Gear Page
Aug 20, 2012 - updated
Endorsements:
DR Strings
Telefunken guitar picks (& microphones!)
Paul Reed Smith guitars
Alembic guitars
ESP guitars
Current Furthur touring gear ("A rig"):
Guitars:
Alembic Orion guitar, "Furthur Stage" electronics w/midi
Carvin DC400, heavily modded
1993 Paul Reed Smith EG, purple maple top
1990 Paul Reed Smith EG, gold top
early 80s Vantage VA800
Amplification:
Groove Tube Trio preamp, modded
QSC Plx power amp
Lexicon MX200 (dedicated reverb)
Tone Tubby Hemp 2x12 cabinet
JBL E120 w/ Tone Tubby hemp recone (x2)
Effects:
Roland GR-55 guitar synth/modeler
Voodoo Labs GCX audio switcher/Ground Control pedal
Korg Tuner
Dbx 1066 compressor, used (rarely) as noise gate
Boss Octave
MuTron III (vintage)
Mxr Distortion + (reissue)
Keeley modded Boss Blues Driver
JK modded Ibanez Tubescreamer
Foxx Tone Machine
Dunlop 535Q Wah
MXR Phase 100 (reissue)
Lexicon MPX1 w/MPX R1 footpedal
JKB/GGW/FotW gear ("B rig"):
Guitars: PRS EG
Amplification:
Hughes & Kettner Blues Master preamp
Alesis Nanoverb
QSC Power amp
Bag End 1x12 cabinet
JBL E120 speaker
Pedalboard:
TC Polytune mini
Electro Harmonix Microsynth
Mu-Fx Mu-Tron 3X
Boss Blues Driver
Ibanez Tube Screamer
MXR Phase 100 (vintage)
Eventide H9
"Fly-in"/guest rig ("C rig"):
Roland GR-55 guitar synth/modeler
Same pedalboard as "b rig"
Acoustic & electro-acoustic:
ESP Paramount X-tone electric-acoustic guitar
Martin Shenandoah acoustic guitar
Barcus-Berry Violectra - 5-string violin
Rigel mandolin
Yamaha MagicStomp acoustic/mic modeling
My electric guitar history:
Epiphone Genesis #1 (1st guitar)*
Gibson "The Paul"*
Ibanez Artist solidbody*
1990 PRS EG Gold top (acquired new in 1992)
Ibanez Artist Semi-Hollow small body
Epiphone Genesis #2*
Electra MPC Outlaw
1993 PRS EG (acquired used in 1999)
Vantage VA800
Carvin DC400
Hohner G3t headless
Jerry Garcia's Doug Irwin "Wolf" (...for 72 hours, & 2 shows!)
Alembic Orion
* = sold, stolen, or destroyed