GUITARS

Veritas Portlander

My main axe. I heard all the amazing things about Veritas guitar, and I was thankful I got to put an order in just before they were overwhelmed with orders. I probably won't be able to say enough about this guitar. From the fit and finish to how it plays and tone, it's the best I've ever played. It's loaded with Lollar El Rayos. 

Fender Telecaster

This is my FSR 72 Telecaster Thinline. It's all stock and love it that way. This guitar has actually been my travel buddy. I love what you can do with the wide range pickups.

Gibson Les Paul Standard

This is actually not my guitar. It belongs to a good friend of mine who's been kindly letting me borrow it for the last year. It is to good not to include in the bunch. It's great though! Love the beefy tones.

Nash S-63

This Nash Start is the newest member of the family. It's kinda hard to make out the color but it's shoreline gold, and it loaded with Dollar Blackface pickups. I've always been a huge tele fan and I've owned plenty of teles. So this one is my first dive into the start world and I have to say that I'm really digging it! The dirty tones are the best. 

Gibson Songwriter Deluxe

This guitar is super special to me. My parents bought it for me when I was 13 years old and it's what I learned how to play on. I have so many amazing memories playing this thing and writing songs with it. I don't think I could ever imagine selling it. It's the oldest guitar I own and it shows it. 

Fender Bandmaster

I love old Fender amps. This one is just a solid built 1967 Bandmaster. It's a workhorse. It does everything I need it to do pretty well and it's a good companion for my Bassman. When I first got it I had it serviced and setup by my friend David Brown (I actually take all my amps to David) and ever since it's been one of my favorites to play even though I mostly keep it at home and sometimes use it in the studio.  

Fender bassman

It was a special day when I found this amp in a big old warehouse with pallets and pallets of gear lying around everywhere. They had this old beat up Bassman sitting in the corner and all they wanted was $300 for it. So I bought it. After I got home and did some research I discovered how good of a find this amp was!! It is a 1964 pre-CBS Bassman with the rarer AA864 circuit! One thing I love about it is how full and warm the clean tone can be; it's really what makes this amp sound so good. 

Matchless Chieftain

I bought this off a good friend of mine. It's a 1996 Sampson Era Chieftain and it alone weighs as much as a combo amp. It's a beast, a tone monster, and a tube eater. I love this amp! The sound is rich and smooth yet tight and punchy. It's an amazing amp and the one that I play the most right now.  

Fender Blues Junior

My Blues Jr. It's been a great practice amp that I can take anywhere. Nothing too special to note except the old speaker went out on it and I replaced it with a WGS G12C which I think sounds great in this amp! 

This is the latest rig I've been running. I'm listing the pedals in the order of my signal chain.

Korg Pitchblack Tuner: Been on my board for about 8 years. Easy to read and tunes great.

EHX Micro POG: I've always kept this pedal on my board because it comes in handy when I want thicken up a line.

Exotic Effect SP Compressor: Great little compressor, I used the Barber Tone Press for years and recently am trying this little guy out to save room. So far so good! 

Paul Cachrane Timmy: This is my first stage drive. I'm like that this pedal has separate bass and tone controls. It helps me dial in my tone across the different guitars. It's always on and is set at unity gain. 

Fulltone Full-Drive 2: This is one of the first drive pedals I bought as a teenager. Over the years I've grown to love the natural warmth I get out of the FD2. My other drives may cut through the mix well but they don't have the fullness or body. I use the FD2 for my second gain stage and just stomp on the boost side to reach last and heaviest gain stage. The boost actually doesn't boost at all, instead it works perfectly as a second dirty setting on the same pedal.   

Exotic Effect EP Boost: I like having a boost pedal to go after my drives raise the level of my signal without adding extra gain. This little boost works perfect. It has plenty of headroom and it is full of harmonic richness. On a side note I think the clear knobs on these pedals look cool.

Boss CE-2: I got this guy on craigslist for $50. When I got home I did some research and turns out it's one of the earliest models that Boss made of the CE-2 and it has the silver screw for the battery compartment. I know this pedal is somewhat legendary because of how many records it's on and the chorus definitely lives up to it. It has a bright and vintage sound to it. 

Dr. Scientist Tremolessence: This 

Ernie Ball Vp Jr: Nothing super special here. Mine isn't modded, but over the last few years I've been developing a unique way of wiring the string inside of these type pedals so that I won't break as often. I am always repairing my buddies pedals. Maybe someday I'll be able to sell the idea to Ernie Ball 

Boss DD-5: I love DD-5's. I love the tap feature. 

Strymon Timeline:

Strymon Bigsky: