Colin Edwin
Colin Edwin on stage with Porcupine Tree-Albany, NY-10/18/07.
Background information
Born	July 2, 1970 (1970-07-02) (age 37) Melbourne,Australia
Genre(s)	Progressive Rock Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar Fretless bass
Years active	1993 - present
Associated acts	Porcupine Tree Ex-Wise Heads Random Noise Generator

Colin Edwin (born 2 July 1970 in Melbourne, Australia) is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as Double Bass. He joined the band in December 1993. He is also a member of Ex-Wise Heads, a three-piece group that mixes ethnic, ambient, and post-modern influences, as well as a metal-influenced project, Random Noise Generator. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 553 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 708 pixels, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Colin Edwin on stage with Porcupine Tree - The Egg, Albany, NY - 10/18/07. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Neo-Psychedelia (a. ... Art rock is a term used by some to describe rock music that is characterized by ambitious or avant-garde lyrical themes and/or melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard modern popular music forms and genres, toward influences in jazz, classical, world music or the experimental avant... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Traditional guitars, and most other stringed instruments, create tones of different heights using the fingers to adjust the length at which the strings vibrate. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ... The fretless guitar is a guitar without frets (including similarly configured bass guitars known as fretless bass). ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...

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Colin is known to be a big jazz fan, and incorporates an atypical jazz-inspired style into his playing in a rock band. Also unusual for a rock bassist, his main bass was a Wal Mach I four-string fretless bass for 13 years until retiring it from the rigors of live touring in 2004. He used a Music Man StringRay and after a MusicMan Bongo for the Deadwing tour, which can be viewed on Porcupine Tree's DVD release Arriving Somewhere. During the same time period Colin was introduced to Spector basses and purchased an EuroLX 4-string model in Natural Oil. The company then gave him as a gift one of their extended scale-length models (35" as opposed to the "standard" 34" scale for 4-string basses), an Euro 4LX-35 in transparant black. This proved to be useful as over 1/2 of their next album, "Fear Of A Blank Planet" was downtuned C/F/Bb/Eb to which the 35" scale length give better definition to the lower notes as well as the general rigors of touring ("The Euro 4LX-35 has a graphite-reinforced neck, which means it can come out of a freezing-cold trailer into a hot gig every night for a month without going out of tune or having any trussrod problems." [1]). For the second leg of the "Fear Of A Blank Planet" tour starting in October of 2007 an ReBop Deluxe FM unlined fretless bass in Natural Oil was brought out on tour for the song "The Sky Moves Sideways" among others, and well as using his Music Man Bongo bass guitar as his spare/encore bass. Colin currently endorses Spector basses and uses their basses on Porcupine Tree's current tour, as well as EBS amplifiers, speaker cabinets, and effects pedals. He also endorses Ernie Ball bass strings [2] while using Spector Medium Stainless Steel strings on his fretted Spector basses. [3] For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Wal Mach II Fretless Bass Wal is a brand of electric bass manufactured by Electric Wood Ltd. ... Traditional guitars, and most other stringed instruments, create tones of different heights using the fingers to adjust the length at which the strings vibrate. ... Music Man can refer to multiple things: For the play, see The Music Man For the guitar company, see Music Man (company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Music Man is a musical play written by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey; it premiered on Broadway in 1957. ... Deadwing is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 28, 2005. ... Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ... The first live performance DVD by Porcupine Tree in their entire career. ... This article refers to the Spector Company. ... Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which was released on April 16, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and on April 24, 2007 in the United States. ... Music Man can refer to multiple things: For the play, see The Music Man For the guitar company, see Music Man (company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Porcupine Tree is an English progressive rock band formed in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England by Steven Wilson. ... Set of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky electric guitar strings Ernie Ball (1930 – September 9, 2004) was an American entrepreneur, musician, and innovator, widely acclaimed as a revolutionary in the development of guitar-related products. ...

In the credits for the 2005 film Four Brothers, he is credited as Colin Balch, he is also credited under this name in the manuscript book for Porcupine Tree's Deadwing. Four Brothers is a 2005 film starring Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg, and Garrett Hedlund. ...

Previously Used Equipment

• 1994 Wal Mach I fretless 4-string bass (Natural finish, Ebony fingerboard) with a Hipshot Bass Extender installed for downtuning the E-string to D.
• 2004 Music Man Stingray fretted 4-string bass (Natural ash finish, Rosewood fretboard [4]) with a Hipshot Bass Extender installed for downtuning the E-string to D.
• 2005 Music Man Bongo fretted 4-string bass (special "Stealth" flat black finish [5]), both with a Hipshot Bass Extender installed for downtuning the E-string to D.
• Trace Elliott AH350 amplifier and speaker cabinets
• Tech 21 LM300 amplifier and two 4x10" speaker cabinets ("trashed on a European tour by some slack local crew" [6])

Wal Mach II Fretless Bass Wal is a brand of electric bass manufactured by Electric Wood Ltd. ... allows you to tune out of standard instrument range- (refer to detuners) ... Music Man can refer to multiple things: For the play, see The Music Man For the guitar company, see Music Man (company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Music Man StingRay is an electric bass guitar by Music Man, introduced in 1976. ... allows you to tune out of standard instrument range- (refer to detuners) ... Music Man can refer to multiple things: For the play, see The Music Man For the guitar company, see Music Man (company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Bongo bass guitar was introduced on March 21, 2003 at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA by Music Man, a division of Ernie Ball. ... allows you to tune out of standard instrument range- (refer to detuners) ... Image:Sansamp gt2. ...

Current Equipment

• 2006 Spector EuroLX 4-string bass in Natural Oil finish with a Hipshot Bass Extender installed for downtuning the E-string to D [7] strung with Spector Medium Stainless Steel strings. [8]
• 2006 Spector Euro 4LX-35 4-string bass downtuned to C/F/Bb/Eb in Transparant Black. [9] strung with Spector Medium Stainless Steel strings. [10]
• 2007 Spector ReBop Deluxe FM unlined fretless bass in Natural Oil.
• 2005 MusicMan Bongo 4-string bass in "Stealth (flat) Black" (currently used as a backup/encore bass on the "Fear Of A Blank Planet" tour)
• BassLab Soul-IV in Black (currently used as a backup/encore bass on the "Fear Of A Blank Planet" tour [11]) strung with Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky strings [12]
• BassLab Soul-IV in Metallic Orange (prototype bass borrowed from Heiko Hoepfinger [13])
• EBS TD 650 amplifier and two 4x10" Proline neodymium cabs. [14]
• EBS ValveDrive tube preamp/overdrive pedal, EBS MultiDrive distortion, EBS OctaBass octave, and EBS MultiComp compressor. [15]

Online posting of former and current equipment by Colin Edwin [16]. This article refers to the Spector Company. ... allows you to tune out of standard instrument range- (refer to detuners) ... This article refers to the Spector Company. ... This article refers to the Spector Company. ... The Music Man is a musical play written by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey; it premiered on Broadway in 1957. ...

External links

• Porcupine Tree Official Website
• Ex-Wise Heads Official Website
• Random Noise Generator Official Website
• No-Man's Official Website
• Article in "Bass Player" magazine September 2007