Gear

Eric's Rig

GUITARS

1998 Fender Telecaster Collectors Edition Tobacco Burst
2008 Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Pro Relic Antique White
2008 Fender Custom Shop Telecaster Pro Relic Sonic Blue
2004 Parker Fly Deluxe Black
1988 Steinberger GL 2T Black
1998 Martin D-15 Mahogany Dreadnought
Roland Juno-G Synth

AMPS

1965 Fender Princeton Blackface Non-Reverb
1998 Trace Elliot Velocette
2012 Marshall JCM 800 50th Anniversary 1-Watt Combo
2012 Marshall JCM 2000 50th Anniversary 1-Watt Head

PEDALS

TC Electronics Polytune Tuner
Rothwell Love Squeeze Compressor
Xotic Effects RC Booster
Nobels ODR-1
J.Rockett Audio Designs Melody EQ Drive
Ibanez TS9
ProCo RAT
Barber Electronics Direct Drive
Dirty Boy Afro Fuzz
Hermida ZenDrive
Hermida Reverb
Tech 21 Fly Rig 5
Boss RE-2 Space Echo and Delay

Michael's Rig

INSTRUMENTS

2001 Fender Stratocaster, sunburst
2024 American Ultra Stratocaster, cobra blue
1999 Taylor 510-CE cutaway acoustic
2002 Fender Precision Bass, sky blue
1993 Kawai Institutional Piano

PLUG-INs

Native Instruments The Grandeur
Native Instruments Electric Keys Diamond & Phoenix
Native Instruments Guitar Rig
Scarbee A200
Scarbee MM-Bass & Pre-Bass

AMPS (or lack thereof)

All Michael's guitar & bass parts are recorded direct, using Fractal's Axe-FX III and Native Instruments Guitar Rig

PEDALS

Tech 21 Fly Rig 5
TC Electronic Stereo Chorus
Strymon Cloudburst reverb
Boss OC-5 Octave
Eddie Rifkind "Karen" Speaker Manager

Hook & Ladder Band are currently recording at Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Studios records on Presonus Studio One running on Apple workstations. We use plug-ins from Native Instruments, iZotope, Toontrack and others in our sessions.

Acoustic instruments were recorded on Neumann, Shure, and Senheiser mics. Monitoring gear in our studio and music lounge is from Mackie and JBL.