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1991 Martin D-45
The most beautiful acoustic guitar I've ever played.
Guild D-25M Acoustic guitar
Pretty good for an old workhorse. I keep it tuned up "Nashville high strung".
1985 Homemade Telecaster
An exact copy of my '68 tele body, cut out of Mahogany by Bob Sleeman of Bethlehem PA. A neck was also cut but due to my inexperience in making necks I decided to use an ESP maple neck which I reshaped (headstock reshaped to resemble a Fender). The body is black and was refinished by Brian Robinson of Newburyport MA. The pickups are the new Bill Lawrence humbucker design. The hardware is black and has one volume and one tone for both pickups. The bridge is a standard strat-type tremolo with GRAPHTECH saddles.
1970's Univox Hi Flier Bass
Univox Hi-Flier Bass. From the early to mid 70's, it's a cheap copy of a Mosrite which I bought to knock around with. When we were recording the basic tracks for the Thunderhawks album at Purple Dragon Studios in Atlanta, bass player Keith Christopher showed up with his old pesky-bridge Silvertone, which we couldn't restring, so we sent guitar tech Michael MacLaughlin to the house to get the Univox for the session.
1960's Kent
This ES-335 copy was given to my son by his grandfather, Gary Connolly.
1996 Brian Robinson Custom Telecaster
A Solid black guitar with unique custom white tortoise pickguard. All hardware is gold except the tone knob is black. The bridge pickup is the original 1968 Fender Telecaster from my old buddy that was stolen in 2010 (see below), rewound by LINDY FRALIN (Call him at to order pickups or have yours rewound)
1998 Reverend Avenger GT (Not pictured; it was hiding, ready for the gig when we took this picture)
Great guitar made by Joe Naylor of Michigan. It is designed like the old Danelectro guitars, but has 2 Joe Naylor Humbuckers and it sounds great. I used this to cut "Voodoo Chile"on my self-titled cd.
'68 Fender Bassman head
One of the first amps I ever bought, and I've been gigging with it since 1971.We use it in the studio for Bass now with Keith's Music Man cabinet with 2-12" EVMs .
1972 Fender Twin Reverb
Found this on the side of the road in Hopkinton MA. Almost reconditioned, put Naylor 12's in it and it was SOLD in 2010.
1968 Fender Telecaster stolen April 2010, let me know if you see it. I replaced it with a really good 2009 Roadworn Tele; pretty great guitar. The bridge saddles were upgraded to Glendale "screamin'59's" compensated "cold rolled steel" unplated saddles. I used to break strings all the time on my '68, but hardly ever now. It must be the saddles.
Naylor Super Club 38 head/1-12" combo
A 38 watt all-tube amp made by Naylor of Michigan.Controls are Volume, Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass, Presence,
and it has a bite switch. Black tolex. 100 watt Naylor spesaker (they never offered them, but Kyle and Joe knew I would annihilate the 50 watt). Have also used a Tone Tubby Hempcone speaker, which is a great, warm, kickin' guitar speaker.
1957 Fender Pro Amp
Given to me by a great collector of old record players and other electronics. The 15" version of the classic Bassman.
2004 Martin "Felix"
I bought this at the Martin factory when were doing a Bose demo. This is my son's guitar.
2005 Sewell amp
I drove Doug Sewell crazy with this amp, as it started as a 15 watt, then 25 and finally a 50. El34 tubes and I use a 1972 Altec 417 8c speaker which has been reconed. Doug now makes amazing amps for PRS.
2006 Playmate mandolin
A great little inexpensive instrument.
Picks and Strings
Dunlop 2 mil picks and Ernie Ball .12 .15 .18 .30 .42 .52 gauge strings for electric and Ernie BallMedium guage for acoustic.
George L's guitar cables
Believe it or not, this is the best cable I have found. It looks flimsy, and it doesn't lay flat, but it sounds better than all the rest I've used. I try to keep them around 14 feet long for the best sound.
Sabine Tuners
The little $20 one works great, and the 1500 is good for different tunings.
Buffered Amp/Speaker switch footpedal
I made this contraption out of a one-in, eight-out buffer system called a "Pedalpusher" made by Uptown. The idea of the pedalpusher was to be able to plug one guitar into eight different amps at the same time without losing gain. The problem was you couldn't turn the amps on or off, so you were playing through all of them at the same time. I put relays on the outputs, so the different amps could be chosen at will. I also added another relay to switch between my 4-12" and 4-10" cabs. . I can now switch between my Leslie model 145, and Naylor Super club 38 (4-12" or 4-10" cab.) without losing gain. There's also a switch to turn on/off effects, or switch channels on a channel-switching amp. It also has a built-in Sabine tuner in the footpedal.
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