Jaime Alberto Preciado is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Pierce the Veil. He was also the bassist for the band Trigger My Nightmare. Outside music, he acts as co-chairman of the Living The Dream Foundation, alongside Vic Fuentes and Tony Perry.

Early life

Jaime Alberto Preciado was born on May 17, 1986, in San Diego, California to Mexican-born parents from Guadalajara. He has a brother named Chris. According to the British magazine Kerrang!, Preciado is working on getting his pilot's license. Mark Sutherland: Kerrang! (Issue 1530): Inside the hottest report of 2015, p. 20: “And Jaime’s getting his pilot’s license right now, so maybe we’ll be in a plane one day.” As a child, Preciado first learned to play the trumpet. He later received a bass guitar as a gift from his uncle. He met his wife, Jessica Rose, in 2003; the couple married in 2019.

Career

Trigger My Nightmare (2004-2007)

Before joining Pierce the Veil as bassist, Jaime Preciado was active in Trigger My Nightmare and was heavily involved with the San Diego music scene from a young age, where he also played bass. Pierce the Veil's current guitarist, Tony Perry, also played in Trigger My Nightmare.

Pierce the Veil (2007–present)

Preciado in 2007.

Preciado joined Pierce the Veil in 2007 after brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes contacted Tony Perry, the guitarist for Preciado’s then-active band, ‘Trigger My Nightmare’, after which they recruited Preciado and Perry, who have remained in the band till present. Preciado took over from Vic Fuentes on bass, as Fuentes was at the time writing and recording vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass; from then on, Fuentes only sang and played rhythm guitar when Preciado took bass, and Perry took over lead guitar duties shortly after the release of A Flair for the Dramatic.

Preciado also contributes to the band's backing vocals, most notably screaming and heavier vocals when performing live.

Preciado joined the band just after the release of their debut album, A Flair for the Dramatic (2007). In the following years, he has released four albums with the band: Selfish Machines (2010), Collide with the Sky (2012), Misadventures (2016), and their return album The Jaws of Life (2023).

He is known for his lively stage presence and his interaction with the audience, even more so than his bandmates Vic Fuentes and Tony Perry. He often doesn't play basslines in their songs to instead dance around on stage, paying attention to the audience.

The band went on hiatus between 2017 and 2022 following sexual misconduct allegations against founding drummer Mike Fuentes. Following the band's return, they have since conducted The Jaws of Life and Creative Control tours, opened for American Pop Punk band Blink-182 on their 2024 North American Tour, and are currently undertaking their I Can't Hear You World Tour, which kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 5, 2025 and is set to end on April 16, 2026 in Perth, Australia.

Other appearances

As of 2023, Preciado has not released any independent content; however, he was highly involved with Pierce The Veil’s drummer Mike Fuentes’ side project, in which Fuentes rapped under the alias MikeyWhiskeyHands and for which Preciado arranged the backing beat under the alias The Architechhh.

Charity work

Preciado is a co-chairman of Living The Dream Foundation along with Pierce the Veil vocalist Vic Fuentes and guitarist Tony Perry.The charity operates similarly to the Make a Wish Foundation, giving children with threatening illnesses the ability to meet their favourite musicians.

Equipment

Preciado in 2013

Preciado has used Music Man StingRay Basses for the entirety of his career both with Pierce the Veil and with his previous band, Trigger My Nightmare. In 2016, around the time the band’s 4th album Misadventures was released, Preciado teamed up with Music Man to create his own custom basses with roasted maple necks, Pierce-the-Veil-themed inlays and natural finish bodies.

Preciado has been a long-term user of Ampeg Amplifiers, using an Ampeg SVT-AV amplifier head through Ampeg SVT 810 cabinets. During the Misadventures tour cycle, Preciado switched to a simple touring rig, consisting of only an Ampeg Micro SVT-VR head and speaker cabinet, with a SansAmp pedal for dirtier tones, as explained in an interview with Ernie Ball for their Sound of Warped series.

Discography

Pierce the Veil

with Mike Fuentes

  • "Money Matrz, Bitches Don't"
  • "Straight Golden" with "The Saintz"
  • "Tonight (Living the Life)"
  • "Party with the Band"
  • "This Ain't a Game"
  • "$ex, Drugz and WhiskeyHands" (As a featured artist)
  • "Get Your Mind Right"

Awards

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