Our Equipment

We've been accumulating gear, vintage, modern, and hand built, and otherwise, for over 30 years. These pages list the main categories of gear we've got available for use in the studio.

Instruments
Electric Guitars: 1978 Fender Strat (hard-tail, sienna sunburst), 1983 Ibanez Artist AM-50 (semi-hollow, tobacco sunburst), 1978 Gibson SG (black on black), 1978 Gibson ES-335 (wine red), 1983 Fender Telecaster (black, with Hipshot B-bender, E-detuner), 2 "partsquires" (Escquire style one-pickup teles)
Acoustic Guitars: 1938 Gibson L-50 (carved back and top), 1991 Taylor 420 (rosewood body acoustic with Fishman piezo pickup installed), 2000 Collings SJ (flame maple "small jumbo" acoustic, with DL Baggs piezo pickup), Taylor 114
Steels: 1950's Magnatone Lap-steel, 1950s Fender Super 6 Lap Steel, 1950's Natural Music console steel with built in tube amplifier
Keys: 1910s Ivers and Pond upright piano, 70's Fender Rhodes electric piano, Nord Electro 4D, Akai MPK Mini MK3, Melodica
Other: 1960's Silvertone U Bass, Gretsch Renown 4-piece kit (with Yamaha stands / hardware, Zildjian cymbals), Eastman 615 Mandolin, Regal Dobro, Violin, Harmonicas, Tambourines, Shakers, Pennywhistles . . .

Amps
Fender (restored / modded by Mike Pascale): 1968 Showman Head w/hand built natural pine 2x12 cabinet fittted with Celestion Classic Lead 80's, 1965 Deluxe (non-reverb, fitted with a Fat Jimmy C1270), 1967 Vibrolux Reverb (with Fat Jimmy C1025 and C1060), 1964 Fender Bandmaster head, 1974 Fender Champ with a Jensen 8, '65 reissue Deluxe Reverb
Other: Fat Jimmy prototype brown Deluxe clone with Fat Jimmy alnico speaker, Mesa Boogie: Mark III head with matching 1x12 closed back cab

Foot Pedals
Gain / Drive: 3x Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamers (mid-90's, one with Keeley mods, one with JHS mods), TS808HW Tube Screamer (hand wired, true bypass), Ibanez TS808 standard reissue; JHS Crimson Fuzz, Ethos TWE-1 (Trainwreck clone), J.Rocket Archer Clean (white), J.Rocket Archer Ikon (gold), 1996 Fulltone FullDrive (the original red model), T.C. electronics Booster / Distortion, Chase Tone Secret Preamp, Henretta Emerald Prince Preamp, Xotic EP Booster (mini)
Time Based Effects: 70's MXR Analog Delay, JHS Milkman boost / delay, Strymon El Capistan Tape Delay, Strymon Flint Reverb / Tremolo (2), Peavy Valverb rack mount tube reverb, Catalinbread Topanga (reverb), EHX Holy Grail Neo (reverb), EXH Holy Grail Nano (reverb)
Other: Dan Armstrong Orange Crusher, '80s Ibanez CP9 Compressor, '80s Ibanez PT9 Phaser, '70's MXR Phase 45, 70's MXR Analog Delay, 90's MXR Phase 45 re-issue, 70's MXR Dyna-comp, 90's MXR Dyna-comp re-issue, JHS Milkman Boost / Slap Delay, Keeley Compressor Plus, Electro-harmonix Micro Q-tron, 90s Boss Chorus, Ernie Ball VP JR volume pedals (3, 2 with buffers installed), Polytune mini (3), various momentary, kill, and standard switches

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