Strumalum
1968 Framus JMS 12-string*
1964 Bartolini-Gemelli Avanti*
1958 Supro lapdawg
1954 Electric lapdawg
1966 Stella*
Linc's 1975 Strat
Dad's ol' 1963 Silvertone
Danelectro 12-string
1965 Epiphone Serenader 12-string
1956 Fender Musicmaster
1989 Rickenbacker 620
Dirt Cheap Mandolin
Rumble
1966 Hagstrom Concord I*
Fender Precision*
Kay Standup cutiepie
1977 Hagstrom Fretless Scanbass
8-String Hagstromonster*
Blonde Rickenbacher
Honk
Harmonica*
Recorder*
Melodica
Linc's baritone and trombone
Dave's Olds 'bone from gradeschool*
Brad played a shiny trumpet
Tim played an Artley clarinet
Sweetness
Robert played a soulful fiddle
Plink
Autoharp*
Old Hammond spinet
Several models in many years of Casio*
A horde of wheezy harmoniums
Barfight upright
Russian Dulcizithermer Psaltery
Red-plastic-toy-elephant-piano*
Wurlitzer Electric Piano
Yamaha Big Analog Synth Beastie
Brad brought a really fancy keyboard with him
Fulfillingness First Farfisa*
VSTi Mellotron Madness*
Thumpaskitterskitter
Sticks
Mallets
Brushes
Washboard
Tambourines*
Soundsticks*
Rainstick*
Xylophones*
A dozen eggs*
Empty plastic waterjug conga
Richard Starkey Ludwig
Patchwork Gretsch
Bright green plastic gold embossed Y2K maracas
Trusty Casio backbeat
Thai Froggy*
The loaner kit from Audra
Chris came down from Seattle, fell asleep and left me alone with his Korg
Nathan's British Backbeat Buddy
Keith's Klassic Kits
Propulsion
Vox*
Bluesy Akai*
SWR
Traynor YBA-II Bass Master*
Acoustic The Beach Boy
Sabre Reverb 1
Fender Vibrochamp
Gibson Scout
Yorkville
Kasino
Carvin
Teisco
Data Gathering
Dean Markley pick-up*
Schaller pick-up*
Vintage blend of Shure Brothers including 545, 57 & 58*
Sack of Hammers and other gallant EV warriors*
Planetary Pricepoint Perfection from Audio Technica*
Happy old RCA*
War Surplus Gems*
Orphans with Personality*
Sinewy Sennheiser*
Data Storage Mechanisms
Much loved and missed stereo recording Walkman
Ancient Polaris 4-track was the incubator for Super 8 Soundtrack and some of Mudpuddle Park before the servo gave up
Grumpy Yamaha 4-track did Mudpuddle Park and died during Wy'east Can't Sleep
Tascam Portastudio 4-track borrowed to finish Wy'east Can't Sleep
Tascam Portastudio 8-track on loan from the Casa Hotstream recording empire for
Stolen: Honda Dream and The Blind Slough to Fort Rock
It too has perished.
All were and are still fed venerable Maxell XLII
Scully 280-B 1/2" 4-track*
Ampex 440 1/4" 2-track*
Uher 4000 Report Monitor*
Audacity freefoundsounderator*
Toys & Tools
Quantum QM-8P 8X4 godsend*
England swings Soundcraft Spirit Folio*
It's blue with a million settings and only one good plate reverb*
Dano deli echo pedal
Fuzz that cost too much in 1991
Dirt cheap reel-to-reel recorders
The groovy black box with cooling fins
Glowing Warm pres from Jefferson-Travis and Newcomb*
Solidstate audio action from ATI*
Boingyoingyoing tubeverberation from Pioneer*
Intangibles
Our Dear Friends*
Public domain records of the whistling wind
An F-86 escorting a test flight
Stomping on the Professor's wooden floor
The bubbling axolotl tank
Wooden-crate-speaker-wedge-reverb-head-trick
Field recording of whales reacting to an explosion
A train every 20 minutes about 100 yards away across the roof
Dumpster bound found sounds on reel-to-reel from early 1970s
An independent reporter at a brutal protest
Vintage baseball
Boys at the railyard
Shortwave*
Happy accidents*
Old Time Radio*
Skunk Works
Salad days with Justin Stark at Club Flood
Lost sweltering four-track summer of PEZ
Early mornings recording in the closet of Apartment 321
Nights singing to the distant bang of Brooklyn Yard
Five years of hellish paradise that was the Bastille
Trips to Below the Radar behind the professor's back
Warlike rumble of bowling pins just overhead at Grand Central
Carnival in a bottle of Fitzcarraldo
Unbelievably surreal times at Kishnev
Promise and heaps of material at the Skunk Works
Production
Recorded by David in various locations under a variety of circumstances
Some were mixed from 4-track with Bernd Minde at Local Bands Suck
Some were mastered by James Gray at Sonic Crush
Some were salvaged with Jacob Anderson at Tape Mountain
Some were salvaged with Tim Klopfenstein at the Homestead
Some were mixed from 8-track with Ben Lund at Insta-Fame
Some were recorded and mixed by Jacob Hall at Fitzcarraldo and Audible Alchemy
One was recorded on 8-track reel to reel by Alex Dickey at Fitzcarraldo
The list is not complete, but some of the current arsenal is denoted with an asterisk.
