GEAR PAGE
THIS PAGE IS FOR GEAR GEEKS! We've been meaning to add a gear list for quite some time now. It seems like the most natural thing to put up on a band page, for all those like ourselves who are always wondering what kind of keyboard or guitar we heard on our favorite group's CD. So while this page is incredibly boring from a design point of view, we hope it's interesting for those who are curious about the gear that makes us sound the way we do, and helps us make the music we make. It's not a complete list yet, but hopefully we'll get back up here and update it from time to time...
GUITARS and BASS
Ibanez Axstar (headless '86 models), custom Combo guitars, Ibanez Musician, Aria Pro II; Heartfield RR-8, RR-9 guitars and DR-5 bass; John Jordan custom guitars, including 9 string acoustic; Jackson 7 string.
KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZERS, and MODULES
Roland... SH-101, RS-202 Strings, U-220 (x2), MKS-10 (a.k.a. Planet P), MKS-30 (a.k.a. Planet S), MKS-50, MKS-70, JX-10 (a.k.a. Super JX), JV-1010, XV-5080 (with card expansion, full RAM + flash memory)
Yamaha... DX100, TX802, DTS70
Korg... NX5R, Wavestation SR
E-Mu... E4X Turbo, Hollywood Gold Edition
Oberheim OB-8 (with factory midi!)
Minimoog
DRUMS and PERCUSSION
Yamaha Tour Custom series kit (circa '87); Yamaha chrome wrap kit, mahagony shells (circa '79); snares by WFL and Ludwig; cymbals by Istanbul, Zildjian, Sabian, Wuhan; Kat, Roland and Pintech electronic triggers; a long shelf of hand percussion, including djembe, doumbeks, shekere, and custom made drums.
OUTBOARD and EFFECTS
Yamaha D1500(X5), Eventide H3000, TC Electronic 1210, Amp Sims by Line 6, Roland and others; Preamps by Grace Design, HHB, Focusrite, JoeMeek
RECORDING DECKS and DAWs
Digidesign ProTools HD running on Apple G4 1GHz DP, 1TB+ hard disk storage; Tascam DA-88 w/sync, studio monitors by Meyer and Mackie.
MICROPHONES
BLUE Dragonfly; Audio-Technica 4041, 4031; AKG D112, C1000S, C3000B; Sennheiser 441, Shure SM57, many more...
Heavily modified '86 Ibanez Axstar (above); splits outputs of
lower and upper strings (with separate bass and guitar pickups
respectively). We call this a Combo guitar.
Custom John Jordan 7 string guitar (above and below); hexaphonic pickups allow routing of each string to 1 of 2 outputs for standard bass and guitar amping, or otherwise. All this plus 27 frets for those REALLY high notes... This is NOT a Jem !!
