Electric Guitars

Love at first sight (went temporarily into hock over this guitar)

This a Hamer California Elite. It was in the glass case at Guitar Showcase in Campbell California, and I was hooked the first time I saw...

Acoustic Guitars

My Benz Tschannen nylon string – poetry in motion

The story of how I acquired this beautiful masterpiece in guitar craftsmanship would take too many pages to write, even as it is this...

This 12-string sings

John "J-Dub" Ward is a quiet luthier out of Costa Mesa, California. I met him and his wife at a hotel ballroom guitar show...

STUFF

API Box 2 to MTRX – ‘nough said

This is an API Box 2 analog console. All instruments and mics cross through here on the way to the AVID MTRX. Yikes!

Amps and plugins

Pedals and Effects

Pedal to the Metal

I spent way too much time (and money) on this pedalboard. This pedal will take you to Saturn. Shout out to Mick and Dan...