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Music Gear

Eletric Guitars

From left to right: 96 American Strat, '04 Ibanez RG320FMTL, 2003 Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top, 2005 Washburn X25F

Acoustic Instruments

From left to right: Takamine EG334 RC, Yamaha FGJR1, Fender Acoustic Electric Mandolin, Washburn B6 Banjo. Click on an instrument for more information. Each one has it's own story.

Amps

My Amp: A Peavey Bandit 1x12 II. This is an 80 watt 1x12 solid state power house. It's handled a years worth of abuse like no big deal. Being hauled around to countless rehearsals and jam sessions in the back of countless cars and being slung around in the back of pickup trucks. It's tone is simply BIG, HUGE, FAT, AND LOUD. This road worthy beast is 1/2 the back bone of my tone because it says so

Peavey Backstage practice amp. This is my newest piece of gear. I basically got tired of lugging my bandit around for little jams and it's too big to use to use for practice around the hosue. So I got this thing and It's probably the best sounding little amp I've ever had and it's Peavey tough.

Effects

This is my new Rp250. I started reading about these when they first came out and saw that they had a totally new processor designed just for guitar processing so I gave it a shot. It really does do distortion and overdrive a more realistically than the GNX. It took 1 day to get a very usuable heavy rock sound that I was finding elusive on the GNX. While it lacks some of the nice features it sounds better than the GNX.

This is my Digitech RP50. It's a decent backup processor. It lacks some of the flexability, power, and tone that it's bigger cousins have but it useful for practice and jams where lugging around a huge rig isn't practical.

Strings:
Electric: Darco by Martin 9-42 Nickle Wound
Acoustic: D'Addario 10-46 (EJ15) Phospher Bronze

Other Accessories:
Peavey, and Fender Cables.
Dunlop picks (1.0 nylon) and Slides (glass)

Please Note That The Manufacturer Of The Products
Shown on These Pages Do Not Support me
Nor Do I Endorse Them
These Are Simply The Tools I Use To Make Music

Effects
This is my new Rp250. I started reading about these when they first came out and saw that they had a totally new processor designed just for guitar processing so I gave it a shot. It really does do distortion and overdrive a more realistically than the GNX. It took 1 day to get a very usuable heavy rock sound that I was finding elusive on the GNX. While it lacks some of the nice features it sounds better than the GNX.

This is my Digitech RP50. It's a decent backup processor. It lacks some of the flexability, power, and tone that it's bigger cousins have but it useful for practice and jams where lugging around a huge rig isn't practical.