We used to own a vast collection of gear - two dozen guitars at a

time, around fifty to sixty pedals, maybe sixteen or so amps, and

an untidy pile of unusual instruments and recording devices. Much

of it was expensive, some of it was nearly worthless. All of it was

quirky and adored.

 

Recently we’ve decided to focus on simplicity and making space, in

concurrence with our hibernation from live performance. We’ve also

hoarded far too many AU plugins and virtual instruments for our

various DAWs to list here. This is what remains...

 

GUITARS

 

Electric - Harmony Marquis Flying V (V666)

Electric - Hopf Telstar Standard

Electric - Sekova Big Horn (Kawai/Teisco)​

Electric - D'Angelico Premier SS

Electric - Harmony H80T (heavily modded)

Electric - Thundaburke ‘Christine’ cigar box tenor

Acoustic - Alvarez RD20S

Acoustic - Fender MC-1

 

AMPLIFIERS

 

Sunn Beta Lead 212 combo

Gibson Falcon III

Kingston (Westheimer) ‘Solid State’

Headrush FRFR-GO

IK Multimedia iRig

Teisco Checkmate 10

Unicord (Univox) Stage 25

Danelectro Hodad mini amp

Joyo JA-02 mini amp

 

EFFECTS

 

Line 6 HX Effects

Hologram Electronics Chroma Console

Electro-Harmonix 22500 dual stereo looper/sampler

DigiTech Whammy Ricochet

Old House Pedals custom ‘Nonconnah’ distortion

7th Chord Deep Space Echo #5

Boss EV-30 dual output expression pedal

Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter

Nektar NX-P expression pedal

Sonicake Pocket Master

Guyatone MT-3 micro tuner

 

OTHER INSTRUMENTS 

 

Harmony Reso-Tone tenor banjo

Pzen Isan acoustic-electric phin

Silvertone (Oscar Schmidt) autoharp

Magnus toy accordion

Empress Melodeon 

Dementia Labs circuit-bent optical theremin

Marxophpone

Handmade mbira 

Yerbonitsa

Lap harp

Hohner Artiste accordion

‘Musical Ruler’

Wayne Todd’s ‘Noiseboard’

Wayne Todd’s ‘Jar’

Wayne Todd's 'Rocks'

Handmade ciftelias (2)

Unbranded student violin

Student erhu 

International Music Corporation Ukelin 

Cracker Barrel toy melodica

Kay 'Chicago Blues' diatonic harmonica

Handmade bird whistle

Customizable music boxes (2)

Various toy flute/woodwind instruments

 

KEYS/SYNTHS

 

Baldwin ‘Designer Series’ upright piano

Baldwin ‘Interlude’ organ w/ Fun Machine

Westheimer 7001

ElectroLobotomy Hadron Collider

Optical Theremin Drone Synth

Korg Kaossilator KO-1 

Jaymar Toy Piano

B Toys Meowsic synthesizer

Toymazing toy synthesizer 

Unbranded toy synthesizer 

 

PERCUSSION

 

Various handheld & toy percussion items/shakers

Various stray drums/cymbals - Tama, CB, Pearl

Zoom MRT-3 drum machine

Handmade wooden block instrument

Lakota handmade ‘medicine wheel’ drum

Handmade Navajo bone rattle

A tiny toy xylophone

Found propane tank

Cow bone

Bendy Tubes 

Vic Firth mallets, brushes & sticks

 

ACCESSORIES

 

Strings - Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10’s, Martin (acoustic)

Picks - Jim Dunlop USA Nylon medium

Slides - Jamstands chrome

Cables - Monster, Supro, Fender, Vox, EBS, Rockboard

Kyser capo

Heet Sounds EBow Plus

‘Submarine’ Pickup

Ryobi battery-powered drill

Fatfinger sustain enhancer

DeWalt hand saw

Various toy laser guns/ray guns, educational toys, megaphones, etc. 

McPhee ‘Emergency Goat Sounds’

Kaito pocket shortwave radio (3)

Topplan 4/4 cello bows w/ ‘Jade’ brand rosin

Flathead screwdriver 

Kinyo computer speaker (for feedback loops)

One-Spot and Pig Hog power adapters

Donner DB-P300 wired pedalboard

Handmade small pedalboard

Ernie Ball Musician’s Tool Kit

 

RECORDING

 

Tape machines - Panasonic, Califone, RCA, Raleigh, Realistic, QFX, etc.

‘Singing Machine’ home karaoke machine

Various baby monitors

Various answering machines

Gakken Toy Record Maker

Califone bowed taped recorder (handmade)

Assorted cassette tapes in a scrapped Delta Airlines flight attendant cart

Audient ID4 (MkII) audio interface

Mackie CR3-XBT active studio monitors

Alesis MultiMix 4 USB mixer

Audio-Technica ATH-M70X headphones

Zoom H2 digital recorder

Shure SM57 cardioid dynamic microphone

Nady SP-4C dynamic microphone

Samson CO1U USB condenser microphone

Standel LM58 dynamic microphone

Optimus 33-3022 omnidirectional boundary microphone

Pyle Hum Destroyer

XSPro ABY box

Blue Yeti Blackout USB microphone

For noise - stapler, paper shredder, slide projector, leaf blower, etc.

Blue Icicle XLR > USB interface

Homedics white noise sound machine

Apple MacBook Air w/ Logic, GarageBand, Audacity, Reaper, Ableton Lite

Apple iPod Classic (custom 1TB model)

Apple iPhone SE (3rd generation)

Cryptic Carousel & Korg contact microphones

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