Grounded Gear Snob  

Recording:

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• MacBook Pro

• Pro Tools HD

• Logic Pro

• SSL 12 

• Apollo Twin X Duo Heritage 10x6

• Scarlett OctoPre (x2)

 

Plugins:

• SSL 360

• UAD Native (all)

• Ozone Elements

• Korg Legacy Collection

• Focusrite Hitmaker Expansion 

 

Outboard:

• Audioscape 76D

• Audioscape EQP-A

• Audioscape Opto Comp

• Heritage Audio HA73

• Warm Audio Tone Beast

• BBE Bmax w/ Sonic Maximizer

• DBX 266

• DBX 286 (x2)

 

Microphones:

• AKG P120

• AKG P220

• AKG D110

• Audio Technica AT2020 (x2)

• Rode M5 (x2)

• Sennheiser e609 (x2)

• Shure PGA52

• Shure PGA56 (x3)

• Shure PGA57

• Shure SM57 (x4)

• Shure SM58 (X3)

 

Reference Monitors:

• Adam Audio T5V pair

• Mackie CR3 pair

• JBL LSR310S subwoofer

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Headphones:

• AKG K72 

• AKG K240

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Headphone amps:

• Mackie HM-800 (8 channel)

• Mackie HM-4 (4 channel)

 

Power conditioning:

• Radial rack units 

• Black Lion 6-port strips

 

Cabling:

• CBI (instrument & speaker)

• Hosa (pro audio)

 

Electric guitars:

• 2000 Gibson Les Paul R0 conversion

• 2001 Gibson Les Paul R0 conversion

• 2011 Gibson Les Paul R9 conversion

• 1997 Gibson Les Paul Studio

• 1996 Gibson All American II

• 2020 Gibson SG Junior

• 2000s Kalamazoo style SG

• 1980s Burny SG

• 2020 Fender Strat

• 1970s Greco Strat

• 2024 ESP Tele

• 2024 Jackson Soloist (Chris Broderick signature)

• 2000s Blackmon Jazzmaster

• 2024 GGS custom Jazzmaster 

• 2022 GGS custom Musicmaster

• 1981 Aria Pro II Thor Sound

 

Acoustic guitars:

(Steel string)

• 1956 Harmony H-1310

• 1960s Morris 12-string

• 1978 Fender F-75 

• 2016 Gibson Custom Shop Limited Edition True Vintage L-00

(Nylon string)

• 1978 Fender FC-40

• 1978 Fender FC-20

• 1979 Fender FC 20

 

Bass guitars:

• 1972 Fender Musicmaster Bass

• 2021 Fender Mustang Bass

• 1994 Fender Jazz Bass

• 2015 Gibson Les Paul Bass

• 2010 Wishbass fretless Peanut Bass

 

Guitar amp heads:

• Trainwreck Rocket 

• Trainwreck Express 

• Bruno Underground 30

• Roccaforte Custom 18

• Quidley 22/8

• Dr. Z Prescription Extra Strength

• Sandora 30

 

Guitar preamps & DI:

• Diezel VH4 Dual 

• Friedman IR-X

• Soldano SLO Plus

• Orange Micro Terror (x2)

• Orange Dark Terror

 

Guitar cabinets:

• Matchless 1x12

• Matchless 2x12 (Sampson era w/ Alnico Golds)

• Matchless 4x12

• Carr 4x12 closed back (one of one built for Carr by the late Peter Mather)

• Tony Bruno 4x10 (one of one)

• Valve Train 2x10 (vintage) convertible

• Mark Nerby 1x10 (vintage) closed back

• Tech 21 212TM (vintage) closed/ported back

 

 Bass heads:

• Sandora’s Box 30

• Trace Elliott ELF

 

Bass Preamps & DI:

• BBE Bmax preamp & DI

 

Bass cab:

• Ampeg Portaflex 1x15 cab w/ 450w Eminence speaker)

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Guitar & Bass effects pedals (all hand-wired, no pcb):

• Monsterpiece Stud (impeccably hand-wired Klon killer)

• Monsterpiece Scratchy Snatch

• Monsterpiece Classic Fuzz (Fuzz Face)

• Balls Effects Moon Unit (analog reverb & delay)

• Balls Effects Pink Distortion

• Balls Effects Super Black Distortion

• Balls Effects Ballsmaster Germanium Treble Boost (one of the best versions of the original Rangemaster circuit)

• Balls Effects Oscillator Tremolo

• Balls Effects Secret H Chorus

• Balls Effects Tone Bender MKII

• Balls Effects Supercharger Octave Fuzz

• Balls Effects KWB Distortion (limited edition special run Kowloon Walled Bunny)

• Balls Effects Phaser

• DeLisle Pet Dragon Silicon Fuzz

• DeLisle Notch Box (12-position varitone circuit with vintage & modern voicing)

• Frank The Anvil Echoes Analog Delay

• Frank The Anvil Snake Charmer Pitch Ring Modulator

• Frank The Anvil Black N Blue V2 (Blues Breaker)

• Frank The Anvil Pulse Tremelo (Schaller Tremolo)

• Frank The Anvil Green Dragon OD (TS808)

• Late 60s Thomas Organ wah

• Early 70s Foxx wah & volume

 

Miscellaneous Guitar Devices:

• Alessandro attenuator

• Weber impedance matcher

• DeLisle 4x4 head/cab switcher 

 

Drum Kits:

• 1987 DW pre Collector’s Series maple 4 piece w/ 22” kick drum

• 2016 Dark Horse maple 3 piece w/ 24” kick drum

• 2024 Custom built acrylic 8 piece w/ 22" kick drum (includes 4 octobans by RL Drums)

 

Snares:

• Hero Drumworks 14x5.5 Cherry & Beechwood segment built

• Radius Percussion 14x3.5 Oak & Alder stave built piccolo

• Ludwig 14x5 steel

• RL Drums 14x8 acrylic

• RL Drums14x4 acrylic piccolo

• Custom built 14x5.5 acrylic

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Bass Drum Pedals:

• DW 3000 double & single pedals

• DW 4000 double & single pedals  *our DW double pedals have Trick Drums aluminum driveshafts for zero latency with zero play for the smoothest, most responsive & articulate performance possible

• Direct drive double pedals, as well as chain drive single pedals by DW & Ludwig are also available

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Cymbals:

• Zildjian A - complete set, including 14" New Beat hi-hats, 8" Splash & 21" Sweet Ride

• Zildjian K Custom - 13" hi-hats

• Paiste Rude - 24" ride

• Omete Captain - complete set, including 18" China

• Omete Shimmer - complete set, including 18" China

• Omete Calm - complete set of low volume cymbals

• Omete Extreme - 14" hi-hats

• Omete clap stack - 8/10/12

• Various other cymbals & percussion instruments 

 

Hardware:

• DW

• Ludwig

 

Keys:

• Roland Juno D6 (61 key)

• Akai MPK249 (49 key)

• Casio CTK 4400 (61 key)

• Korg MicroKey Air (61 key)