This is absolutely the coolest instrument I've ever owned.
Playability is outstanding, and tonal flexibility and range are terriffic.
The birdseye maple neck is unfinished and soft to the touch. Feels good in the hand. It looks pretty cool too, nice details in the headstock and the body shape is smooth, egonomic and subtly distinctive. Another great feature is it stays in tune. A great Floyd Rose with an Eddie Van Halen invented Drop-D tuner feature (the d-tuna). Pull the knob on the low E string and tuning drops down a step. Then pop it back in place and you're back to standard. I have two, the high end carved top and the budget "special" flat top that I use as a backup guitar. I'd get yet another but that's starting to get neurotic.




More up-close and personal of my wolfie.

The Marshall TSL100 head, with a Marshall 1960av and 1960lead 4x12 cabinets.
Hey, it's a full stack, it kicks ass, no kidding.
I am a re-convert to full on tube sound. This amp has 4 EL34's that give it a nice warm, round, slightly compressed sound.
Great screaming lead distortion, excellent excellent rhythm crunch, and clear crisp clean tones.
It's a three channel amp and the channels really are indepenent.
It's the best most flexible amp I've owned so far. It listens and plays well with the HP Special.
I was shopping around for a replacement for my JSX, which is in the shop for the 4th time. I tried a Mesa triple rectifier, too harsh. I have a Marshall tsl-601 combo that I use for practice and it sounds pretty good, so I thought I'd give the ead a shot. Brilliant! Not cheap, $1300, but worth it.

Custom Floorboard.
A really great stomp box pedal board.

• Dunlop Crybaby Wah
• DMC Ground Control Pro

I built this myself out of plywood covered with amp carpet. The controller and Wah are wire-tied to the board. I use the GCX to to amp switchhing, midi program change on the Lexicon, and put the tuner and and out of the loop.

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My outboard effects etc sit in a 6 space anvil rack box. I run the Lexicon MPX200 through the amps effects loop.
From top to bottom:
* Power conditioner/distribution
* Korg tuner
* MidiVerb II
* Ground Control switcher
* X-Wire Wireless receiver.
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Marshall TSL 601 amp
Triple super lead in a swiss army knife package.
I use this as a practice amp at rehearsal. I can leave it there and not have to lug the Peavey/4x12 rig.
It's really amazing, three channels, all tube, 1x12 amp. It's nice and loud and has a nice smooth Marshall sound. Terri got it for me for Xmas. What a girl!
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The X-Wire digital wireless transceiver system. I tried a lot of systems and read the literature. This thing is ahead of its time. No compander ciruitry, full frequency response, and 20-bit digital resolution. A lot of top level pros use this thing, Satriani to name one, so it must be good, right?
I got it used from EMI Sound in Minneapolis, it was a rental. It's in great shape and works perfectly. The only downside is that X-wire, Inc. went out of business last year. The silver lining is that Sennheiser picked up the patents and support. Sennheiser just came out with a digital system but for some reason the specs aren't as good.
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My recording setup. ProTools LE, dual video monitors, Digi002.

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The Digidesign user interface for ProTools LE. Motorized faders and an inhumanly clear, clean sound.
Great control, and it's a stand alone mixer too.

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The Washburn EA-20 Electric / Acoustic guitar. Fast neck, clear, warm sound. Records really well.
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The Alesis QS-6 Synthesizer. A great all around studio synth. Lots of great presets, including drum and percussion, as well as deep programming ability. Easy intuitive MIDI control makes it a good sequencing sound module too.
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The Yamaha DX-100 Synthesizer. A great mini-key synth. Basic 4 operator synthesis that the DX-7 made famous. This is getting to be a vintage unit with somthing of a cult following. You can hear some of it's unique sound effects on a lot of records. Buckwheat Zydeco uses "Ghosties" on one of his tunes. I like the Bass sounds. Easy intuitive MIDI control makes it a good sequencing sound module too.


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The JBL Control 5 studio reference monitors. A nice honest 2-way studio monitor. If it sounds good through these it will sound good on the home stereo or the car cassette deck. They crank too.

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Yamaha midi router. A no nonsense 8x8 router with memory settings.
Yamaha homepage.

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The AMR, Audio Media Research, PMA 200. A 200 watt power amp. No fan, so it's very quiet. Fairly reliable, it's been in the shop once to repair a blown transistor. Big and rugged with plenty of headroom. A division of Peavey.
AMR homepage.

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The Tascam PB32R patch bay. What can you say about a patch bay?
Tascam homepage.

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The old standby's. I use the '57 and the '94 for recording acoustic guitar. The '58 for recording vocals. And the '94 for recording vocals.

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