Favorite acoustic guitar on hand? Martin OM25 but I have a few that I alternate in and out( Gibson, Tacoma, Old Avalon, National)
Brand of acoustic guitar strings you use for recording? D’ Addario
Acoustic guitar preamps or pickup system used? For recording, I almost always use a u87 into a NEVE 511 pre, into Retro Doublewide or a Distressor( using the harmonic drive 2 setting)
Favorite electric guitar on hand? Come on! This is hard. LOL. If I had only one guitar I would choose my Fender Strat with coil tap to deepen my choices, but I have 8 others I use all of the time … Strat( humbuckers), Tele( classic), Gretch( TV Jones), Les Paul( P90s), 335 copy( PAFs), Silvertone( lipsticks), you get the point, they all have a sound and a feel.
Brand of electric guitar strings you use for recording? D’ Addario
Favorite guitar amp for recording? Soviet MG-50.
Electric guitar amp mic? I mostly use the OX Box these days but when I mic it up, I use a EV-RE20.
Main bass instrument on hand? I have 3. All Fenders: P Bass( flat wounds), Jazz Bass, and a Mustang.
Favorite effect pedal you have used? EHX Memory man and the Neunaber Wet pedal are always used in someway
Brand of cables you use? HOSA, Mogami, Pro Co, Monster? Instrument cables are almost all Monster. I still have 1 or 2 from when I first started 20 + years ago. They have survived many studio moves and years of touring.
Brand of acoustic treatment? Panels for noise reduction / diffusion / bass traps? I have built my own.
Electro-Voice RE20
Professionally designed studio space? My current space is not professionally designed but I have designed many studios in the past, so the one I have is really well setup and treated.
Do you have a separate tracking room? I have a main room that I track most everything and mix in, but I also have a separate drum room.
Studio MIDI controller keyboard? M-Audio Axiom( It does the job)
Neumann U 87
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