Guitar Stuff
Another hobby that competes for my time is music. I've been learning guitar and bass since January '03.I Started with an Epiphone Les Paul Standard and a Crate GX-30M amp. I've since bought a "few" other guitars and a bass.
'02 Gibson Pete Townshend Signature SG Special.
Steinberger Spirit I use for taking on my trips. I modified it to a 2 humbucker setup because I hated the position of the volume knob, and never used the center single coil, which was also in the way.
'04 1954 Reissue Les Paul
'01 1959 Reissue Les Paul
A Family shot........
Tech 21 Trademark 10. This thing defies belief. I am constantly amazed at how much sound comes out of the little 8" speaker. Nice crunchy Marshall like tones at low volume. There is an awesome website put together by Les Paul Forum member Hal Louis giving some nice user submitted settings for this amp.
While the GTO was being painted, I my first amplifier. It is a variation of the classic 18 watt Marshall. The original 18 Watt was a 2 channel amp, with a normal and tremolo channel. Since the tremolo is kind of a one trick pony, many guys have used the second channel for a treble, middle and bass (called the "TMB" variant) tone stack. Other folks have modified this even further, incorporating a Hiwatt like tone stack. This variant is called the "MarWatt" (Marshall on channel 1, HiWatt on 2). I am building the "Marwatt" variant, as I've always been a huge fan of Pete Townshend's tone.
I had a set of new plates made to complete the Hiwatt look. This is what it would kind of look like if Hiwatt made a 2 channel, 18 watt amp!
Pretty cool!
My '79 Hiwatt DR504
Here is my '69 Traynor YBA1...
This is a friend's '67 Super Reverb! This is a beautifully preserved example of a classic!
'76 Silverface Twin Reverb
Hiwatt DR504 clone.......
Up and running...... I still need to dress some wires....
Here it is in the head cab from Jeff Swanson..
Here are some clips (excuse the sloppy playing and the over modulating mike!):
Newest Amp Project
A Jimmy Page 50 watter. it will have a footswitchable gain stage, 4 6V6 tubes with 1/2 power switch and is going into a Swanson "Hylight Style" 2-12 combo cab...
Yet another amp build.....
Trinity Triwatt
A friend's Gibson GA-40
My homemade pedalboard..........
More portable board....
Latest Board....
This neat piece of gear is called an Ultimate Attenuator.....
