Christian Olde Wolbers
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Christian Olde Wolbers (born August 5, 1973 in Antwerp, Belgium) was the one of the many bassists of the industrial metal band Fear Factory from December 1993 to 2002 when the group disbanded. Since the group reformed in 2003, Christian has switched to guitar, replacing ex guitarist Dino Cazares (Byron Stroud of Strapping Young Lad fame filled the empty bass position). In addition to his role as bass player he handled "extra sound bites" and "transforming cuts" on the groups Digimortal album. He is talented at many other instruments including keyboard, turntables and upright bass. He is also a remixer and "beat maker" working under the name "The Edgecrusher" (taken from the title of a Fear Factory song of the same name).
Wolbers did not come to North America until 1993, after being in college in 1990/1991. He joined Fear Factory in December 1993 after former bassist Andrew Shives was asked to leave the group. He met the band in Los Angeles, California through Bobby Hambel of Biohazard in Dec of 93' at a club being asked by Burton C Bell if he knew how to triple pick, before finally joining and creating the now "classic" Fear Factory line-up. Christian's recorded outputs with the band were on three albums, Demanufacture (1995), Obsolete (1998) and Digimortal (2001). In July 2005, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported that Olde Wolbers was in a relationship with singer Karen Damen of the Belgian group K3. In 2006, he helped with the production and mixing of danish/french metal band Mnemic's third album Passenger. Also in 2006 he produced Canadian band Threat Signal's debut album Under Reprisal. He has filled in as live guitarist for Korn on their European tour only for the three first shows.
[edit] Trivia
- He is a huge fan of rap music, Rage Against the Machine & The Prodigy.
- His favorite Fear Factory songs are Edgecrusher, Scumgrief & Scapegoat.
- His favorite food is Mexican food.
- He enjoys Video Games.
- He and Dino Cazares are mentioned in the beginning of the song "Indigo Flow" by Limp Bizkit, a song they also performed on.
[edit] Equipment
In an issue of Guitar World (November 2005), for an article called "Vulgar Display of Power," in which guitarists show fans their gear. Christian credits Stephen Carpenter for his design philosophy, saying "Stephen saw me going through a spider's web of wires and cable patches, so he took me over to Bob Bradshaw (CAE) to have him build my rig... Now my setup has no problems or noise."
- Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String (red with sticker; said to be his favorite piece of gear)
- Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String - Brown/Wood
- Jackson Custom Shop 7-String - Black with Stickers (As seen on the Archetype bonus DVD , and Big Day Out 2004 (Sydney Australia)
- Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7 string Dinky Archtop - Black
- Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7 string Dinky Archtop - Desert Camo
- Jackson Custom Shop King V - 7 string
- Jackson Silverburst USA Custom Shop Electric Guitar w/Tremolo
- Randall V2 Guitar Amp Head, Randall XL Series RS412XXL 260W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Black & Randall XL Series RS125XL 260W 2x12 and 1x15 Guitar Extension Cabinet Black (2007 Sponsership)
- Two Digitech Wh4 Whammy Pedals
- Dunlop Crybaby Wah
- CAE r5-10 Controller
- Krank Smalltone Custom Volume Controller
- Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Pedal
- Digitech X-Series Multi-Chorus
- X-Wire Wireless Unit
- ISP Decimator Noise Reduction
- Korg DTR-2000 Rack Tuner
- CAE Custom Switcher/Interface
- Emagic MT4 Midi Unit
- Boss RGE-10 Micro Series EQ
- Whirlwind MLTDIR Multi-director
- Mac G4 Laptop (uses a program called "Guitar Rig", which he used in the studio, and it sounded "amazing," so he now uses it in his live setup, in a move he calls "the way of the future." He uses it mainly for clean tones, and the occasional weird sound effect.)
- Randall released a signature amp, the V2 Archetype.
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