ELECTRICS
I enjoy assembling guitars. I swap necks and pick-ups until I find the combination that works for me.
I buy the wood from Warmoth, the pickups from Kinman, the hardware from Callaham & Sperzel and the electrics from AllParts.
Feline Guitars do the fret-dressing.
My 3 Warmoths share the same neck specs: short (24-3/4" scale), fat (1" top to bottom) & narrow (41mm), a compound radius (10" to 16") and 6100 stainless steel frets with Sperzel machine heads and a GraphTech TUSQ nut.
Same electrics as well: Kinmans, no tone controls and position 4 is front & back pickups for that Mark Knopfler tone.
I buy the wood from Warmoth, the pickups from Kinman, the hardware from Callaham & Sperzel and the electrics from AllParts.
Feline Guitars do the fret-dressing.
My 3 Warmoths share the same neck specs: short (24-3/4" scale), fat (1" top to bottom) & narrow (41mm), a compound radius (10" to 16") and 6100 stainless steel frets with Sperzel machine heads and a GraphTech TUSQ nut.
Same electrics as well: Kinmans, no tone controls and position 4 is front & back pickups for that Mark Knopfler tone.
Margaret
• swamp ash body with flame koa top
• koa neck + birdseye maple fingerboard • Kinman Woodstock pickups • Callaham 6 point tremolo My main electric, fantastic playability with a natural midrange boost. The "rock" guitar. |
Maggy
• alder body
• flame maple neck & fingerboard • Kinman Blues pickups • Gotoh 2-point bridge (non-floating) My 1st DIY guitar but looks the newest with a SimS Custom respray. Lighter than Margaret and with more bass response because the trem is fixed. Lower output pickups as well. The "blues" guitar used for Eb & Drop D. Maggy was my introduction to guitar building. Thanks to Phil Joiner (RIP) from Chandler Guitars who showed me how to put guitars together. |
Madge
• ash chambered body, walnut top
• maple neck + ebony fingerboard • Kinman Broadcaster pickups • Gotoh Tune-O-Matic bridge My only hollow body. Fatter sounding with a P-90 sound from the bridge pup. Almost a "jazz" guitar. |
1988 MiJ Strat
• 6100SS refret by Charlie Chandler
• Callaham 6 point tremolo • Kinman Woodstock pickups • 7 tone Strat mod • Sperzel machine heads My only long-scale electric so sounds more scooped than the 3 Warmoths. |
fretless Hohner Jazz bass
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Westone Concord II bass
1985 Matsumoku
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ACOUSTICS
6 string
SX E34CE
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12 string
Yamaha APX-4-12A
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baritone
Takamine G-Series
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nylon
Yamaha APX-6NA
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10 string cuatro
Blue Moon GR36030
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AMPS
Marshall JCM900
1990 JCM900 4500 - 50 watt head
Over the years most parts have been replaced, including the reverb tank and the tolex. VoodooAmps NY tweaked it and added their Push/Pull Bottom-Control • cab 1 has Celestion Vintage 30 speakers • cab 2 has Celestion Greenbacks |
Peavey Classic 30
I bought it for its EL84 valves.
I replaced the stock speaker with a Celestion Greenback |
Rack
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PEDALS
the favourites
compress: Retro-Sonic
boost: Retro-Sonic, Xotic RC-Booster, Majik Rocket Fuel distort: Maxon VOP9 & SD9, Majik Rocket Fuel frequency: Electro-Harmonix ring modulator, Boss OC3 Octaver ambience: Boss DD3 Delay, Boss RV5 Digital Reverb |
the others
distort: Fulltone OctaFuzz, Boss HM2 Heavy Metal
modulate: Voodoo Lab MicroVibe frequency: Boss AW3 Dynamic Wah, Roland PW10 V-Wah MIDI switchers: Rolls MP128 MidiBuddy, Marshall 4 way & 2 way other: Boss RC2 Loop Station, Bespeco VM12 volume, Boss TU-2 |