Guitar Stuff
I've played guitar for about 22 years. I've been a member of the band,
Big Flea for 15 years.
My musical influences include:
Jimi Hendrix,
Chet Atkins,
Michael Hedges,
Steve Morse,
Steve Vai,
Larry Carlton,
Christopher Parkening,
Tuck Andress,
Leo Kottke,
Jeff Beck,
Michael Manring,
Danny Gatton, and others.
I majored in Electronics. I used to work at an amplifier repair shop fixing and modifying guitar amps, bass
amps, PA systems, effects boxes, as well as electric guitars and basses. I used to do side jobs but it became
too time consuming. I only work on my own equipment now.
Here's a picture of my guitars.
Here's my pedal board and signal diagrams.
The latest addition to the collection is my new Conklin
8-string fanned fret guitar:
Features: Multiscale Novax fanned fret system (27" low string, 24" high string), Maple/Rosewood neck, Basswood/Walnut body,
Duncan custom pickups,
Sustainiac string sustainer,
RMC piezo bridge saddles with Polydrive synth access,
2 batteries (one for sustainer, one for polydrive preamp),
center 4 strings on a tremolo bridge, lowest two strings and highest two strings on a fixed bridge,
lowest and highest strings use a Hipshot detuner,
one output jack for standard magnetic/piezo mix output from preamp,
one output jack for magnetic only (for use when running separate systems or in case batteries die),
and 13-pin DIN polyphonic output.