Dan Briggs (musician)

Dan Briggs
Birth name	Dan Briggs
Born	January 31, 1985
Genres	Progressive metal, metalcore, death metal, technical death metal, deathcore, progressive rock, thrash metal, experimental rock
Instruments	Bass guitar
Associated acts	Between the Buried and Me, Orbs

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.^[1]

He also plays guitar in the band Orbs. He is vegan.^[2] 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.^[3] 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."

References

1. ^ 16/Aug/2007 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME BASSIST DAN BRIGGS .metalsucks.net
2. ^ Dan Briggs Shows His Gear
3. ^ Beller, Bryan. "Dan Briggs of Between The Buried and Me". BassPlayer.com. http://www.bassplayer.com/article/dan-briggs-between/March-2010/109979. Retrieved 7 May 2011. 

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Name	Briggs, Dan
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Date of birth	January 31, 1985
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