Dan Briggs (musician)
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Dan Briggs is a musician from Erie, PA, best known for playing bass guitar for the American progressive
metalcore band Between the Buried and Me
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He also plays guitar in the band Orbs
. He is vegan. Dan uses Spector NS-5XL basses with D'Addario EXL 160-5 half-wound strings, a Fender-reissued Sunn 300T amp and an Ampeg SVT-810E.
Dan states that he chose a Spector bass over other basses because he got it at the age of 16 and it was the "nicest bass in my price range." The Spector Bass has stock EMGs and is tuned in C# Standard. Regarding guitar playing, Briggs has stated, "I never use the pick as I learned with my fingers."
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
metalcore band Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They have released a total of five studio albums, as well as a cover album, an EP and a live DVD/CD...
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He also plays guitar in the band Orbs
Orbs (band)
Orbs is an American band consisting of Dan Briggs of Between the Buried and Me, Adam Fisher and Clayton Holyoak of Fear Before the March of Flames, Ashley Ellyllon, formerly of Abigail Williams and now of Cradle of Filth, and Chuck Johnson of Torch Runner....
. He is vegan. Dan uses Spector NS-5XL basses with D'Addario EXL 160-5 half-wound strings, a Fender-reissued Sunn 300T amp and an Ampeg SVT-810E.
Dan states that he chose a Spector bass over other basses because he got it at the age of 16 and it was the "nicest bass in my price range." The Spector Bass has stock EMGs and is tuned in C# Standard. Regarding guitar playing, Briggs has stated, "I never use the pick as I learned with my fingers."