High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Troy Sanders, (Born September 8, 1973) in Jacksonville, Florida, is an American heavy metal musician and vocalist perhaps better known as the bassist and one of the three vocalists for the Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon. Sanders first played when he picked up his older brother's bass and tried it out; notably, the bass was strung for a lefty, and he is right-handed. A few months later, he talked his dad into buying him a bass. He cites Cliff Burton, Gene Simmons and Phil Lynott as influences on his bass playing. Sanders is primarily a fingerstyle bassist, but has also used a pick on certain songs. Sanders' gear includes a Fender Prophecy II, Fender American Standard Jazz, Fender American Deluxe Precision, Ibanez SRX700, Godlyke Deity 4-string bass,Yamaha BB414 Bass, Yamaha BB2004 bass and michael kelly acoustic basses.