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Nerd page

For visitors who live for this stuff, here's some gear and personnel information, on a need-to-know basis. As we produce the actual albums, we'll be adding ample trivia on those productions, as well.
Instruments:
  • Casio CZ-101 synthesizer (Mama Cass)
  • Fender FM-52E A-style acoustic/electric mandolin (Shorty)
  • Gibson ES-150 1949 electric guitar (Sonny)
  • Gibson ES-335 1971 electric guitar with High Order pickups (Freewheeling Frank)
  • Guild D-35 1976 folk guitar (Hoss)
  • Hohner blues harps (The Little Fellers)
  • Martin D-28 1971 folk guitar (Delilah)
  • Strat parts-caster: USA Custom Guitars three-piece ultra-light alder body, rosewood neck, hardtail bridge, Fender '57/'62 pickups (Pheobe)
  • Strat parts-caster: Warmoth one-piece ultra-light alder body and maple neck, Fralin pickups, Callaham hardware (Lindy)
  • Tele parts-caster: USA Custom Guitars one-piece ultra-light swamp ash body, maple neck, Fender Vintage Reissue Telecaster pickups (Brownie)

Guitar amps:

  • Fender Bassman 1965 blackface hotrod head, EL-34 tubes (Mister Bassman)
  • Fender Pro Junior tweed circa 2002 (Junior)
  • Eminence Ragin' Cajun speaker in a 110 cabinet (Little Boy)
  • Weber Silver Bell and Blue Dog speakers in a 212 cabinet (Fat Man)

Pedals:
  • Analogman King of Tone overdrive (Anna)
  • Budda Bud Wah wah-wah (The Purple Peril)
  • Demeter Tremulator tremolo (Dalton Trembo)
  • Gearmanndude Luther Drive overdrive (Da Dude)
  • Hermida Audio reverb (Shaky Jake)
  • Ibanez CS9 chorus (Sneaky Pete)
  • MXR Carbon Copy analog delay (Mona Carbona)
  • Korg Pitchblack tuner (The Enforcer)

Mics: Audix OM2 dynamic cardioid mics (Double Trouble)

Voices:
  • Delmont Fullerton
  • Rafael Gunn
  • Phoebe the cat

Recording:

Studio: The House of Blue, Augusta, Maine
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House of Blue

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"Sure, I like country music,
I like mandolins,
But right now I need a Telecaster,
Through a Vibrolux turned up to ten." John Hiatt