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Dan Briggs
- From
- Erie, United States
- Since
- 1984–present
- Releases
- 0
About
Daniel Hanford Briggs (born September 27, 1984) is a musician from Erie, Pennsylvania, best known for playing bass and keyboards for the American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.
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In addition to his bass duties with Between the Buried and Me, he also plays bass for jazz fusion band Trioscapes and progressive rock band Nova Collective as well as both guitar and bass in the band Orbs. He is a vegan and straight edge.
Dan uses Spector NS-5XL bass guitars with D'Addario EXL160-5 nickel wound strings, a Fender-reissued Sunn 300T amp and an Ampeg SVT-810E.
Dan states that he chose a Spector over other bass guitars because he got it at the age of 16 and it was the "nicest bass in my price range." The Spector Bass guitar has stock EMGs and is tuned in C# Standard. Regarding guitar playing, Briggs has stated, "I never use the pick as I learned with my fingers."
Member of
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Between the Buried and Me background vocals, bass guitar, keyboard
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Trioscapes bass guitar
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Nova Collective bass guitar
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Obverse. bass
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Daniel Hanford Briggs
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- b9ce006f-d12c-4079-a7c1-7eb2e2064d8b
- ISNI
- 0000000372697938
- IPI
- 00719464813
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.