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In
concert at
the
VA Rehab Center in White City. Anything for Veterans!
Tools of the Trade
This Martin D-45 on the Right is about 15 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 incredable 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 (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 new Gibson Advanced Jumbo.
New
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 like the sound of this very simple system.
I use Sure Mikes (the one shown below is a Bata 58). The Behringer Ultratone K3000FX is a 300 Wart, 4 channel PA
system, Keyboard Amp. I run a small Yamaha MG82CX-8 (see photo below) through one of the Behringer channles for a perfect
ballanced sound. I also use a small shoebox size powered speaker (Galaxy, Core PA 5X140) of balance and sound reinforcement.
For bigger gigs and out door concerts I use an older Mackie
408M FR Power mixer (shown below) and Peavey 15 speakers (old but great). I also use a simple Rolls Ear phone monitor
amp (cheap but affective).
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