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Gear
I play Worland guitars exclusively.
Worland guitars can be found on the links page. Pictures of my
guitars can be seen in the gallery pages.
I play three of Jim's guitars on a regular
basis, both in the studio and for live performance. Jim made an
OM for me about six years ago. The OM has a cedar top and
rosewood back and sides. The neck is 1 and 3/4 at the nut. This
is the desired neck width for finger style guitar. The cedar
brings out a deep and warm sound that projects very well for a small
bodied guitar. Jim also did the inlay work on the guitar which was
designed by Jim and I.
My second guitar was made recently by Jim
and is a jumbo concert, designed for delicate play but awesome
projection. The sound is crisp and detailed. The top is
sitka spruce and the sides and back rosewood. This guitar is a
wonderful player with a fast neck and great action.
My latest addition is another Om with a sitka
spruce top and indian rosewood back and sides. This is a simple guitar
but has excellent action and sounds great.
Both guitars are equipped with the Amulet
system designed by Gary at Trance Audio. The system is comprised
of two transducers which are glued to the sound board under the
bridge. A five pin cord and a preamp box supply an incredible
amount of gain suitable for both recording and playing live. The
transducers produce a true stereo image that sounds great. The
Amulet is played through a small rack which includes an Alesis EQ and a
vintage TC Electronics 1210 Spatial Expander which was used by the
late, great Michael Hedges on his recordings. The result is a
huge stereo sound the captures the wonderful dynamics of each
guitar. My latest guitar has an LRBaggs active IBeam.
The pa of choice is a Deluxe Fender Passport
system which is perfect for medium to small venues. Many
compliments have been given on the natural sound this system projects.
Red
Horizon Studio
I record in
my home called Red
Horizon Studios. This is a new studio designed specifically for
the solo guitarist. Here is a a list of the gear in my studio:
Pro Tools
software and Digi 002 recording interface
Mac G5 Dual
Processor with 600 gig hard drive space
Furman power
conditioner
GLI Power
Amplifier
Dav BG 1 Preamp
Sonar
V100 Portable Studio
Alesis
Monitors
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