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Tools of the Trade
This Martin D-45 on the Right is almost 20 years old. It has great sound and projection and
it's my main Axe. I also have this strange "One of a Kind" Martin HD-28 (below). Strange in that it’s
registered at Martin as a straight HD-28. However, It has an oversized sound hole (Clerance White Style) and very tasteful
snow flake inlay (old D-45 style). It has incredible sound - almost like the D-45. The Martin Company says that it is registered
as a regular HD-28 and should not have this top, and that they don't know just how this happened, but
they do make mistakes once in a great while. Both guitars were built in the same year (Early 1993). The case shown was designed
by me and hand tooled by a friend, Eugene Apapith. Last but not least, is a sweet (big) sounding Gibson Advanced Jumbo..
Gibson Advanced Jumbo (< Left); A Dream Gibson that lives up to it's nickname "The
Cannon" Beautiful and Loud.
(Above ^) Martin HD 28 Custom (Large Sound Hole and Old style Martin D45 Snow Fake inlay)
For small rooms I use a Behringer EUROPOWER PMP 518 Compact 5 channel 180-Watt powered mixer with 24-bit FX processor
and an old , but warm and unbeatable, Electrovoice EV N/D 857B for my vocals and Sure
Mikes for back up(the one shown below is a Bata 58). For bigger gigs and out door concerts I use Peavey XR 8300 Power
mixer (shown below) and Peavey Impluse 200 speakers (old but great). I also use a simple Behringer Ear phone monitor
amp (cheap but affective).
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