To do the right job, you need the right tools. What we use for gear varies according to the size of the venue. Here’s a breakdown of all the tools in our box.
Matt Perkins - Lead Guitar
Guitars
- Fender Stratocaster, black, rosewood fretboard, H/S/S pickups, custom pickups and wiring (too much to list here)
- Fender Telecaster '61 Custom Reissue, metallic red, rosewood fretboard, SD Tele Hot Stack bridge pickup, SD Classic Mini Humbucker neck pickup
- Warmoth Les Paul, metallic blue, ebony fretboard, SD Pearly Gates bridge pickup, SD Alnico II Pro neck pickup
- Simon and Patrick Pro Flame Maple acoustic
- Epiphone Biscuit resonator
Amplification
- Mesa Stiletto Ace head (50W 2-channel all-tube head)
- Ear Candy Buzz Bomb 2x12 cabinet with burled mahogany face
Effects & Accessories
- Pedal Train 2 board and flight case
- Dunlop Jimi Hendrix wah (may be replaced soon)
- BYOC Optical Compressor ("The Kraken")
- BYOC Octave Fuzz ("The Burninator")
- BOSS BD-2 Blues Driver w. Monte Allums mod.
- Line 6 M13 multi-effects pedalboard
- Korg Pitch Black tuner pedal
- Pedalsnake pedal board cable system
- Dunlop medium glass slide (Vaccination Scar)
- Dunlop "pinky" brass slide (Blow at High Dough)
- Dunlop Tortex .73 mm picks
- D'Addario electric guitar strings (EXL110 on Tele, EXL115 on all others)
Todd Stanton - Rhythm Guitar
Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard
- American Vintage 52’ Fender Telecaster
- Taylor acoustic guitar
- Seagull acoustic guitar
Amplification
- Fender Blues Deluxe original (two of them)
Effects & Accessories
- Boss BD-2 – Blues Driver
- Boss OD-2 – Overdrive
- Boss TU-1 – Chromatic Tuner
Greg Reimer - Bass
- g&L L-2500 5-string electric bass
- Dean Playmate acoustic bass guitar
- SansAmp Bass Driver DI
- LR Baggs Para Driver DI
- SWR Super Redhead 2x10 combo amp
- Korg DT-10 tuner pedal
- Canare cables, Neutrik ends
Fred Donaldson - Drums
Drums
- Mapex M Birch Drums in Transparent Cherry Finish
- 22"x18" Kick, 8"x8" tom, 10"x8" tom, 12"x9" tom, 14"x11" tom, 16"x13" tom
- 14"x5.5" Mapex Black Panther Birdseye Maple Snare
- Mapex Stands
Cymbals
- 14" Istanbul Mehmet Rock Hi-hats
- 16" A Zildjian New Beat Hi-hats (vintage)
- 16" Istanbul Agop Traditional Dark Crash
- 16" Istanbul Agop Traditional Medium Crash
- 17" A Zildjian Medium Thin Crash
- 20" K Zildjian Pre-Aged Dry Light Ride
- 22" A Custom Zildjian Ping Ride.
Extras
- Tama Iron Cobra kick pedal
- Evans drumheads
- Cowbell and jam block
- Promark sticks
- Regal Tip blasticks
- Vic Firth brushes