music gear and audio equipment

for someone who isn’t much of a musician, i’ve managed to amass quite a few instruments and other pieces of related equipment that i can play/use with varying degrees of skill. the links will open up a picture in a new window, and links to ‘official’ sites are included if i have them, even though they seem to break often.

instruments
dearmond m65-c 6-string electric
bently prototype/austin AU510WR 6-string
takamine g335s 12-string acoustic
harmony 6-string electric (rebuilt)
danelectro 59-dc 6-string electric
gibson sg 6-string electric (customized)
stella 6-string acoustic (3/4 scale)
yamaha psr170 61 key keyboard

amps/processors/toys
crate gfx-20 guitar amp
digitech rp200 effects processer
midiman uno midi->usb device
boss ds-1 distortion pedal
audio technica dr-vx1 microphone
danelectro honeytone headphone amp
various strings, tuners, cables
various software studios and programs

instruments

• 1999 dearmond m65-c 6-string electric
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  i’ve put this guitar through hell and then some, and it still looks really good. almost no dings, scratches, or surface damage. the jack and the pickup switch are a little loose, and the neck has a small hairline fracture from when the guitar was dropped (and landed on the headstock.)
• 2000 bently no-model prototype [austin ‘branson folk cutaway’ AU510WR] acoustic/electric 6-string
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  [official website]
  this guitar is one of very few prototypes of this model produced. i have been able to find absolutely zero information about this guitar or it’s manufacturer. it’s a cutaway acoustic/electric with a 3-band built in equalizer. lots of good old fashion wear and tear, dents’ dings, scratched, chips… you name it.
  update: after hours of searching, i think i’ve figured out what’s up with this one. it seems that shortly after this prototype was made, bently was acquired by st. louis based ‘austin.’ after some digging, i finally found an official website, and they’re still making a retail model of this guitar after all.
• takamine 335s 12-string acoustic
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  [official website]
  this is a pretty standard 12-string acoustic guitar. it’s full-sized, has a nice tone, and makes a whole lot of sound. fairly easy to fret and easy to play (at least as far as 12-strings go.) for an acoustic guitar, it’s heavy as hell. the headstock weighs a ton. it doesn’t have any electronics or anything, it’s just a straight acoustic. i have no idea what year it is or anything like that, but i’m sure if i searched the serial number i might find something out about it.
• harmony 6-string electric (highly customized/rebuilt)
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  this is essentially a garage sale guitar. it was standard sunburst and had shitty pickups that didn’t really work. i gutted it, stripped the parts and paint off of it, repainted it, and fixed the disaster wiring job. it’s now a light blue color and has a stony texture (which you probably can’t see in the picture.) sound is okay - it has a little hiss/hum, but it kind of has that fuzzy ‘jack white’ sound to it now. i have no idea how old it is, but it’s old. repairs and modifications made in late 2002/early 2003.
• danelectro 59-dc 6-string electric
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  this is the dano. it was a gift from jason, who didn’t feel like taking all of his crap with him when he moved to east jesus. i don’t have any idea how old it is, although i’m sure it’s from within the last 5 years or so. sounds pretty nice, for a guitar made out of plastic and tape. it has an OK amount of sound unplugged (thanks to the hollow plastic aspect of it,) and with the right effects on it, it sounds sweet as hell plugged in. i have to use really light strings on it, or else i’ll break the fragile fucking thing, but it’s not too shabby overall. christine might actually have this guitar right now, although i’m sure she’s never played it.
• 1967 gibson sg 6-string electric (customized wiring/new paint job)
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  another gift. this was given to me by a friend of my mom’s, who was in a band and wanted a way out. when he saw that i had a few guitars, he offered this to me, under the condition that if i sold it, he gets half of the selling price. it’s black, and it shows it’s age. it looks, well, kind of worn. but jesus, it’s older than i am. as far as electronics, i’m pretty sure it has the original pickups (or official gibson replacements.) the only really interesting thing about the wiring is the phase switch that the previous owner installed. it switches the neck pickup between a full sound, and a thinner twangy country-ish sound. the tuners are new, but i need to replace the bridge at some point.
• stella 6-string acoustic (3/4 scale)
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  [(un)official website]
  this is old, and barely playable. it was given to me from my grandma, but she doesn’t really remember where it came from or whose it was. it’s the classic looking three quarters acoustic guitar from the early to mid 1900’s. it’s in pretty good shape for such an old guitar. the tuners are rusty and need to be replaced. it’s pretty well made from cheap materials, and it appears to be damn near indestructible. it leaned against a wall in a damp basement for years and didn’t warp, mold, or otherwise deform.
• yamaha psr-170 61 key keyboard
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  laura gave this to me for christmas a while back. it’s entry level, but it’s high enough quality to have sounds that aren’t overly cheesy. i haven’t taken piano lessions since i was a little kid, but i remember enough to play around with it. i pretty much use this for noodling around.