My Rig
Every piece of gear in the studio and what it does on a record. Each item links to whatever I've made about it: a review, a post, a tool. If something has no links yet, it's coming.
Guitars & Bass
Write & playSire
L7
My Les Paul-style guitar. Humbuckers for the heavier rock parts and thick rhythm tracks.
Sire
S7 FM
Strat-style workhorse. Most of the clean and crunch rhythm on the album is this guitar.
Sire
T7
Telecaster-style. The country twang and chicken-pickin' lead lines live here.
Ibanez
SR400 EQM
My only bass. Tracked direct into the Headrush Core on every song.
Gold Tone
AC-6
Six-string mini banjo tuned like a guitar. Instant country texture without learning a new instrument.
Amps & Modellers
Track guitarsHeadrush
Core 5.0
My primary guitar and bass interface over USB. Every electric guitar on the album went through it.
Positive Grid
Spark 40
Practice amp and the subject of a big chunk of my YouTube back catalog.
Positive Grid
Spark 2
The newer Spark. Looper, battery, and a better speaker than the 40.
Yamaha
THR10 II
Desk amp for writing. When I just need a sound fast, it's this.
Drums
Track drumsToontrack
Superior Drummer 3
Every drum track on the album. Played in from the kit, mixed inside SD3, then into Logic.
Alesis
Strata Core
My current e-kit. Triggers Superior Drummer 3 over USB.
Alesis
Strike Pro
The kit before the Strata. Still in the content universe because a lot of people own one.
DAW & Plugins
MixApple
Logic Pro
The DAW. Writing, tracking, mixing, and bouncing the final masters all happen here.
Apple
Logic Remote
iPad transport control so I can punch in from the drum throne or the guitar chair.
Softube
mix suite
FET, Opto, and VCA compressors, Tape, TSAR-1, Trident A-Range, SSL SL 4000 E, Weiss EQ, Wasted Space, Console 1, Tube Delay, Transient Shaper, Amp Room. The whole mix runs on these.
Sonible
Pure series
Pure:DeEss on every vocal. The smart plugins that actually save me time.
Monitoring
MixKRK
KNS 8400
Mixing headphones. I mix on cans because I live in a house, not a studio.
Sonarworks
SoundID Reference
Headphone calibration so the KRKs tell me the truth. Last plugin on the master bus, bypassed on bounce.
Vocals
Track vocalsVocalista
Vocalista
Vocal training app I tested when I had to get honest about my own singing.