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Music Man Axis

This is the main axe. The beautiful neck on this guitar sold me on it, although it's almost like holding a baseball bat. Drop-D Tuner, DiMarzio PAF Pro neck pickup (coil-tapped), DiMarzio Air Zone bridge pickup

Yamaha RGX-312 - "The Baby"

This thing used to be a real piece of garbage. But after 6 months of sanding and refinishing, all new electronics, and a little neck straightening, it's a pretty nice axe now. I made the terrible choice of using super jumbo frets when I had the neck refretted, and I don't think the neck is going to take another refret very well. So, I play this one pretty rarely, but when I do -- it SCREAMS!

Yamaha 12-string

This guitar has an absolutely beautiful tone. It's got a Koa top and a rosewood fretboard. The action is so low that it feels like you're only playing a 6-string. But, the tone is just ridiculous..

Jackson Dinky Reverse

I bought this thing back in '98, just before I got sick of floating tremolos. The neck is as thin as they come, which is really fun sometimes. I've got a DiMarzio PAF Pro in the neck position and a Seymour Duncan Screamin' Deamon pickup in the bridge. The awesome bridge pickup more than makes up for the fact that the basswood body has ZERO resonance. But when I want a kickin 80's solo, this is the one to play.

Hohner Thinline 6-string

Plug it into an acoustic amp or P.A. and it sounds nice and sweet. Crank up the distortion and drop-D tune it, and it gets really mean.

COMING SOON: The portable classical acoustic, the Ovation acoustic, Dave's ESP (a.k.a. my backup guitar for gigs), and any other toys I find that I forgot about.

Peavey TransFex Pro and Triple-X 4x12 cabinet

Let me tell you a little story about LOUD! Holy crap is this thing loud. Did I mention loud yet?
The TransFex Pro gets any tone I want -- with the exception of that Mesa Boogie nastiness. That's what my new Mesa Boogie V-Twin Rackmount Preamp is for! But I've received quite a few compliments on the outstanding clean tone this thing gets.
The cabinet is a little too directional for me, but it sounds good anyway. Eventually I will find a new home for the cab and get a real Mesa Boogie super cab.

Peavey Express 12 and my custom 2x12 cabinet

Old faithful. My mom gave me this little amp for Christmas sometime back in the 80's, and I have played quite a few shows with it. Once the speaker got a little tired (from playing too much punk rock with Luke), I hooked up the custom cabinet to it.
The cab is made out of 3/4" marine-grade plywood, and it had two Eminence speakers in it. One of the speakers had an unfortunate meeting with some olive juice at a show in Chicago (Seamus is a jerk). So, now the cabinet has two Celestion Super Leads -- which thoroughly rock the house! It's used for all electric guitar recordings now because it records better than the 4x12.