GEAR

The equipment a musician uses are often as important as tools to a carpenter. This is not lost on me, however, my minimalist approach often strikes some “gearheads” as ignorant or odd. Quite the contrary. I feel my performances are a blend of sounds both human and electronic and the tools I employ need only be one layer of the overall mixture. My choices in gear are made out of necessity, sound, value, look and even emotion. I've always felt you don't need a $3000 guitar and a $2000 amp to make great music. Some of the greatest, most legendary music was performed and recorded on a pawn shop guitar and an old amp someone found in the garbage.   Guitars   Takamine EG523SC Acoustic Electric - Natural Epiphone AJ-200 Acoustic Electric - Ebony Epiphone AJ-200 Acoustic Electric - Antique Sunburst Fender Stratocaster with Fender “Noiseless” single coil pickups Fender Squier II Stratocaster, outfitted with Seymour Duncan “Scorcher” Hot Rail (bridge), Fender Stratocaster single coil (middle) and Seymour Duncan JB ’59 (neck).       Effects   Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner Boss DS-1 Distortion Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator Boss CH-1 Super Chorus Boss BF-3 Flanger Rogue Volume Wah       Amplification   Line 6 Spider 2x10 combo Nady SPA 850 Nady speakers Kustom monitors       Microphones   Shure SM58 Nady Starpower 9       Other   D’Addario strings Martin strings Jim Dunlop picks Ernie Ball straps Planet Waves straps Onstage Stands Kyser capos Live Wire cables