[1] In 2011 Pingel had the privilege of performing on the acclaimed Karr-Koussevitzky bass for his solo debut with Andrei Gorbatenko and the San Francisco Academy Orchestra.
His college bandleader said, "Scott could impress a great jazz bassist like Victor Wooten enough to get him to tutor him over a speaker phone and then turn around and win an orchestral performance fellowship at one of the country’s most prestigious music schools.
[5] On September 6 and 8, 2019, as part of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and alongside heavy metal icons Metallica, Pingel participated in the inaugural concert at the newly-opened Chase Center, home to the Golden State Warriors.
The concert, entitled S&M2, was a 20th anniversary celebration of the first time the two musical acts combined talents back in 1999, under the direction of the late Michael Kamen.
His older brother was a "big fan" of Metallica[6] that often played Burton's signature solo "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)," from the band's debut album, Kill 'Em All.