Gear - Part 1: Guitars

The SG once belonged to my Uncle Jack. It’s the first guitar I ever played and it means a great deal to me.

The JP6 is the John Petrucci signature model in a really neat color, Mystic Dream, that changes from green to blue to purple depending on the light.

I built the strat myself with a Fender body, a David Gilmour pickup set, a roasted maple Warmoth neck, and Tronical auto-tuners.

A cheap guitar that plays well above its pricetag. Limited edition whitewash color. I replaced the pickups with Analogman/Lindy Fralin Jim Weider pickups. They could cut glass.

Another affordable model from the makers of Agile guitars. I keep it in A-Standard. I don’t love the Floyd Rose tremolo on it and may get around to replacing it one day.

This one is technically a Frankenbass, since the neck isn’t original. It’s another Warmoth roasted maple. These were made exclusively for the Japanese market and are one of few ways to get a JP pickup arrangement in a J-Bass body.

Another of my Uncle Jack’s guitars. It’s a Japanese lawsuit era Martin-style guitar with exceptionally low action for an acoustic. It’s really fun to play and sounds great. I’m not sure if it’s cedar or redwood.

I had to have this just so I could play Wonderful One by Page & Plant properly. It’s a 12 string and 6 string combo. It needed a lot of TLC when I first got it, but it’s in great shape now.

I prefer to call this a requinto. Córdoba came up with the name guilele because it’s a cross between a guitar and a ukulele. It’s just like a nylon string guitar but up a fourth. Conveniently this is up an octave from my baritone.