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Equipment as of 6/4/06
Guitars
- Gibson J-55
- 1977, Spruce top, arched mohogany back and sides, rosewood fretboard.
- Stamped 6 days after I was born.
- Current Uses: Its an accoustic, how do you think I use it?
- Aria Pro II Strat
- Mid 80's, standard trem, single humbucker, white finish.
- Custom Modifications: re-wired, Dimarzio Super Distortion Pickup,
"Calvin and Hobbes" and other graphics.
- Current Uses: Low tunings guitar
- American Fender Stratocaster Plus
- 1988, Blocked Strat Trem, triple single coil with Fender Gold Lace Sensor pickups, Lake Placid Blue finish,
22 fret maple neck with satin finish, LSR roller nut.
- This is
essentially the same guitar they made into the Eric Clapton Signiture Series. I never liked
Fenders until I played this guitar.
- Custom Modifications: I beat on it pretty regularly trying to get a nice "relic" look.
- Current Uses: For straty sounds.
- Carvin DC-127T
- 2003, Wilkensen bridge, 2 humbuckers (DiMarzio Air Norton, Tone Zone), Medium Blue finish, Alder Body, maple cap & neck,
rosewood fretboard. gold hardware. Spertzel locking tuners.
- LTD MH-301
- 2001, Floyd Rose Licensed Bridge, 2 humbuckers (Seymour Duncan 59, JB), Green finish, Mahogany Body, quilt maple veneer,
rosewood fretboard. black hardware. Spertzel locking tuners.
- LTD EXP-200
- 1999, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 stock humbuckers (for now), ebony finish alder body,
maple neck, rosewood fretboard, bolt-on neck.
- Custom Modifications: locking tuners
- Current Uses: I just bought it one day. It usually hangs on the wall in my office.
- Gibson Explorer Reissue
- 1995, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 stock humbuckers (Gibson 496 & 500), ebony finish mohogany body,
maple neck, rosewood fretboard, set neck.
- Custom Modifications: Installed new wiring, 3 way switch, and grounding material
- Current Uses: Sounds best in Eb.
- Gibson/Pushead X-1 Explorer Custom
- 1984/2002, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 humbuckers (EMG 60,81), tung oil and wax finish, Korina Body and neck,
set Korina neck, rosewood fretboard. Black hardware, and pickguard. Spertzel locking tuners.
- I love ebay. I picked this guitar up for a bit over $100. When they decide to junk a body, the Gibson
factory saws a guitar in half across the body and headstock. A company called Bardsong finds a few good ones,
and laminates them back together. The block of wood became an official guitar on 8/17/02
when it was plugged into a real amp and played for the first time.
You can see the "in production" pictures by visiting the Explorer Page
- Custom Modifications: pretty much everything
- ESP/KL/Pushead Explorer Custom
- 2005, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 humbuckers (EMG 60,81), tung oil and wax finish, Alder Body, maple neck,
rosewood fretboard. Black hardware. Spertzel locking tuners.
- You can see the "in production" pictures by visiting the other Explorer Page
- Custom Modifications: pretty much everything
- Gibson Les Paul Standard
- 1978, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 stock chrome humbuckers, mohogany body w/ maple cap, maple set-neck,
rosewood fretboard, herritage cherry sunburst finish. All chrome hardware.
- Custom Modifications: I put on the Klusion tuners with the creme plastic knobs on it because I like the
vintage look on this guitar. In the late 70's Gibson used brass nuts on the Les Pauls. This guitar was
just refretted and plays like a champ. The nut was replaced with a
bone one, and the guitar had been refretted for at least once before. A previous time, the wanker that worked
on it (for it's original owner) cracked the binding on the neck at each fret. The guitar has aged very nicely,
giving it that great vintage look. I get tons of compliments on this guitar. The pickup rings and pickguard are creme, but they show up white in the picture. Stupid white balance...
- Current Uses: It's still my favorite Les Paul type and finish.
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- 1977, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 stock gold humbuckers, mohogany body w/ maple cap, mohogany set-neck,
ebony fretboard, ebony finish. All gold hardware.
- Custom Modifications: Stamped in Nashville the day before I was born. Because of age and wear, I replaced the pickup covers as well as the bridge and stop bar.
- Current Uses: It sits next to it's younger brother. You can hear a difference between the Customs and
the Standard. The stock Custom is a bit mellower, sounds nicer clean.
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- 1977, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 humbuckers (EMG 60,81), mohogany body w/ maple cap, mohogany set-neck,
ebony fretboard, aged "ivory" finish, new black hardware.
- About this guitar: Stamped in Nashville the day I was born! Something I've looked
for since highschool! It's pretty yellow. Has a crack on the "top" of the neck where the fretboard seperated and was fixed.
- Current Uses: Rockin!
- ESP Custom M-II (KH Prototype)
- 1993 or 94, Floyd Rose trem, 2 humbuckers EMG 81s, ebony finish adler body, maple bolt-on neck,
rosewood fretboard, Skull-and-Crossbone inlays.
- This guitar was built to look like a KH-2
- I bought this guitar assuming it was a one of Kirk's Signiture guitars. The guitar was
played (hard) by it's previous owner. It has some scratches and a few gouges in the
headstock, and the color in the EMG logo had been scratched off the pickups. I took
the pickups out and found out there was an EMG 85 at the neck. I had always questioned
the validity of this guitar as a KH-2. The headstock says ESP Custom instead of ESP and
Kirk's initials. Also, the FR bridge was made by Kaehler, with Kaehler's locking nut
instead of the standard FR nut (with the bar to hold down the strings behind it). After
further investigation, I found out that this guitar was custom ordered in 1993 (before
the ESP signiture series was released). I've replaced both pickups (I like the silver
EMG logo to show) and this guitar is essentially a KH-2 now.
- Current Use: Tuned to E. It's the guitar I use most because it's the lightest and easiest
to play when just screwing around, and not plugged in.
- ESP JH-1 Flying-V
- 1997, Tune-o-matic bridge, 2 humbucker EMG 81 & 60, ebony finish mohogany body, maple
bolt-on neck, rosewood fretboard. Custom 4M inlays, flame graphics on body and headstock.
- Limited edition #27 of 200
- Custom modifications: I did a non-destructive mod to change how the guitar hangs while standing up.
- Current Use: It's just a show-off guitar.
- Amps and Effects
- Peavey Bandit 112 practice amp
- 1995, 80 watts, solid-state pre and power amp sections, 1-12" speaker.
- Current Use: Clean and stratty distorted sounds. Can crunch pretty well too.
- Mesa Engineering Single Rectifier
- 1999, 50 watts, tube pre and power amp sections, 2 channels w/ 4 signal paths
- Current Use: Annoying neighbors. Used for "real" recording with Marshall JCM Slash Cab.
- Mesa Boogie TriAxis Preamp
- 1995, tube preamp, MIDI controlled, 8 modes
- TC Electronics G-major
- 2000, Digital effects processor, MIDI controlled, 9 simultaneous effects
- Mesa Engineering 2:Ninety Simul-Class Power Amp
- 1997, tube power amp, 2 channels, 90 watts per channel, 3 voicing options
- Marshall JCM Slash 4-12 bottom cabinet
- 1996?, 4 Celestion Vintage 30 12" speakers, birch wood cabinet
- Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Wah
- 2000, multi-band wah; It isn't great, but it's better than an original crybaby, and
I don't use wah much anyway.
