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I quickly realized that the great advantage of putting a band together for my
wife is that all musical equipment purchases can be justified on the basis of
making her sound better.
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Guitars and Amps
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2005 Ebaycaster - It all started with a Fender American neck from ebay. It's
got a swamp ash body from Warmoth, a
Joe Barden bridge, and Seymour Duncan pickups. Best of all, it's blue!
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Guild Bluesbird - They stopped making these when Fender bought Guild and closed
the factory in Rhode Island. It's kind of a semi-hollow Les Paul, good for
Peter Green clean tones through Robben Ford style distortion. I added the
pick guard - it just never felt right without it. This is why I can't buy
vintage guitars.
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My other guitars are jealous since I bought this 335. It's a 2000 model, and it plays and
sounds great. I waited a long time for this guitar. Next to it is a Princeton Reverb clone
I built for Alana - the Vibroverb is too loud in the studio.
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6G16 Vibroverb Clone - I needed a 1963 Fender Vibroverb but I was ten
or fifteen thousand dollars short of the going price, so I had to build my own.
It's in a Weber 6A40 chassis, with Mercury Magnetics transformers.
It sounds spectacular.
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Allen Champ Clone - It sounds just
like a Champ! Plug in a Tele, turn it up to 12 and you'll sound just like
Jimmy Page on the first Led Zeppelin album. It's a kit. I like to solder.
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Pedals. Clockwise from top left there's a Voodoo Labs power supply, Robert
Keeley compressor, Fender footpedal for reverb, home made in/out box, Korg
digital tuner, BYOC Digital
Delay, BYOC Tremolo, BYOC Chorus, Keeley Katana for twangy clean boost, and a
BYOC TS808 Tube Screamer clone.
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The Studio
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This may be the best sounding rec room in Rochester. Standing waves and cymbal
crashes are tamed by the generous acoustic foam on the walls. The pride of the room
is the Fender Rhodes piano. We're not going to carry it to gigs but listen for it
on our next CD.
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Yes, I made this from a kit too! Inside an 8x10
Whisper Room is a bunch of computer
audio gear.
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