gear
My coworker Brian started posting his musical instruments on his shiny new blog, so here comes mine :-)
Guitars and Basses
L to R: '92 Gibson LPB1 bass, sounds fantastic but hard to play and weighs a ton; 80s Greco thunderbird clone, my favorite for recording; 99ish Danelectro DC bass, weighs nothing, really fun to play and sounds cool too.
L to R: '71 Gibson EB0 (converted to EB3 by original owner), cool old-school rumble tone, unbelievably bassy, fun to play but not really my style; cheapo Alvarez acoustic guitar, unknown age, borrowed this in college and never gave it back; 99ish Danelectro U2 guitar, great little beater.
And my old faithful 1982 Ibanez Blazer, had this since I was 12.
I've really put this one through the wringer as you can see.
Getting a little tired of the puke paint job I did around 96.
Alembic pickups and preamp sounds really nice.
Amps
Here's an out-of-date shot of my amp as of last year. The head shown is the amazing AI Focus series III, which weighs 5 pounds and puts out anywhere from 600 watts at 8 ohms to 1000 watts at 2 ohms. I've since replaced it with a Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.0 which is equally loud and equally portable, but also does a nice growly overdrive.
Under the Focus is a Euphonic Audio CXL110, sounds incredible but not really loud enough by itself. You could run anything through this speaker - vocals, keyboards, etc.
Upper right is an EA CXL112, more bark and a lot louder than the 110. The pair of them together is great. Under that is a Schroeder 1212 that I no longer have, very loud and projects well, good mid-bass but not enough upper-mid clarity for me.