Iron Mike Norton

This guitar was given to me while I was on the The Greatest Slide Show On Earth Tour in 2013. To be honest, I wasn't interested in it at first. but over time I grew to love it. Its now my main guitar on the road It is a Les Paul style guitar but has a longer kneck and a 10" fretboard radius. I only ever had two complaints about the guitar: I'm not the biggest fan of the stock pickups, and the wrap around bridge has given me alot of trouble with string breakage. Upgrade those two things and you've got yourself a damn fine axe. In this video, I talk about the features, and how the guitar has held up playing in excess of 100 dates per year. There are also some live clips so you can hear how its sounds.

This is one of the greatest amps esa ever built. I don't know why they didn't take off better with the guitar public; I am assuming its toned down look didn't appeal to the typical Mesa fan, but this thing has tone for days. I have toured with mine for three years and its given me no trouble. It FINALLY has to go in for repairs, not because the amp broke down, but because some jackass technician broke it near the end of my last tour. The thing this amp does that I luike is, it cleans up very, very well. I can get big, booming Fendery clean sounds, and yet still access that Mesa crunch.I rank this among the top 3 amps I've ever owned.

The only pedal that never comes off my board. Quiet and gives me the the extra sustain I need for slide.

I have been with Bob Keeley since he was just selling mods on Ebay. They take good care of me there. I only got this pedal because my gear was stolen outside of a show near Jacksonville, FL last year and my original 2 knob was taken. I'm still heartbroken over it Anyway...I am a slide player, and for the way I use a compressor, this is simply the best one on the market.