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Phunque.comPhunque.com - homebase for Robert Funk, The Uptown Horns, Chris Carter, Ivan Bodley and Rhythm Dynamics. You'll be able to communicate with the artists, find out how to purchase their cds, etc.
Check out the awesome power of the Uptown Horns. Their list of credits is astounding: The Rolling Stones, James Brown, BB King, Ray Charles, The Ohio Players, The B-52s, The Honey Drippers, Joe Cocker, Ru Paul, and on and on. These guys are the world's greatest horn section.
JD Lewis and family custom build the most gorgeous instruments. If you can dream it, they can build it. You say you need a left handed fretless 8-string and 15-string double neck bass with a zebrawood top? JD will whip you up the most beautiful one you could ever imagine.
Larry Hartke is a genius. His aluminum-coned speakers are a revolution. I use the 4x10 speaker cabinet with the 3500 amp head (350 watts). I also have a 2x10 140-watt combo I use for a lot of my live work in smaller venues and a genius 1x12 120-watt Kickback combo amp which I use for any possible situation I can get away with. The Kickback is tiny and sounds huge.
I use nickel-plated steel strings on all of my instruments. They're a little mellower than stainless steel. I hardly ever change strings, but when I do I have special stringing needs. The cats at Markley custom wound me gauges for my piccolo, 8-string, and Warrior 5-string basses. The Warriors require two extra length strings (the low B & E) to take full advantage of their G-Factor through body stringing system. My gauges for the 5-strings are .045, .065, .080, .105, .126. The gauges for the 8-string and piccolo basses are a closely guarded industry secret for which I have been sworn to secrecy...
CD Babywww.cdbaby.com/cd/ivanbodley2 and www.cdbaby.com/cd/ivanbodley1
Go here to purchase Funkboy CDs.
Simply the best and the cheapest CD manufacturer I've found. Contact Jules (he cares about independent music) and tell him I sent you.
Peekamoose Guitars is a small shop in New York City known for high quality repairs, vintage restorations, and custom building of fretted instruments (guitars, basses, mandolins etc.).
The incredible Matt Garrison is a classmate from Berklee. Check out his site to see the amazing things he's done from Joe Zawinul to John Mclaughlin and beyond.
I use custom imprinted (double sided) Delrin Brites (florescent pink) heavy gauge picks.
Check in with the master…
Amazing signal processors. Check out the Bass Pod.
I use them and love them.
Great, dark, disturbing and wonderful songwriter; yours truly on bass.
Very cool site linking to everything bass.
Carol Nissen designed and built my wonderful website as well as the sites of all the artists hosted here on www.Phunque.com. Visit her website for information about building your own site and all of her other professional services.
Little Debbie snack cakes are made in Collegedale, TN, about 30 miles north of my home town, Chattanooga, TN. The McKee Baking Company is located in a strict Seventh Day Adventist community of all vegetarians. As such their Swiss Cake Rolls (my personal favorites) are and always have been completely vegetarian. What can I tell you? I grew up with them…
Awesome signal processing and electronics!
My pal, Lynchiepoo, is a big rock star and tours the world. He also has been known to crack wise on his records. Check him out.
This band is so stinking good it’s not funny. Think Joni Mitchell meets Steely Dan. I feel truly honored to get to play and record with them. Produced by the great and powerful Rhett Davies (Roxy Music, King Crimson, ‘Til Tuesday, etc.).
Paul is a great road buddy and an excellent player. He’s currently on the road playing with and managing the great Johnny Winter.
Ron is another road buddy and a great drummer.
John “Ratso” Gerardi is a great bluesman in Connecticut with a great recording studio.
Check out his CD “Zen Roses,” which I played
Ivan uses Warrior basses, Hartke speakers, Gallien Krueger amps, Dean Markley strings, Digitech and Line 6 signal processors, and Bartolini pickups. Ivan eats only Little Debbie snack cakes
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