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Ron Buckner (better known as B-6) has been playing bass since he was 12 years old. Ron purchased his first bass guitar, an EB3 replica, from (believe it or not) Radio Shack. He converted the living room stereo system into a bass amplifier (you know the stereo systems from the 60's that were a half a block long) by installing switches that rerouted the turntable needle signal outputs.

This invention was to be used only when his parents weren't home. Upon seeing the new bass guitar in the family's living room, Ron's father asked, "What are you going to do with that "Thang?" His dad later discovered the conversion when his Green Onions "45" would not play (Ron forgot to throw the switches back).

Ron thanks his mother for running interference for him from his Dad after the stereo system discovery was made. He thanks his father for the challenge and the inspiration that gave him the drive to become one of Denver's better bass players.

B6's very unique style of playing combines the solid backbeat of graceful thumping with a straight-ahead peaceful in the pocket groove. His influences came from Larry Dunn of Earth Wind & Fire, Ted Duncan from Denver, Larry Graham of Graham Central Station and, most recently, Victor Wooten of Bella Fleck and The Flecktones. Ron has played with Sky, Specter, The Regroovanators, Splash, The Jazz Project, Ace Butler And The Aces, The New "G", Sammy and Friends, Silver Jeff, Carl Dixon, Linda Theus-Lee, and host of other bands in California and in Colorado. Ron recently recorded with Portrait, on their Without A Second Thought CD, Katie on her Angel Eyes CD, Park Peters on his Because You Asked CD, and was requested to record the bass track for the "Oasis Product Line" commercials. He is currently playing in The Buckner Funken Jazz Band with his brother, Rod Buckner, on trumpet. Ron also collaborates with various Denver-area artists and groups laying down studio grooves for them. He is the owner of Brainstorm Recording Studios, and Brainstorm Records, subsidiaries of Buckner Resources Inc. He produced, engineered, and mastered the CD project for the band A New Elysium, Ticket To Nowhere, produced and engineered Russell Edwards' CD, Edge Of A Fall. He is working on his newest solo CD entitled Direct Current.

B-6 uses our WP100 Navigator and WT1000 to drive D410T and D115XLT cabinets, When asked why, he says, “I have played through a lot of equipment and in my opinion Eden, besides looking great in my rack, is the best. I play a six string bass, my Eden Navigator allows me to dial in the sound that I hear and feel, from everything set flat to seriously EQ-ed, and anything in-between. On the power side I use the World Tour 1000 and, since I enjoy thumpin' and poppin' along with low end grooves, you must realize it takes a very solid power supply design and amplification section to reproduce a clear low “B” and a clean high “C”. The sound of quality and the quality of sound is evident when you hear it through my 410T and 115XLT cabinets. To sum it up: Versatility, Power, and Reliability.