Copley Bass:
This is one of my favorite basses–made in Korea. How can this be such a fine instrument?  I replaced the electronics with Duncan Basslines, and now it sings!

Peavey Palaedium Bass:
Made in the USA. Nice bass and very easy to play!

V-Drums by Roland:
This is one of the more basic V-Drums by Roland.  Nice range of sounds.

G&L L-2000 Vintage:
One of my favorite basses–a vintage L-2000!  Nice range of tones with these older Leo era basses!

G&L 5 string:
When I got this originally it had a rosewood neck with a stripped out truss-rod.  I got the maple neck off of Ebay and it’s now an excellent bass!

G&L 5 rosewood neck:
This is one my most excellent smooth sounding basses–very warm sounding.  I used it for the ending of “Desert Whispers” from my CD Urban connections. Everything is stock on this bass and all G&L. Compared to the maple neck version with EMG pickups, this wins hands down!

Fender Octave Mandolin:
This is really frustrating.  I really like this mandolin, but the buzzes like hell!  It’s really in need of a major neck adjustment that is too much for the truss-rod to handle. It came this way from Guitar Center, and it was the second one I got because the first one was worse!

MTD 5 String:
This bass is the third five-string bass I have.  As compared to my G&L fives, this one has “standard” tuning with the low ‘B.’ I used it for the first track on the CD: Urban Connections.  Listen very carefully to the backgroundand you’ll hear it.

Floor pedals and stomp boxes:
This is just about it for floor pedals and stomp boxes. One of these is a “MoogerFooger” from Moog. I have some recordings that I’ll eventually be releasing with this.  It’s an interesting device but needs the right song for its application.

Digital Recording Equipment:
My digital recording studio. I used Sonar version five for the Urban Connection CD.  The device to the right of the monitor is a mixer that links to the software for a more human touch because I don’t like moving software buttons. It’s a nice little 8-channel device by M-Audio.

Black Steinberger:
One of my favorite guitars.  It’s a black Steinberger that I got off of MusicYo.com…I’ve recently discovered that MusicYo is no longer on line–what a shame.  They had some really great buys on there!

White Steinberger with an original Newburgh body–white:
My wife and I were in Vegas several years ago and went into a store Ed Roman’s guitar store–the old one.  He has down-sized the store since then. But he may still have some of these original Steinberger bodies and parts that he bought years ago from the original factory. I picked the parts and they put it together for me, except for the EMG ass-kicker pickup.  I used this guitar on track 11 (Drifting), which was originally titled “Azithromyacin” because I was home with a major infection most likely brought on from my years as a telecommunication engineer at Qworst!