More Pedals in my Collection

The original Electro Harmonix Holy Grail




The orginal 18v (wall powered) Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress - Flanger / Filter





A VOX v847 modded to Clyde Mccoy Specs & a Sweep Capacitor Selector for different wah tones





A Purple Delay pedal. Sounds good. Don't know WTF this one is / where it came from but I use it on the analog rig.


I also have (2) ValveFX OD-2 overdrive pedals (like a Ross Overdrive) .... they sound great. One is a blues edition and the other is the standard black / white box one. Will post pics of them later.

Dunlop - Crybaby from Hell -

Just picked up one of these guys from Musicgoround for $40. Yah, what a steal right? I'm hearing nothing but good reviews too ; as this wah seems like it's one of the most adjustable ones on the market right now. It's built like a TANK. Not only does it feature a boost, but 'Q' control too which changes the sweep / tone of the wah pedal. Plus, I can't deny the fact that this pedal just looks cool. And I am a certified gear geek so I had to add it to my sonic arsenal. One of the cool features I like is the LED's in the front of the pedal telling u if it's boost is on / off and if it's engaged. Cool feature on a dark stage or even a dark studio.

Only a few minor problems that I see. The Q-control knob, fine tune knob, and boost level knob are pretty small and kind of fickle to adjust. But really once you have those where you want them you will only be messing with the 5 way selector.

A custom guitar - Desert Rose Custom Guitars -

Here's a custom guitar built by my partners and myself. Dev (whom has been doing custom wood work for years) did the finish and Steve sculpted the body / routing. The electronics I did myself, using a Fender single coil in the middle, and two gibson humbuckers for the neck coil and bridge. We used an LTD bolt neck, and a 'roller' bridge / tremolo. Plays great, sounds better, and looks very 'vintage'. I'd say this is the ultimate blues strat now.

Another Gibson Les Paul - Quilted Maple Burst

Since black beauty (got stepped) on , I decided to get her fixed -- but the tech still has the guitar, and I couldn't wait for my LP tone any longer so I plunged in and bought another one. It's un chambered and even heavier than my Black Beauty Les Paul, which isn't light. I love the feel / weight of this guitar, and the look. A friend suggested I go back to the gold covered pickups, so now I'm building my own combo into the gold covers.

This LP has '57 Classic Pickups in the photos, but I'm working on a 50's wiring with a Seymour Duncan JB (coil split) in the neck - SOUNDS GREAT! - and my own humbucker wound to PAF specs in the bridge. Still working on it... the guitar is in pieces right now as I write this, but it's a great guitar. Very happy.

Ibanez SA Series - Not impressed! -

This (WAS) my Ibanez SA Series.... I liked the pups (sounded really good actually) and the feel of the neck, but the guitar didn't have enough substance to it. It was very light, and 'felt' like a toy to me instead of a 'real guitar'. In the end the fact that this guy wouldn't stay in tune and didn't 'feel right' won over the pickups and the neck's feel.


Ibanez SA160QM Electric Guitar Specs:


SA neck
Maple Neck Material
Mahogany w/Quilted Maple top Body
22/Medium frets
Rosewood Finger Board
SAT30 bridge
IBZ AS2 (S) Neck PU
IBZ AS2 (S) Mid PU
IBZ AH4 (H) Bridge PU
Pearl Dot Inlay
CH : Hardware Color

A work in progress - the 'Charvel' guitar

While she doesn't look like much now, this guitar started life as a Charvel . Can't remember the model. Anyway, I sanded this one down to the wood and stained it, which I don't think I'm going to keep. This guitar will most likely be painted a custom color, such as Shoreline gold, maybe even Sherwood Green metallic (fender colors) or even a Les Paul gold top color... not sure yet!

Anyway, the real magic of this one comes from the Neck (LTD, fast action) and the pickups - both Gibson ('57 Classic (vintage style) humbucker, and a '57 Classic plus) in the neck position. They sound fantastic for blues, jazz, even classic rock stuff.

Don't really have much more to say on this one, because it's not complete yet, but it sounds and plays like magic... now I just need to make it look more like that! The action is quite low, and the neck is quick -- but I still can't compare the neck to guitars like my Larivee or my Jackson, they're real shred-necks and this one is a bit slower.

I love the sounds you can make from this one. She dishes out heavy tone every time, and the Gibson pickups are just amazing for blues stuff. I think the fact that the body is a bit towards the heavier side only helps things.

Schecter S-1 Elite

My dad went shopping at a local pawn shop one afternoon, and came back to the studio with this beauty. I think he scored it for around $200. Anyway, it plays great! I was very impressed ; the tone out of the 'Duncan Designed' pickups was meaty, and powerful ; but they sound great clean too. The body isn't super heavy, but is made of solid mahogany and has a set mahogany neck to boot. It's all setup fantastic and very well build in my opinion, and I've played hundreds of 'custom' LPs, Strats, PRS, you name it. Top that with a gorgeous flamed maple top, abalone binding (and inlay) all around the neck and body, grover tuners, and a push pull coil tap -- and you've got one pretty sweet little axe.

Here's the manufacture's description:

"The S1 Elite is a set-neck double cutaway with a figured maple top on its mahogany body. The neck is 3-piece mahogany with a 22-jumbo fret fingerboard and Gothic Cross inlays. Its Tone Pros bridge system strings thru the body for increased sustain and the fullest tone. Other features include Grover tuners, Duncan Design H101 pickups and abalone binding. "

One thing that I've noticed is that this guitar (in terms of bass, compressed mid range tone) stands up to a Les Paul. The neck is a little wide for me, (like a PRS?) thinner than a Gibson but fatter than a strat. They're only $700 retail, so an axe like this for that price is a steal in my book.

The range of tones you can get out of this guitar still floors me. You can get blues, metal, jazz, and classic rock tones out of this guitar in spades, and you could probably get some country tones out of it as well. The pickups have a very full sound to them with plenty of midrange (which I like) and bite. The guitar is made in Korea, but obviously really well built - better than almost all of the other 'foreign' guitars I've played. Then of course you have it's stage appeal --- it's a really pretty guitar to look at, but I won't go into detail there as I'm sure a million others have. It's got amazing inlay, a beautiful top, and I wish they had done the Schecter guitar (name) in abalone as well. That's my only complaint.