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Christian Olde Wolbers performing at the 2001 Bizarre Festival

Christian Olde Wolbers (born August 5, 1972 in Antwerp, Belgium) was the second bassist of the industrial metal band Fear Factory from 1994 to 2002 when the group disbanded. Since the group reformed in 2004, Christian has switched instruments, replacing guitarist Dino Cazares (Byron Stroud of Strapping Young Lad fame filled the empty bass position).In addition to his role as bass player he handled "extra sound bites" and "transforming cuts" on the groups Digimortal album. He is talented at many other instruments including keyboard, turntables and upright bass. He is also a remixer and "beat maker" working under the name "the edgecrusher" (taken from the title of a fear factory song)

Wolbers did not come to North America until 1993, after being in college in 1990/1991. He joined Fear Factory in 1994 after former bassist Andrew Shives was asked to leave the group. He met the band in Los Angeles, California before finally joining and creating the now "classic" Fear Factory line-up. Christian's recorded outputs with the band were on three albums, Demanufacture (1995), Obsolete (1998) and Digimortal (2001). In July 2005, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported that Olde Wolbers was in a relationship with singer Karen Damen of the Belgian group K3. In 2006, he helped with the production and mixing of danish/french metal band Mnemic's third album Passenger. Also in 2006 he produced Canadian band Threat Signal's debut album Under Reprisal. He has been filling in as live guitarist for Korn on their European tour only for the three first shows.

In an issue of Guitar World (November 2005), for an article called "Vulgar Display of Power," in which guitarists show fans their gear. Christian credits Stephen Carpenter for his design philosophy, saying "Stephen saw me going through a spider's web of wires and cable patches, so he took me over to Bob Bradshaw (CAE) to have him build my rig... Now my setup has no problems or noise."

• Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String (red with sticker; said to be his favorite piece of gear)
• Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String - Brown/Wood
• Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String - Black with Stickers (As seen on the Archetype bonus DVD , and Big Day Out 2004 (Sydney Australia)
• Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7 string Dinky Archtop - Black
• Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7 string Dinky Archtop - Desert Camo
• Jackson Custom Shop King V - 7 string
• Jackson Silverburst USA Custom Shop Electric Guitar w/Tremolo
• Krank Krankenstein Heads & Krank Revolution Series 4x12 Cabinets
• two Digitech Wh4 Whammy Pedals
• Dunlop Crybaby Wah
• CAE r5-10 Controller
• Krank Smalltone Custom Volume Controller
• Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Pedal
• Digitech X-Series Multi-Chorus
• X-Wire Wireless Unit
• ISP Decimator Noise Reduction
• Korg DTR-2000 Rack Tuner
• CAE Custom Switcher/Interface
• Emagic MT4 Midi Unit
• Boss RGE-10 Micro Series EQ
• Whirlwind MLTDIR Multi-director
• Mac G4 Laptop (uses a program called "Guitar Rig," which he used in the studio, and it sounded "amazing," so he now uses it in his live setup, in a move he calls "the way of the future." He uses it mainly for clean tones, and the occasional weird sound effect.)

• Christian's MySpace

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