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MARCO CRAVERO guitar player, composer, arranger www.marcocravero.com Born 1969, Marco Cravero begins to study guitar at the age of eight. During the adolescence, inspired by listening and studying the most influential rock-blues guitar players of the seventies such as J.Hendrix, R.Blackmore, J. Page and Eric Clapton (to name just a few), he joins different rock bands in Liguria (Italy) and performs for the first time in live gigs. Around 1990 he decides to make music as his living becoming a professional musician; he moves to Milan for a couple of years (1991/93) where he continues studying with the guitar player Luciano Zadro and performing in clubs all around Italy and Switzerland with professional cover bands. During the following years he faces several experiences as session guitar player accompaining in tour artists such as Ivana Spagna, Giorgio Faletti and Maurizio Vandelli and collaborating in several studio sessions with well known producers such as Emanuele Ruffinengo (Chick Corea O.Vanoni, Pooh, G.Lavezzi). In 1996 he begins to collaborate with Francesco De Gregori with whom he performs in two long tours: “Prendere e Lasciare” and “La Valigia dell’Attore”and records the double live cd “La Valigia dell’Attore” with 3 unpublished studio tracks among the live ones included. In December 1997 he plays with Lucio Dalla during the Rai channel tv show “La Notte Degli Angeli”. Collaborates with Lilli Greco, renowned roman music producer (P.Conte, F.DeGregori, P.Pravo, Avion Travel). He performs with artists like Vittorio De Scalzi (New Trolls), Marcello Murru, Vera Takes The Cake, a band from Austin, Texas (european tour 2001) and with a number of rock, pop, funk and blues line-ups. In the meanwhile he spends some time by composing instrumental tunes, which included among a few used as soudtracks and jingles for different tv networks (Rai Sat, Salute & Benessere Channel, etc.), and composing/arranging singer-composer’s music. He currently teaches at Scuola Musicale Conte and Alessio Menconi Guitar Institute (AMG), (Genoa-Italy) GEAR: FENDER STRATOCASTER "American deluxe" - Lindy Fralin blues special pickups on neck and middle. Seymour Duncan JB-JR on bridge - S-1 switching - maple fingerboard FENDER STRATOCASTER "American Standard" - Fender Texas Special pickups - rosewood fingerboard FENDER TELECASTER "American standard" with Lindy Fralin blues special pickups GODIN "LGX" electric guitar GIBSON ES-335 dot hollowbody electric guitar - Seymour Duncan pickups: "The jazz" on neck , "Stag mag" on bridge - piezo pickups - flamed maple top - honduras mahogany body - ebony fingerboard AQS "NYLON ROCK" guitar - semi-solid body - neck trough body - honduras mahogany body and neck - rosewood fingerboard - flame maple top - piezo pickups TAYLOR 810 CE acoustic guitar VHT "Pitbull Fifty CL" 50 W tube head FENDER " '59 Bassman LTD " amplifier CERUTTI FRUDUA "The valve" hand made tube preamp: 3 channels (clean, crunch, lead) with boost, midi, all tube driven MARSHALL JMP-1 preamp Stereo tube MESA BOOGIE "20/20" power amp Two MESA BOOGIE boxes with EV 12'' "Black shadow" speakers Stereo MARSHALL box 4x12'' Celestion Vintage speakers BOSS SX-700 effects processor Korg rack tuner AER Alpha plus BK Combo acoustic Amp PEDAL BOARD with: - Xotic X-Blender - Line6 MM4 modulation modeler - Carl Martin Plexitone - Ibanez "Tube screamer" TS-808 - EBS Multicomp dual band compressor - Digitech X-series digital delay - Boss RV-2 Digital Reverb - Korg DT-10 tuner - Digitech Jamman looper - Cry baby wha - Boss volume pedal For more infos visit www.marcocravero.com