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GearÕs a matter of preference, of course; what works for one musician may not be worth much to another.

Like many musicians, IÕm pretty particular about my gear. For my guitars, IÕm after a warm, articulate sound, and I want my vocals to be clear and intelligible. Not every musician would be happy with the equipment IÕve chosen to work with: after all, even something as mundane as cables can ignite a very spirited debate among musicians!

Still, if youÕre wondering what gear I use when IÕm playing live or recording, the following list will give you an idea.

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guitars

Gibson WM-180 flattop, Eastman AR604ce archtop, Eastman ER2 archtop electric

strings

GHS Phosphor Bronze ŅTrue MediumÓ (WM-180); D'Addario Half Rounds and Rotosound Top Tape flatwound (Eastman ER2)

tuner

Sonic Research ST-200

acoustic pickup

K&K Trinity (Gibson WM-180): a Pure Western Mini soundboard transducer array, an internal mic, and a K&K Trinity preamp

vocal mic

Sennheiser e935 dynamic, Audix VX10 condenser, or Audix OM6 dynamic

instrument mic

Audix OM6 dynamic (on the very rare occasions I donÕt use pickups)

amp

Schertler Unico, a 4-channel, 150W amp, with matching Schertler Side as a second powered speaker when needed

direct box

Raven Labs MDB-1 (also, for EQ, a Raven Labs True Blue)

effects pedals

Coldcraft Effects Harmonic Tremolo, VFE Blues King overdrive, Analog Afterdrive overdrive, and a Red Panda Context reverb

headphone amp

Saturnworks Pedals Headphone Amp (pedal)

picks

Dunlop Zookies thumbpicks, Propik fingerpicks, and Clayton Ultem Tortoise flatpicks

capo

Shubb deluxe, with a Keyser backup

guitar cables

custom Redco Audio (acoustic), Spectraflex (electric), EWI (effects)

mic cables

ProCo MasterMike, EWI Starline, and EWI Pro-Quad

speaker cables

ProCo Excellines (12 awg)

mic stands

Konig & Meyer

speaker stands

Ultimate TS-80

guitar stand

Konig & Meyer ŅHeliÓ

field recorder

Tascam DR-40

CD recorder

Tascam CD-RW 402

studio mics

Audio-Technica AT-4040, Audix VX10, Audio-Technica BP40, and a pair of CAD e70s

mic pre

dbx 760x

headphones

Tascam TH-07 for studio work, Audio-Technica ATH-M30 for tracking and field work

monitors

KRK V4 series II

audio interface

Audient iD14

recording software

Apple Logic X; Cockos Reaper; iZotope Ozone 9, Neutron 3, Alloy 2, Nectar 3

computer

Mac Pro 5.1 w/ an Intel Xeon 3.46 GHz hex-core, 48 GB of RAM, OSX 10.14.06

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