Available Gear

Instruments

Guitars

  • 1962 Fender Jazzmaster
  • 1984 Gibson ES-347 (335-style)
  • 1967 Epiphone Riviera
  • 1953 Epiphone Triumph Regent (with added pickup)
  • 1939 Epiphone Triumph acoustic archtop
  • 1980s G&L ASAT (Tele- style)
  • 1979 Tokai Springy Sound (Strat-style)
  • 1950s Kay acoustic flat-top (funky vintage flat-top)
  • 1990s Seagull S-6 acoustic flat-top (with Fishman pickup)
  • 1990s Yairi gut-string classical

Other String Instruments

  • 1929 Vega Vegaphone Professional tenor banjo
  • 1987 Tokai HP-64 bass guitar (P-style)

Amplifiers

  • 1961 Fender Super-amp, model 6G4-A. Brown tolex, phase-shifting tremolo, 2x10, 40 watts
  • 1965 Fender Deluxe-amp, model AB763. Black panel cosmetics, 1X12, 22 watts
  • 1959 Magnatone 260-A, pitch-changing vibrato, 2x12, 30 watts
  • 1994 Fender Pro Junior. Modified with Weber speaker and Mercury transformers. 1x10, 15 watts
  • 1970s Ampeg B-25. Enclosure includes Weber speaker. 1x15
  • 1950s CMI. Small class-A. 1x8, (Fender 5F1 tweed Champ circuit)
  • 1970s Univox solid-state (funky, lo-fi solid-state amp)

Effects

  • 1959 Maestro EP-2 Echoplex
  • 1964 Fender 6G15 outboard reverb unit
  • 1960s Univox Superfuzz
  • FOXX Tone Machine
  • 1970s Ross Phaser (orange)
  • 1967 Vox Cry Baby wah-wah
  • 1970s Colorsound B&M Champions wah-wah
  • Maxon OD-808 overdrive (modified)
  • 1970s Multivox Big Jam distortion
  • EMMA DiscumBOBulator envelope-controlled filter
  • 1981 DOD 670 Flanger
  • 1981 DOD 680 Analog Delay
  • 1982 DOD 690 Chorus

Drums

  • 1966 Slingerland set in 20, 12, 14 sizes.
  • 1965 Slingerland solid-shell Artist snare drum.
  • Various turkish K zildjian, vintage A zildjian, Istanbul, and Ufip cymbals.
  • Assorted percussion (tambourines, cowbells, etc)

Keyboards

  • 1973 Moog Minimoog Model D analog synthesizer
  • 1960s Farfisa Compact Combo organ
  • 1950s E. Bertini accordion (120 bass)
  • M-Audio Keystation controller

Recording Equipment

Microphones

  • Audio Technica 4033 large diaphragm condensor
  • Beyerdynamic M160 hypercardioid ribbon
  • Beyerdynamic M88 dynamic
  • Custom 5840 tube LDC (U47/U67-inspired hybrid design)
  • Oktava MK-012 small-diaphragm condensor, modified (x3)
  • RCA SK50 'Varacoustic' ribbon, modified to 77DX specs
  • RED R12 large diaphragm capsule for MK-012 (x2)
  • Sennheiser e609 dynamic (x2)
  • Webcor crystal-element
  • Countryman DI box

Outboard/Front-End/Monitoring

  • Seventh Circle Audio A12 microphone preamp (API 312 circuit)
  • Seventh Circle Audio N72 microphone preamp (Neve 1272 circuit)
  • dbx 263x de-esser
  • Mackie 1202 VLZ small-format console
  • Digidesign 002R interface/convertors, Pro Tools LE 7.3
  • KRK V6 Series II monitors