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Guitars
I
have a great selection of guitars, which you can check out below but
on the 1991 classic "Electric Voodoo" was performed mostly
on a scalloped Kramer which no longer is in my possession. Some parts
were also played on a 36 fret guitar. Not long after this I got a sponsorship
deal with Valley Arts, and for many years the Valley Arts Custom Pro
was a favorite. Around 1998 I found a great 1961 Fender Stratocaster
which has been a favorite for bluesier stuff ever since. I'm also frequently
using a modified early 90-ies Japanese Stratocaster. Outfitted with
a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails stacked humbucker and a DiMarzio HS3, this
guitar has all the power necessary. One of the causes for a change from
the Valley Arts to the Fenders come from my new found preference of
standard whammy bars. Sometimes however, when I need to really go wild
with the whammy bard I go back to my Valley Arts guitars. When it comes
to clean guitars though, I really need a Strat. I also have a 1967 Coral
Electric Sitar which can really spice up a track. I use this one a lot
in the background on my album and the song "Messenger" off
my 1998 album "Obsession" was written and based on this sound.
The same goes for the "Outro Jam" which I wrote for the Jason
Becker Tribute. From around 2005 on I have been playing mostly a new
US Strat with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups. The low tuned rhythm
guitars that sound like a 7-string is actually an old 90-ies Valley
Arts that I have tuned down to B or sometimes even Bb which has recently
been superseeded by my new Boel MC-7.
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Fender
Stratocaster 1961 |
Japanese
customised Fender Stratocaster |
Fender
Telecaster Paisley Park
(previous owner Louise Hoffsten) |
Valley
Arts Custom Pro |
Valley
Arts Standard |
Coral
Electric Sitar 1967 |
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Samick
Nylon String |
Landola
Steel string acoustic |
Landola
mandolin |
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Bass Guitars
I originally
started out as a bass player, and a few years I went back to playing
this lovely instrument again seriously. Before recording the Condition
Red album I really practiced playing the bass seriously. I was extremely
lucky to get hold of two fine basses dead cheap, a Warwick thumb bass
and a fretless Bass Maniac.I also own a 1976 Rickenbacker. The Warwick
is my main bass.
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Thumb bass |
Rickenbacker
4001 Stereo Bass 1976 |
Bass
Maniac fretless bass |
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