Joey DeMaio
Videos
Joey DeMaio is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980. He is also the founder and owner of Magic Circle Music.
DeMaio with Manowar in 2016
Rickenbacker 4001
Videos
The Rickenbacker 4001 is an electric bass that was manufactured by Rickenbacker as a two-pickup "deluxe" version of their first production bass, the single-pickup model 4000. This design, created by R
Joey DeMaio
…the band HolyHell. DeMaio mostly plays in piccolo tuning, which is the same as standard bass tuning, but tuned up an octave. He primarily uses custom Rickenbacker 4003 basses with EMG pickups and guitar-style string spacing, inspired off of a Rickenbacker he played that was modified by John "Dawk" Stillwell. Manowar…
A 1977 Rickenbacker 4001
A 2020 CieloGlo 4003S, showing the lack of body/neck binding and dot fret inlays