Currently Attempting to Play:

Mullen D-10 with 8/6, equipped with George L's. I'll be having Mr. Bud Carter build me one of his fine guitars with a very "unique" custom finish later this year.

Western Auto "Wizard Pro Steel XLB1000". This unique instrument features; 9 strings, 11 knee levers (no pedals) and a built-in revolving christmas tree floodlight. It's powered by a 7 1/2 h.p. Evinrude boat motor. They jest don't make 'em like this any more. Great conversation piece!

All of the O.H.C.I.H.T.L.A. (other heavy crap I have to lug around):

• SansAmp Rackmount Stereo Pre-Amp. This thing is slick. Very quiet in the studio.

• Lexicon LXP-1 and LXP-5. High quality, stereo reverb and delay.

• Peterson Rackmount Strobe Tuner. It don't get no closer 'n this!

• 2 - Peavey Nashville 400's. Don't use 'em at all in the studio. Too noisy. For live applications though, I feed the house board direct with the low outs of the SansAmp and feed the power amp inputs of the 400's with the high outs from the SA. These amps are for live stage monitoring of my steel only. These amps are going to be replaced soon with in-ear monitors.

• Very old Randall "Steelman 500". 300 watts RMS (yes, RMS) into a 15" JBL. This thing will damage your ears. Made lot's of money with this amp through the years. Used only occasionally in the studio (very warm, pleasant tone), only when the engineer feels like putting up with da' noise. ;)

• Marrs "RGS". This supposedly stands for "Resonator Guitar Simulator". I don't think I can stretch it that far, but, with some distortion, works great for slide and lap steel overdubs.

• Goodrich MatchBro and gas pedal. MatchBro is fine for live gigs but not real enough for the studio.

• BJS bars and Dunlop picks, blah...blah...blah.

• Am currently searching for great sounding 8 string Dobro. Any leads...?

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