-7 Chorus Flanger
• VooDoo Lab Tremolo
• Whirlwind Rack MultiSelector

Amplifiers

• Ampeg SVT-810E 8x10 cabinets
• Mesa Boogie Titan V-12
• Mesa Boogie M-2000 heads (no mids, and a heavily tweaked 18-band EQ)
• Mesa Boogie 4x10 PowerHouse Cab
• Mesa Boogie PowerHouse 1000 Cab
• Mesa Boogie 2x15 RoadReady Bass Cab
• Mesa Boogie 4x10 RoadReady Bass Cab
• Mesa Boogie Big Block 750
• Mesa Boogie M-Pulse 600
• Mesa Boogie High Gain Amp Switcher
• Hughes & Kettner BC 410's
• Hughes and Kettner 2x15 cabinet
• Now endorses Aguilar DB 750, two GS 410's.

Guest appearances (videos)

• Limp Bizkit – Faith (1998)
• Ice Cube – Fuck Dying (1999)
• E-40 feat. Fabolous – Automatic (2002)
• Bubba Sparxx – Back In The Mud (2003)
• Lil Wayne – Prom Queen (2009)

Discography

Solo albums

• Bassically (July – August, 2009)

KoRn

• Korn (1994)
• Life Is Peachy (1996)
• Follow the Leader (1998)
• Issues (1999)
• Untouchables (2002)
• Take a Look in the Mirror (2003)
• See You on the Other Side (2005)
• Untitled album (2007)
• TBA (2010)

Fieldy's Dreams

• Rock'n Roll Gangster (January 22, 2002)

StillWell

• Surrounded by Liars (2009)

Producer

• Limp Bizkit – Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ (July 1, 1997)
• Videodrone – Videodrone (February 23, 1999)
• StillWell – Surrounded By Liars (2009)

Bibliography

• Got the Life (March 10, 2009)
• Fieldy's Daily Dope (TBA)