TIM FOREMAN

'Timothy David Foreman' (born August 15, 1978) is the bassist for the band Switchfoot. He was born in Lake Arrowhead, California but grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia. He and his family later moved to San Diego, California, where he now resides with his wife Andrea (whom he married in 2001) and their baby boy, born in April 2005.
He graduated from San Dieguito Academy in 1997. He is the youngest member of Switchfoot at 29; their first album ''The Legend of Chin'' was released only four days after he graduated high school. His brother Jon Foreman is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Switchfoot. He has also cowritten a number of Switchfoot's songs along with Jon.
Among Foreman's musical influences are Paul McCartney and The Beatles. He has been playing bass since the 5th grade, but has never taken any formal lessons.

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Gear Used

Trivia

Gear Used

Tim Foreman has used several different amps and basses throughout his career with Switchfoot. Towards the beginning of the band's career, he used a Fender Precision Bass and an Ampeg SVT amplifier. Presently he endorses Gallien-Krueger amps and Lakland Basses. His basses are a Lakland 4-94, a Lakland Hollowbody, a Lakland Decade, a Gibson Thunderbird, a Fender Mustang Bass, a Line6 Bass PODXTL, a Gallien-Krueger 2001RB head,Two 410 rbh cabinets with horn /a Neo412 cabinet.

Trivia

★ Tim designed the cover for Switchfoot's ''Learning to Breathe'' and ''The Beautiful Letdown''.