Christopher "Dibs" David Edwards (born 20 December 1980, Leicester

Leicester

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) is an English

English people

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 musician

Musician

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, best known as the bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 for indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Kasabian

Kasabian (band)

Kasabian are an English rock band formed in Leicestershire in 1997. Originally comprising vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and keyboardist Christopher Karloff, guitarist and backing vocalist Sergio Pizzorno and bassist Chris Edwards, the band has released four studio albums – Kasabian , Empire ,...

.

Biography

Edwards is the bass player for Kasabian

Kasabian (band)

Kasabian are an English rock band formed in Leicestershire in 1997. Originally comprising vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and keyboardist Christopher Karloff, guitarist and backing vocalist Sergio Pizzorno and bassist Chris Edwards, the band has released four studio albums – Kasabian , Empire ,...

, which he started with fellow band members Tom Meighan

Tom Meighan

Thomas Peter Meighan is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist for Indie Rock band Kasabian.-Career:Meighan has been the lead vocalist of Kasabian since the band's inception in Leicester in 1999...

, Sergio Pizzorno

Sergio Pizzorno

Sergio Lorenzo "Serge" Pizzorno is a British guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the indie rock band Kasabian. He became Kasabian's lead song-writer after the departure of Christopher Karloff....

 and Christopher Karloff. His father used to teach at SJNCC Leicester

Sir Jonathan North Community College

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. His mother is a keen photographer and sometimes travels with the band and photographs them backstage and on stage too. He recently made an appearance in a Carlsberg

Carlsberg

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Edwards is a fan of Leeds United F.C.

Equipment

Chris uses a Fender Jazz bass to create his sound, but has also been seen using a Fender Jaguar bass into two Marshall bass Heads and Cabinets.

He uses many pedals to create his sound, such as:
- Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff with tone wicker
- Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer
- Boss Distortion
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
- Electro Harmonix Bass Microsynth