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You can do anything with a J-Bass. Mine is a 1995 Standard with a 1978 Maple neck and DiMarzio Ultra-Jaz PUPs. Classic funk, r&b, blues or straight rock. It's my go to bass.

Mine Strat looks just like the photo, but with a maple neck. It's a 1998 American Standard with stock single coils and a Seymour Duncan humbucker in the bridge position. It's the easiest and most comfortable electric I've ever played. Plus you can use it for any kind of music because you can get virtually any kind of sound you want from it.

The Princeton started as a practice amp, but with today's technology stage volumes don't have to be so deafening in order to make sure audiences hear you. This works great for small to medium gigs, but is a PERFECT recording amp for the sorts of stuff I do. I have a 1979 Silverface, all original but for the Weber 10F150T speaker that replaced the original Oxfart. Mike Campbell loves them. Jim Campilongo loves them. Ryan Adams loves them. The Princeton works great for about any style of music (except metal).

My Tele looks just like the photo, but with a maple neck. It's a stock 1998 American Standard. Nothing fancy, just fantastic. It's the ONLY guitar for classic Country and is a rock 'n roll staple.

The OM-60 is much like the OM-9 but the fingerboard extends over the soundhole and the bracing pushes more bass. It was designed for Bluegrassers, but it never caught on because Bluegrassers prefer the dreadnought. It sounds like a dread though, just more focused in the mids. Mahogany back and sides with a sitka spruce top. It records like a dream. All the sound pushes cleanly straight out of the hole. I love it.

Over 40 years of bass gigging I have consistently gone smaller. Technological advances and companies like Eden have made it simple to get great tone without carrying a ton of gear. I started with a tube SVT rig, moved to a B-15 solid state flip top, then to an Eden Nemesis 2x10 and now I put my little Eden Traveller in a gig bag and carry a 10" cab in the other hand. I've played all sized venues with this simply rig.

This is the only guitar I have that wasn't made in the USA. Actually, it might as well have been because it was made about 10 miles south of the border and it plays and sounds as good as any USA Fender I've played. This model eliminated all the bothersome switches found on old Jags and replaced the single coils with really hot P-90s. The bridge is a tune-o-matic so it stays in tune really well - despite the loss of the trem bar. I recommend it highly for crunchy alt-rock.

Over the 43 years (seriously) that I have owned my Ovation Balladeer I have taken no end of s**t about my "plastic guitar." Frankly, I don't care. It's the easiest playing and best recording axe I've ever known. The money they saved by substituting the fiberglass bowl for wooden back and sides went right in to the quality of the spruce top. It's seriously the best spruce I've ever seen...and it rings! It was my first big boy guitar and I'll never let it go.

This really gets that tubey, compressed sound of a tweed. Adjustments take it anywhere from a Champ to a Bassman. Very cool - but costly.

The P-bass is the original and the classic workhorse bass. I have a 1973 with a maple neck and Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pounder PUPs.Great rock bass. The ONLY bass for classic country. A big carpet-layer. I've been playing mine for 35 years, and it looks like it.

I just love this pedal. Really transparent with great power. Plus - it doesn't cost a ton.

Very thick and creamy distortion. Combine it with a transparent OD and it rattles the roof.

I like the AC-15 for the Beatles sound. It's full and the highs are chimey. It also gets the Edge and Brian May sounds really well. The only reason I don't give this 5 stars is that I don't have a 60's original. Mine is a first generation AC15-C1 with a Weber Blue Dog in it.

I really like this pedal. It has settings to take it from slapback to bucket brigade delay - and everywhere in between. Plus it has a built in looper.