So... You want to know what kind of instruments I have and play?

Donna says I have a bad case of GAS, aka Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, but I use them all... no, really I do!! NOTE... As you click the links the pictures will appear below. To close the images just touch the instrument and move away with your pointer...

Guitars

• 1990 Cherry Red flame maple Gibson ES 335, brand new, never sold, stashed in the back of 2 different stores over its 16 year history, Donna peeled off the pick guard's protective cover. It must have been just waiting for me! I always loved the sound of the 335!
• A Koa "Fine-Resophonic" Resonator guitar by Mike Lewis. It is the most expensive guitar I ever bought... but well worth it. It is the best resonator I have ever heard. (He makes them for Clapton, too) Stolen from me, after one year away, it was found for sale on the internet and returned to me. Thank you Pascal, and thank you Paul. I
• The 1972 Fender Telecaster re-issue of the '52 tele. The sound is great! I use it mostly for slide these days.
• My Ibanez 70's Gibson copy (a rare bird, they had to stop making it due to copyright protection) It is on "permanent loan" from a fan in France. Thanks Michael.
• A handmade acoustic by old friend and guitar builder Terry Bennett. It has a huge neck like a classical but is a steel string with tone that just won't stop!! I used it to record the acoustic guitars on "No Rest For The Wicked". Terry has since passed on. He will be missed by everyone who knew him.
• A Johnson resonator. The color is a strange metalic green. I bought it to tie me over when my Fine-Resophonic was stolen. I 'hot rodded ' it up some with a pick-up but after owning one of the best guitars on the planet it could never meet up to my expectations. Now that the Fine-Reso is back, its not so bad, I use it occasionally as a second.
• 'Dream' acoustic guitar that I bought in Bangkok for next to nothing, but it sounds good! I bought for our S.E. Asia travels but it continues to serve us well. I added the pick-up.
• A $42 Mexican guitar, that I've sunk another $200 into over time. Held together with travel stickers, bubble-gum and bailing wire, it was my first travelling guitar when we left Nashville to travel the world.
• A Chikita guitar with Jackson p'up and Kahler whammy bar (another $50 pawnshop find.)
• My 1964 Gibson SG was * STOLEN * this was a sad loss. It is still M.I.A. but it's a small world. Someday I will see it again, it can't be held captive forever!

• I bought my old Gibson lap steel in a Nashville pawnshop for $50 (Brozmann told me it is from '38, but upon further research think it's probably early 40's)
• 1954 double neck Oahu Iolana lap steel This is an amazing instrument!!!!

• My original Harmony ukulele from my baby bed, my actual first instrument!
• My mom's Marathon baritone ukulele, (she plays more piano these days)
• An Eko bouzouki (also a present from a fan, a funny story)
  
• A sitar a funny story, I was jamming out over at Rocco's and in the middle of the jam he stops cold... turns to me and asks, "Would you like to have a sitar?" My first reaction was, Donna's going to 'kill' me, but... "Sure!" How could I turn it down? I always wanted one!

Amplifier

• I really like my Tech 21 amp. Antoine talked me into it and I've never regretted the decision. It can get most any sound I want from clean to super crunchy. Like having a Fender, a Marshall and a Mesa Boogie all in one very light amp.

Effects

• Effects are best when they are seldom used. That being said... I like the Boss ME 50 and some how use it mainly as a tuner! I occasionally use a few of the effects, but not so much, a little delay on some solos.