Dean Bernardini

Dean Bernardini
Chevelle bassist Dean Bernardini, live in Cleveland 4-12-07
Background information
Born	December 27, 1973 (1973-12-27) (age 37) Deerfield, Illinois, USA
Genres	Alternative rock Alternative metal Hard rock
Instruments	Bass guitar drums Backing vocals
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Epic Records
Associated acts	Chevelle Liftpoint

Dean Bernardini (born December 27, 1973 in Illinois) is the bass guitar player and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Chevelle, as well as being a brother-in-law to the Loefflers. He joined the band in 2005 after the departure of Joe Loeffler, who had been a member of the group since 1994. The cover of the 2009 album Sci-Fi Crimes was an original 24x48 oil on canvas painting created by Dean.

In May 2006, he injured his left hand forcing them to cancel 8 concerts (from June 30 to July 26) with Nickelback and Hoobastank.^[1]

Equipment

Dean uses Gibson Thunderbird bass guitars with Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 amplifiers and Mesa 8x10 cabinets for both clean and distorted tones.^[2]

In the past Bernardini has also used Ampeg SVT's and matching cabinets with a Boss ODB-3 or Mesa Boogie V-Twin pedal for overdriven tones. His current pedalboard consists of a BBE Sonic Maximizer, Peterson Strobostomp Tuner, and the Big Block's footswitch. In the studio he used a combination of Mesa Big Block 750 and Pete Loeffler's Ampeg V4. A video of the recording of Chevelle's album Sci-Fi Crimes shows Dean using an Ibanez BTB 1305E bass, though he has not played this during live shows.

Origins

Before Chevelle, Dean played drums in the Chicago band Liftpoint. Liftpoint opened for Chevelle a few times during Dean's time with the band and also went on several tours with Chevelle as an opening act.

Bernardini taught himself to play bass by playing along to bass lines on albums. The first album he played to was Muse's Absolution.^[2]

References

1. ^ Mtv News Staff. "For The Record: Quick News On Kanye West, Tool, Cam'ron, Guns N' Roses, Kristen Bell, Three 6 Mafia & More". Mtv News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1532220/20060522/guns_n_roses.jhtml?headlines=true. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Diane Gershuny. "Chevelle's Dean Bernardini". Bass Player Magazine Online. http://www.bassplayer.com/article/chevelles-dean-bernardini/apr-07/26988. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 

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Name	Bernardini, Dean
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