My Gear

Heritage Sweet 16 (2006)
This is my main guitar, a beautifully crafted Heritage archtop with solid carved back and sides. For strings, I use flatwound D'Addario Chromes, guages .012-.052. with a wound .024 G. I use for mainly for jazz and fusion but its seen its share of blues/rock gigs. To fight feedback, I put custom made Doug's Plugs in the f-holes (www.dougsplugs.com/). I either run this guitar direct through my tube amp or with a subtle combinition of effects (see below).





















Fender American Std. Stratocaster (1995)
This was my first "real" guitar that my parents have me for Christmas when I was 12. It's a timeless classic that I use in various ensemble, trio, and solo situations. I replaced the original stock pickups with a set of Suhr Fletcher-Landau pickups (http://www.suhrguitars.com/news2.aspx?story=FL). I have this guitar set up with D'Addario EXL116 roundwound strings, gauges .011-.052.














Effects Pedals:
Ibanez TS9
ProCo Rat 2
Boss Super Chorus
Boss Digital Delay
Boss Equalizer
Boss Loop Station
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Fender Pedal Tuner
Placed on an SKB PS-45 Power conditioning Stereo Pedalboard, I use various combinations of these effects. The TS9 is still an old favorite that gives me that classic tube overdrive sound. In certain jazz and fusion situations, I suppliment the TS9 with the Rat 2 distortion pedal. This gives me the signature disortion sound of John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Its a very versitle disortion pedal that requires constant tweaking. I add a little delay and chorus to my sound with the respective Boss pedals. As for the Loop Station, I still haven't completely figured out how to use the f-ing thing....
















Fender Deluxe Reverb - 65 Reissue (2007)
I recently bought this amp to replace my Tech 21 Trademark 60. It has a beautiful clean sound on the first change and amazing reverb and vibrato on the second. I generally play this amp clean and/or with my effects pedals.























Godin Multiac Duet (2000)
I bought this guitar off one of my guitar teachers, Steve Girardi, a few years back. I play both fingerstyle and with a pick on this guitar, mainly in trio or solo jazz environments. I string it with Savarez 520J nylon strings. This guitar sounds best when plugged straight into a mixer with an XLR cable.


Other Gear:
Taylor 514 Limited Edition Koa-back and sides (1998)
Steinberger Synapse SS-2F Custom (2007)
Mele Tenor Ukulele (2006)
Godin A8 Electric Mandolin (2005)
UltraSound AG-30 30 watt Acoustic Amp (2007)