Moogerfooger MF-103 Phaser
One of the better phasers made. All the parameters can be accessed via a foot controller. Sounds are extremely unique.

Ampeg Gemini 1
This amp has no modern equivolent. It's exceptionally clean and fat sounding. The tremolo is unlike any other--subtle and haunting.

Clark Beaufort
This 5E3 amp is mystical for me. The tones let me get at all the soft Hendrix stuff I love like Castles Made of Sand and The Wind Cries Mary. What a tone machine! It's just right for smaller venues like at church because it gets into its drive at about 6 and doesn't overwhelm. It sounds way bigger than its physical size too. The vintage Jenson that got torn during shipping (I think it might have frozen coming from Idaho) so I put a Celestion Blue in it. Love that speaker! It is the quintessential blues amp if you're after an Albert King sort of vibe too.

Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
There's nothing quite like a real tape echo. This one has a nice wobble and sounds fantastic.

Martin D-28 CW
The Clarence White version is a large soundhole dreadnaught and the tones are stellar. It's one of the loudest acoustics I've ever played. The strings sound like there's overdrive on them. It's kind of hypnotic to play. I've had a couple of people look at it and say it's one of the best sounding ones they've heard. I had John Crevin make a new pickguard for it though; that stock one was a little strange looking. I went for the Tony Rice look.

Republic Resonator Highway 1
I'd been shopping resonators for a year now and this little one just fires like a cannon. Tones are deep swamp and I'm learning slide on it (I'm still in elementary school and improving). I estimate that I'll have a handle on it in a year.

Marshall 1974X Hand Wired 1 X 12" Combo
Marshall really out did themselves with the release of this potent 18 watt amp. Utilizing 2 EL84's, it has a gain structure that really cuts through the mix no matter how fat the other instruments are. Channels can be bridged for tonal shaping by using both the channel volumes. It also has a good tremolo. I had Jim at amphead.org put the GDS Hayboer vintage transformer set into it. The top end has a little more clarity now and it didn't loose the tone it's known for. When I run it with my Tele in the middle position, it sounds a lot like that solo on Song Remains The Same just before he goes into Since I Been Loving You.

Fender 57 Twin
A great amp with a big lush sound. Channels can be bridged for enhanced tonal shaping which is very intuitive. Twin Alnico speakers give a very chimy sound from this slightly heavy (50lb) combo.

Champ Clone with 12" Blue Tick Hound Eminence Speaker
Probably my least favorite amp though it does have a warm and thick sound for such a little box.

H&K 20th Anniversary Edition
A little known sleeper, this amp has a warm creamy sound with its EL84's and Celestion speaker. These can be had for a song and would be a great first tube amp. It also goes very low in volume without sounding choked and takes pedals well.

Alamo (Fender Deluxe Specs)
This 1 X 12 is a great little rock/blues amp that's light, portable and sounds warm.

Univox
Another little vintage amp good for taking to a friends house. It can sound fat and big and not overpower and accoustic guitar.

Fender Custom Shop 60's Stratocaster
This one gets all the classic Strat sounds and even the bridge pickup sounds incredible alone. It's got the stock tone wiring but I had a five-position switch installed. In in between tones are special too.

Jay Turser Telecaster Clone
Yeah, it's a Chinese copy but the woods are just great in it. What a steal for $169 in a pawn shop. I had my tech go through it and upgrade everything. My suspicion is that the Chinese are still into their old growth forests and the wood is superior. Watch for instruments coming out of there; some are outstanding for very little money.

Danelectro Jimmy Page
A great trashy sounding budget instrument for those roots songs.

Analogman Sun Face
This one has the english red dot Germanium transistors that give it a low gain smokey sound. These transistors are temperature senstive and require carbon 9 volt batteries to work properly. Despite being finicky, they are worth the trouble because the sound is dead on authentic.

GI Fuzz
A Silcon based fuzz with many control parameters that really nails that sound.

Fullone Clyde Wah
One of the most vocal sounding I've found. I fell in love with it the moment I played it.

Klon
Yeah, this one stirs up controversy because it's expensive the builder insists on talking to you before he'll make you one. Waiting time is 3-6 months. However, despite all that, it's an amazing piece. The clips on line don't do it justice because everyone turns up the gain and trys to use it as an overdrive. It's strength is as a boost pedal with the gain way down. It fattens up your tone and makes a little amp sound big. Little known secret: they work with accoustic guitars and keyboards too.

Xotic BB Preamp
This one does a nice Marshallesque tone and is very touch responsive. It's a good budget Marshall-esque pedal.

Lovepedal Eternity
The best jangle shimmer overdrive I've found. Very amplike.

Peterson Strobostomp
Very visual and it also has sweetened tunings. Guitar tuning is a compromise and this helps when working with keyboard or other equally tempered instruments.

Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe 2 (MDV-2)
A faithfull recreation of the Univibe with a foot treadle. Fantastic swirly effect and works great in church (better than chorus IMHO)

Quicksilver Delay
The modulation control makes it as well as the analog sounding repeats.

Guyatone Reverb (Lexicon Lawsuit Model)
Rare and hard to come by but what a sound!

Boss DD-2 Echo
They used a huge chip out of the rack processor in this one and it sound fantastic. Out of production buy you can find them on Ebay for around $100. A total bargain.

Lehle Little Dual
An amp switcher, actually, the king of amp switchers. Totally isolated outputs keeps your gear safe and your sound pure.

Lehle 1@3
Another amp switcher. Totally isolated outputs keeps your gear safe and your sound pure. This one is programmable and runs three amps in any combination. It's become my favorite right now. I have two of them.

Sennheiser e906 Dynamic Microphone
One of the best low cost guitar mics. I like 'em better than a '57 because you can just hang it over the front of the amp and it doesn't need a stand.

Digitech Jamman
Lots of patches and good sounding too for the money. Memory card and USB mean easy uploading to your computer.

MJM Roctavia
Being the Hendrix fan that I am, I had to own an octave fuzz that sounds like the lead on Purple Haze. This one is very close sounding.