Guitars, I Love...
These are some guitars I either own now or have once owned.
Clark Beaufort Amp - Made by Michael Clark Fender '57 Deluxe Replica with reverb, 2 x 6V6 tubes with Weber Alnico speaker.
Yanuziello Electric - Made by Joe Yanuziello Spruce Top, Mahogany Back, handmade hardware and custom Lindy Fralin pickups.
1934 Gibson L-00 - Made by Gibson in 1934 L-00 Information Mahogany Back & Sides, Red SpruceTop, Brazilian Rosewood Bridge and Fingerboard. Sold - bye, bye.
Beneteau Tenor Uke - Made by Marc Beneteau Curly Koa Back & Sides and Top with cut-away - With Aquila strings
Beneteau OM - Made by Marc Beneteau Curly Makore Back & Sides, EnglemannTop with Bevel and Side Sound Port
LR Baggs Pickups - LRBaggs iMix for my Beneteau and LR Baggs M1 for the Gibson
Clark Beaufort Amp - 6V6 tubes with Weber Alnico speaker.
For larger venues I use a Turbo-Pup El-34 tube amp built by Mark Norwine,
The Turbo-Pup has a very dark, thick and clean tone, Mark is no longer building amps.
I use the AER Acoustic amp for acoustic fingerstyle and jazz gigs
For all acoustic gigs I luse my T-REX Room-Mate tube reverb pedal.
Pedals & Effects
LR Baggs Para Acoustic D.I.,
T-REX Room-Mate tube reverb
T.C. Jauernig Tremolo and Gristletone Overdrive,
Boss CE-2 Chourus, MXR Script Phase 90, Dunlop Crybaby Wah,
Ernie Ball Stereo Volume, 1982 Proco Rat (2), Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler,
Boss TU-2, Tuner, Boss RC-20 Loop Station, Little Lehle Looper Switcher, E-Bow.
I also use a Pedal Train pedalboard to hold and transport my effects.
I love these strings for my Ukulele they are like gut strings but are made from some type of twisted nylon.
They sound and feel great and really stay in tune.
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Curly Makore Back & Sides, Adirondack Top with Bevel and Side Sound Port
This is my main guitar for fingerstyle, recording and live performance because of its versitility and evenly balanced tone. I use the LR. Baggs i-Mix system on this guitar and am switching all my guitars to the i-Mix.
This guitar has the sound to die for, deep, full warm and rich sustain with fat treble tones.
Think Pre-War Martin with a cut-away.
Carved Curly Maple Top, with 1 peice carved Mahogany Back, 24 3/4 inch scale.
I traded a 1962 ES-175 for this guitar back in '82. This guitar is far better, just not as collectable.
Kind of like a cross between an Ibanez Artist and a 1959 ES-335 - Hand Made by Brian himself.
Built by Erich Solomon
Carved Sitka Top with Carved Koa Back
This guitar was a bit of a depature from traditional archtops.
It sounds like a flatop but projects like an ArchTop. It is feather-light and extremely resonant. The Koa on this guitar is unbelievably figured in so much as I've never seen any other Koa guitar with such a dramatic visual appearance.
This one was one great guitar that I wish I could have kept.
There were many guitars that have come and gone, Gibson's, Fender's a nice Manzer and other miscellaneous stringed devices. It seems I'm the oddball that always gravitated towards keeping the custom "unknown" creations. Below are a few of the guitars that I have or had the pleasure of owning:
- 1929 Gibson L1 • 1950 Gibson LG-2 • 1955 Gibson LG-2 • 1962Gibson ES-175D
- 1924 Martin 0-42
- Stromberg Voisnette Palor Guitar
- Stella/Harmony Koa Guitar
Mahogany/Adirondack
Wonderfully restored by Mike Spicer at the Peghead in Hamilton, ON
Brazilian/Adirondack
This was the fanciest guitar made at the time before 1930.
Hawallian Koa Top, Back & Sides
Mahogany Top,
Back & Sides
