Vinny Espinola

Vincent Royale Espinola (born March 11, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and bassist known for being a bassist/backing vocalist of pop punk band Screaming Yellow Players and the lead singer/bassist of the electronicore band Sparkle.

Biography
Vinny was born at in, the son of an African-American father, Darren Espinola (of Garifuna ancestry), and a Polish-American mother, Alessandra Hlawiczka. His father was killed in a car accident when he was 5 years old.

Equipment
Early in his career, Vinny played a 1958 Gibson EB-1 he purchased for $500 at an antique store in. The EB-1 was in poor condition, so Vinny and his stepfather partially rebuilt it and decorated it in a "New Romantic" style (as Vinny was a fan of the bands commonly associated with the movement, such as Duran Duran, the Culture Club, A Flock of Seagulls, and Adam and the Ants). In 2007, Gibson subsidiary began producing the Epiphone Vinny Espinola Signature EB-1. Vinny owns a production model, which he uses on tour with Screaming Yellow Players and Sparkle as a backup for his 1958 EB-1.

Basses

 * Customized Gibson 1958 EB-1
 * Epiphone Vinny Espinola Signature EB-1

Amplifiers

 * Ampeg Blass Amplifiers
 * Ampeg Bass Heads

Effects

 * Electro-Harmonix Big Muff