My Amps & Effects

Over the years I’ve gone through the natural evolution from solid state amps (Crate!) --> way too many effects (Digitech 2101) --> hybrid modeling amps (Johnson JM150). Then I discovered the magic of tubes (thanks to the Mesa Triaxis/2:90 pair), ushering in a whole new era of tube amp purchases alternating between rack gear, collections of tube heads, collections of tube combos, and often all of the above.

Having owned close to 50 different amps over the past few years, though, I've come to realize that Mesa amps just "work" for me... I've got a collection of Mesa heads in the studio including a Mark Five, Dual Rectifier Roadster, Stiletto Ace, Lonestar Special, and Electra Dyne, running through a variety of Randall 2x12 cabinets. I've also got a few other heads & combos around, including Hughes & Kettner Triamp head, a Vox AC30CCH head, Fuchs-modded Traynor YBA-1 head, and a JTM45 clone that I assembled at the first-ever Egnater amp-building seminar in November 2006. Finally, I've got a handful of pedals, including a TC Electronic Nova System, Peterson StroboStomp tuner, MXR/CAE MC-404 wah, ISP Decimator, Keeley-modded Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, BBE Freq Boost, and Carl Martin compressor.

red indicates recent acquisitions
purple indicates items for sale

Amps & cabinets: Egnater 1x12" cabinet w/ WGS ET65 Egnater/Mojo JTM45 head (assembled by me, hot-rodded by Bruce Egnater) Fender Sidekick 20 Reverb 1x12” combo Hughes & Kettner Triamp head Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Roadster head Mesa/Boogie Electra Dyne head Mesa/Boogie Lone Star Special head Mesa/Boogie Mark Five head Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Ace head (3) Randall R212CS 2x12" cabinets w/ Celestion Classic Lead 80's, Celestion Vintage 30's, Celestion G12T-75's Rocktron Vendetta 4x12" cabinet w/ Celestion Vintage 30's Traynor YBA-1 with Fuchs ODS mod Vox AC30CCH head Yamaha BBT500-115 bass combo Effects & accessories: ART SP4x4 power conditioner Axess Electronics BS2 buffer/splitter BBE Freq Boost treble booster pedal Carl Martin compressor/limiter pedal George L’s vintage red cable Grady Champion Remote True Bypass Looper TGC-1 (3) Godlyke PA-9 Power-All ISP Technologies Decimator noise reduction pedal Johnson J-Station modeler Morley Bad Horsie wah pedal MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-404 Wah Peterson StroboStomp strobe tuner Rocktron Hush SuperC noise reduction BROKEN Rocktron MIDIMate footcontroller Rocktron Patchmate MIDI switcher Sabine STX-1100 tuner Sennheiser EW172 wireless TC Electronic Nova System multi-FX Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive overdrive pedal (Keeley-modded) Vox Tonelab ST