The “Gear”

Here’s some of the gear I use at church:

GUITARS:

1. Taylor T5 Custom Koa (2006) – incredibly versatile instrument.  This is the 2nd Taylor I’ve owned, and it’s awesome as an electric AND an acoustic.
2. Fender American Stratocaster HSS (2004) – that Fender ‘twang’ with just a little extra ‘oomph.’  Mine is a now-discontinued silver with rosewood fretboard and black pickguard.
3. ESP Eclipse II Standard (2006) – Currently, my favorite guitar to play.  Mine is vintage black with gold hardware.
4. Taylor 410 (1997) – Dreadnought acoustic, back when Taylor made 410s with the string-thru bridge.
5. Seagull Cedar 12-string (1997) – Dreadnought 12-string.  Like most Seagulls, she ain’t pretty, but she sounds great.

BASS:

1. Washburn Taurus T25 (2006) – This 5-string bass gets a lot of stage time from our bassist.  Incredible bass for the low price.
2. Epiphone El Capitan Acoustic 5-string (2003) – Great for those coffeehouse gigs.

KEYBOARDS:

1. Roland Fantom S-88 (2004) – 88-key monster workstation.
2. Alesis QS7 (1997) – 76-key synth I’ve had for years now.

AMPLIFICATION/PA:

1. Line6 PodXT Live (2006) – Great way to get a lot of sound without overpowering stage noise.
2. VOX Valvetronix AD120VTH and Vox 2×12 cabinet (2004) – Great when you want versatility that’s also quite….loud.
3. Alesis Sumo 100 – great keyboard amp.
4. Korg AX10A – inexpensive acoustic modeling processor.

RANDOM INSTRUMENT:

1. Epiphone Electric Mandolin (2008 ) – sometimes, you just have to have one.

GEAR NOT NORMALLY USED ONSTAGE (backup instruments):

1. 1976 Univox Hi-Flier.  Same kind of guitar Kurt Cobain used in early years of Nirvana.  Mine is a Phase 3 sunburst.  Nasty (in a good way), grungy sound.  I’m determined to use this thing onstage one day.
2. 1998 Epiphone Les Paul QMT – Looks beautiful with a blood-red quilted maple top with black hardware.  Also upgraded with Grover tuners and Seymour Duncan JB/59s…making it better than your average Epiphone.
3. Washburn Rover travel guitar – great for those moments you just need a guitar on vacation.

VARIOUS OTHER GEAR:

• Shure SM58s
• Shure Beta87A wireless (Shure ULX pro wireless systems)
• Elixir strings (electrics)
• D’Addario EXP strings (acoustics)
• Shure E5 in-ear monitors
• ART TubeMP processor/direct box

VIDEO EDITING:

• 2008 Apple iMac – Final Cut Studio 2 – awesome
• Windows – Sony Vegas 7 + DVD Architect – when you have to use Windows 🙂 .

GEAR I STILL WANT:

• Schecter C-1 EX Baritone Blackjack guitar – sometimes I need a guitar that can play really LOW.