Basic Info
Name: George Edward Fava Jr
Date of birth: March 5, 1987
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 155 lbs
Hometown: Lebanon, PA
Occupation: student - Temple University
Instruments: electric guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, as well as dabbling in other various instruments
Favorite band of the moment: Necrophagist
All time favorite band: Rage Against The Machine
Past/present bands: The October Flatline, Genovese, Dim The Lights
Interests: video games, riding bike, listening to all types of music, paintball, making music, snowboarding
Movies: Back To The Future (the entire trilogy), Reservoir Dogs, Dawn Of The Dead (original), Half Baked, Anchorman, Chappelle Seasons 1 & 2, anything by Quentin Tarantino
Books: Able's Island, The DaVinci Code, Alas, Babylon
Other: I've been studying bass guitar for 6 years, electric guitar for 4 years, and classical guitar for 1 year.
Aspirations: to play music for the rest of my life and see how far it will take me.

Greatest Musical Accomplishments:
+ Getting to open for Steve Smith (former drummer from Journey) and his band Vital Information.
+ Playing at the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Convention
+ Winning the Harmonia Music Scholarship

Areas of Study:
+ Bass guitar Books & Videos
+ Bass Method
+ Mel Bay's Electric Bass Method 1
+ Mel Bay's Electric Bass Method 2
+ Mel Bay's Fun With The Electric Bass
+ Blues Bass

+ Mel Bay's Bass Position Studies
+ Hal Leonard Slap Bass Video

Electric Guitar Videos:
+ John Petrucci's Rock Discipline
+ Frank Gambale's Monster Licks & Speed Picking
+ Frank Gambale's Modes: No More Mystery
+ Kris Norris' Instructional DVD
+ Advanced Metal with John McCarthy


Electric Guitar Books:
+ Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar by Troy Stetina
+ Rusty Cooley's The Art of Picking
+ Rusty Cooley's Shred Guitar Manifesto
+ Frank Gambale's Chop Builder

Classical Guitar Books:
+ Aaron Shearer's Classical Guitar Technique Vol. 1
+ Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andres Segovia