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Here is some of the equipment I employ in various situations - including my personal studio recording and live sound.

Recording Equipment and Software

  • Digidesign 003 Rack
  • PreSonus DigiMax FS 8 Channel ADA Converter with Microphone Preamps
  • Digidesign ProTools 7.4 LE
  • Dell Windows XP laptop
  • Western Digital External Harddrive
  • Fostex PM0.4 Powered Studio Monitors
  • Auralex Mopad Monitor Isolation Pads

Instruments

Guitars

  • Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Cutaway Electric Guitar ("Kearsten")
  • Fender Satin Strat Electric Guitar with Rosewood Fretboard ("Veronica")
  • Seagull Slim Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar
  • Rogue RA-100D Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar (the cheap one I could smash if I needed to)

Effects and Accessories

  • SKB PS-45 Professional Pedalboard
  • Vox Tonelab
  • Dunlop 95Q Crybaby Wah
  • Planet Waves CT04 Chromatic Pedal Tuner
  • Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
  • DigiTech Grunge Distortion
  • Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
  • Boss OC-3 Super Octave
  • XR M-132 Super Comp Compressor
  • Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive

Retired Effects and Accessories

  • Boss DS-1 Distortion
  • Line 6 ToneCore Uber Metal Distortion
  • Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+ Power Supply

Bass

  • Ibanez SR305DX Soundgear 5-String Moon Shadow Electric Bass with active EMG pickups ("Rachel")

Amplification

  • Fender Princeton DSP Amplifier

Percussion

Drum Kit

  • Pearl Masters BRX Studio Vintage Sunburst Shells Chrome Hardware:
    • 22" Bass drum
    • 14" Rack tom
    • 12" Rack tom
    • 10" Rack tom
  • 14" Pearl Masters BSX Snare
  • Evans heads

Cymbals

  • 21" Zildjian Z Custom Ride
  • 18" Zildjian Z Custom Rock Crash
  • 16" Zildjian A Custom Fast Crash
  • 15" Zildjian K Custom Dark Crash
  • 13" Zildjian A Custom Mastersound Hi-hats
  • 8" Paiste Splash

Hardware

  • Pearl DR-503C Icon 3-Sided Curved Drum Rack
  • Pearl P-2002B PowerShifter Eliminator Double Pedal
  • Yamaha SS-650 Light Weight Single Brace Snare Stand
  • Roc N' Soc Nitro Saddle Throne (Red)
  • 2 Vater Multi-Pair Stick Holders

Miscellaneous Percussion

  • 28" x 18" Remo Earth Djembe
  • 8" Ludwig Triangle
  • Small Ludwig Wood Block
  • Cannon Wood Maracas
  • Ludwig LE-2367 Guiro
  • LP LP209 Vibra Slap II Deluxe

Live Sound

  • Behringer PMH3000 Europower Powered Mixer
  • 2 Mackie SRM450 Active Monitors
  • 2 Shure SM86 Cardioid Condenser Stage Vocal Microphones
  • Shure PG 6-Piece Drum Microphone Package - PGDMK6 Mic Set
  • Shure SM57 Cardioid Dynamic Microphone
  • Crown CM-311A Headset Mic

Additional Microphones (Spares, etc.)

  • 2 Shure Beta 57A Microphones
  • 3 Shure SM57 Cardioid Dynamic Microphones
  • MXL MXL990 Cardioid Condenser Microphone with Shockmount
  • MXL V63M Condenser Studio Microphone