Look at all that stuff... Yeah, well, I never claimed to be normal. I have a lot of gear, both in the home studio and for use with the band, and it does attract a fair amount of attention... not only because there's so much of it, but also because it isn't quite like most of the gear you see other players use on stage. I stand by this stuff because I am a bassist, not a guitarist, and a few extreme measures had to be taken, both on my own and then as the second bass in ubik., in order to cover the kind of sonic palette I wanted. It was a long road, full of trial and error, and I've acquired quite a bit of knowledge about lots of different equipment.
So then comes the website: while I'm not doing as much active searching as I once did (the rig is up and running, I'm more concerned with using it well than with making it bigger), but the search for good gear was difficult, and involved me buying and returning a lot of pedals, playing things for a month or two and becoming frustrated with the aspects I never liked, listening to cruddy mp3 sound samples on the internet, and reading an endless amount of Harmony Central reviews. I learned an awful lot, and for all the time I'd wasted on the gear I sent back, I could have avoided a few restocking fees and shipping charges if I'd just known that one thing that the myriad Harmony Central posts of "It's the best thing ever!" or "It's the worst piece of junk in the world!" never communicate to me. There's always that one thing about any piece of gear, and if anyone is looking for it, well, here it is.
These reviews and writings are all pieces I've actually owned and used... nothing here is fantastic and/or sucks because of a five minute dry run through a Guitar Center demo setup. I've also detailed my pedalboard and live rig, because I am asked about the pedals at least once per show (not that I mind-- I love talking gear, but I can only tell someone so much between unplugging, packing up, and loading back into the van).
