Juan Alderete

Juan Alderete (born September 5, 1963) is an American bassist known for his work with the band Racer X, where he is credited as John Alderete. Although he still is with Racer X, Juan currently dedicates most of his time to the band, The Mars Volta, which also brings him much recognition.

Technique and Equipment

Influenced by players like Jaco Pastorius, Juan's main playing technique is to use the "standard" fingers to pluck the strings with his right hand (two fingers: index and middle). He will occasionally use Dunlop Gel picks, as well as his signature picks. He is also known to use two-handed tapping techniques and even slapping/popping.

Related Topics:
Jaco Pastorius - Dunlop - Picks - Tapping - Slapping/popping

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For equipment, Juan almost exclusively uses vintage Fender basses - in particular, the Precision and Jazz Bass models. As mentioned above, Alderete uses picks manufactured by Dunlop. He also uses effects pedals by Dunlop, Ernie Ball, BOSS, Digitech, Line 6, Moog, Mu-Tron, Sovtek, Fulltone and MXR; as well as amplifiers made by SWR and Ampeg.

Related Topics:
Fender - Precision - Jazz Bass - Effects pedal - Amplifier

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