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Eric Carlson
Eric Carlson
Also known as	Sickie Wifebeater
Born	May 22, 1958
Origin	Seattle, Washington
Genres	Shock rock, heavy metal, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1970s–present
Website	Sickie Wifebeater at MySpace

Eric Carlson (born May 22, 1958, in Seattle, Washington) is a founding member and lead guitarist of American heavy metal band The Mentors.^[1] Under the stage name Sickie Wifebeater, Carlson started The Mentors in Seattle in 1976 with bass guitarist Steve Broy (Dr. Heathen Scum) and singer/drummer Eldon Hoke (El Duce) who attended Roosevelt High School together.^[1]

Style edit

Wifebeater's playing style when soloing (with hand above and over the fretboard) is one of the things that gave the Mentors' guitars a unique sound. His signature sound is fluid with alternating bottom-heavy crunch with fast-noted metal runs.^[2]

When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner’s hood, according to a Guitar World "Behind the Mask: A Brief History of Guitarists with an Identity Crisis", Guitar World, September 5, 2008</ref>

Equipment edit

Guitars edit

Wifebeater plays or has played the following guitars^{[citation needed]}

A 1964 red Gibson SG with one P-90 pickup and one DiMarzio super distortion Humbucker
A 1965 red Gibson SG stock P-90 pickups
Early 1980s silver Boogiebodies Stratocaster
A 1970s black Ventura Les Paul Copy (used in early 1980s)

Amplifiers edit

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Sickie Wifebeater uses a 1978 or 1979 Marshall MKII 100 Watt Lead with checkerboard speaker cabinets. Originally, he used the fullstack as pictured on the Get Up and Die album cover but in later years he mainly ran it as a halfstack.