GEAR

Electric Guitar

It's an Ibanez 321 MH. Cheap guitar (it costs about 350 euro) but its sound is good. Features: Mahogany body Rosewood fingerboard Fixed bridge 20mm neck width at the nut and about 22mm at the bridge (an average width, not too thin). I prefer guitars that have a fixed bridge rather than those that have a tremolo/floyd-rose, because of the absolute control they give me on bending and vibrato. They're also easier to tune up and have a longer sustain.

Acustic Guitar
	Another Ibanez, acoustic now(are you thinking I like this japanese product line?!?). The model is "AEL SQ", and it is cheep of course :). I use it especially to register the acoustic parts of the Evolution's songs and to play clumsily some country-blues pieces on my own (my ability in playing acoustic guitar is a little bit limited! :p ).

Pedaliera
	Line 6 foot controller that has the ability to direct the "spider 2" head of which I am an happy owner. Features: 4 control switch for the head streamings 1 foot volume controller 1 tuner visible in the dark too component materials = sheet-steel (is solidity is undiscussable). What more could you ask for only 130euro??

Whawha
	The classic "Cry baby" used all over the world. Honestly I don't use it too much. I bought it in 2003 to execute some Satriani covers who, as you know, use it very often.

Spider2

Line 6 low-level head. I adore it. That's all. :) Pros: Extreme sound versatility Equipped with all the most useful effects Provided with a dreadful distorsion! It costs only 350euro. Cons: It provides you only 4 channel to save your own sounds The configuration mode of the effects are too reductive It's not a MIDI head It's not compatible with the greater Line 6 foot controller (fbv) It doesn't have the send and return The thing I like most is the possibility of make live concerts with only an head and a foot controller, without being compelled to bring with me lots of racks and several multieffests. When I will be reacher I would prefer to buy an "HD 147" or a "Vetta 2", but now this "Spider II" allow me to express myself at my best, althought with some limitation.

Engl
	Standard straight cabinet 1x12 ENGL. Celestion AE V 60 cone. You see it without the secure greting becuase of recordering requirements.

Rok Axe
	My FIRST amplifier!! A glorious Rok Axe (15watt), that I've brought with me anywhere during my musical peregrinations. I still use it while teaching lessons, as a second amp. It is a little bit consumed and it lacked a pair of potentiometer control knob, but it still perfectly works.

Yamaha
	A pair of HSM80 made by Yamaha. They are office monitor and cost very cheep and have an optimum frequency answwer, absolutely linear. They are active, so there's non need for an ending to be used. I use them for my home recording.

Tc1128
	Probably the best analogic equalizer digitally programmable costing less than 2000euro that has never been sold. It is MIDI compatible, so that you could invoke your presets with any kind of foot controller at runtime. I used it in the pastwith an "ENGL Ritchie Blackmoore", because generally the valvular amplifiers don't allow you to change your EQ at runtime.

Digi001

Historical audio card made by Digidesign. Features: 18 fairly good and simultaneous I/O channels (8 analogic I/O channels, 8 optical ADAT I/O channels and 2 S/PDIF I/O channels, all equipped with a 24-bit resolution) MIDI integrated interface 1-IN, 1-OUT, Stereo monitoring system with a dedicated volume control channel, Output for headphones with a separated volume control channel 1/4" port for the QuickPunch foot controller during the out recordering. It has been the last low cost Digidesign audio card having a PCI interface, which feature that is important to help reducing a lot the recordering latencies (much modern systems such as digi002 and Mbox suffer for greater latencies) . I use it whenever I record.

Home Recording
	A panoramic of my home recording system.

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