GUITARS
- Epiphone ES-339 (cherry red)
- Epiphone ES-339 (black)
- Vintage 1959 reissue Stratocaster (classic black w/white pickguard)
- 1979 Ibanez GB10 [George Benson model] (sunburst) given to me by none other than Russell Malone!
- 2005 Ibanez GB10 (blonde)
- 1981 Gibson ES-175D (tobacco burst)
- Ibanez “lawsuit model” L5 (blonde)
- 1971 Fender Stratocaster (cream w/ white pickguard, maple neck)
- Guild Starfire (cherry red)
- Twenty custom-built Stratocasters (various necks, bodies, pickup configurations, hardware, pickguards)
AMPS
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- For blues, rock, reggae, etc., I use Fender amps (Blues Jr., vintage Princeton Reverb Blackface, Super Champ XD, Superchamp X2)
- For Jazz, I use Polytone MegaBrute, and Peavey Ecoustic E208 amps
EFFECTS
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- BOSS effects pedals (NS-2 noise suppressor; CS-3 compressor/sustain; PH-3 phase shifter; BD-2 blues driver; BF-3 flanger; OC-3 super octave; TS-808 tube screamer) and BCB 60 pedalboard
- Crybaby wah-wah pedal
STRINGS
For jazz, I use D’Addario Chrome; for blues I use Ernie Ball Slinky (regular)
STEREO EQUIPMENT
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- 1994 Technics SL 1200 MK2 direct drive turntable
- 2016 Audio-Technica AT-LP120 direct drive turntable
- Onkyo C-7030 disc player; TX-8020 receiver
- Audio Engine 5+ bookshelf speakers
- A pair of vintage Realistic Optimus 900 floor model speaker cabinets
- Sony MDR-V6 stereo headphones
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Hi-Resolution stereo headphones
- Onkyo DP-X1 DAP high-resolution (up to Quad DSD) portable player
