My Stuff

The best thing about being home on weekdays is playing guitar really loudly while the neighbors are at work.

My main guitar is a hand-made B.C Rich with a neck-through body of Hawaiian Koa and maple.
There are less than a hundred of this particular model, which was made in 1981 according to the serial number. It is often considered a 'Heavy Metal' guitar, but it's actually an extremely versatile instrument- it's very emotional and responds very well to the subtlest touch- I'd put it up against the finest Les Paul or P.R. Smith in terms of 'feel'; although it's considerably lighter than any Les and most of the PRS' I've played, it lacks nothing in terms of sustain. It would be worth a fortune if I hadn't beat the shit out of it for twenty years.

I bought it in 1986 and it has been my main axe ever since, although I bought an ESP/LTD M-155 in 1999 because I wanted a guitar with a locking tremolo. The M-155 is an OK guitar for a factory-made job, but I rarely play it. In my opinion, the Floyd Rose whammy bar is over-rated, as I can get my whammy-less Rico to make sounds that my LTD can only dream of.

For bass, I have a 1968 Gibson SG 'Jack Bruce' model, which is absolutely the most playable electric bass I have ever touched. The neck is nearly identical to an SG guitar, very narrow, smooth and round. It's also got an incredible variety of tones available with a 5-way pick-up selector knob and two very different factory-original pickups.

If you have ever heard 'Sunshine of your Love' by Cream, then you have heard this bass.

Here's (below) a whole pile of old gear I cleaned out of my closets. I don't use any of this crap anymore, although I keep my old Tascam mixer as an emergency back-up for the radio station.

The rest goes to eBay.

Anyone need a DAT recorder? How about an audio-CD recorder? Tuck and Roll PA head?
A Harman cassette deck?

I didn't think so.