Gary Kitchens    [bio]

GUITARS:
1984 G&L Skyhawk "ROC" guitar (gloss black finish, stock pickups)
1996 Fender Standard Statocaster (vintage kit, Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups)
1967 Epiphone Olympia (Gibson PAF pu & custom electronics by Mike Sirmans)
2002 Epiphone Dot 335 (natural finish, Gibson PAF pu's)
Alvarez custom archtop acoustic-electric (piezo bridge pickup)
Alvarez 12-sting acoustic
AMPS:
1996 Peavey Classic 50 combo (custom 1 x 15 cab)
1996 Peavey Classic E115 extension (custom 4 x 10 cab)
1977 Ampeg V4 100w head with 4 x 12 cab
1977 Ampeg VT22 100w combo (2 x 12 cab)
2001 Line-6 Flextone combo (2 x 12 cab) with pedalboard
EFFECTS:
Korg Tuner
BOSS HM-2 Metal Distortion
BOSS CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer (mods by Mike Sirmans)
BOSS DD-2 Digital Delay
BOSS NS-2 Noise Gate
Westbury Stereo Chorus pedal
BOSS BCB-60 pedalboard with power supply
Dunlop Crybaby Wah

GUITARS:
Fender "Wayne's World 2" USA Stratocaster, Dimarzio FS & HS3 pickups (by MGS)
Ibanez RG320QS Satin red quilt top, 2-humbuckers, Floyd Rose LoPro-II locking trem
Kramer electric with Floyd-Rose trem, Gibson PAF + active electronics (by MGS)
Fender Contemporary Telecaster USA, graphite neck, Kahler trem, Bill Lawrence PUs
Washburn D10 Acoustic/Electric
Vintage Univox ES-335 copy (a reconstruction project)
AMPS:
Fender Pro185 160w combo (2 x 12 cab)
EFFECTS:
Korg Tuner
BOSS SD-1 Super-Overdrive (Boutinque mods by Mike Sirmans)
DOD Bad Monkey Overdrive
Custom power supply & pedalboard (by Mike Sirmans)
Dunlop Crybaby Wah (mods by Mike Sirmans)

GUITARS:
Roscoe Custom Handmade 6-string Bass Guitar (18-volt active pickup system)
AMPS:
Hartke 350-watt amplifier with tube preamp, compressor & graphic eq
Hartke 4 x 10 bass-reflex cabinet
Hartke 2 x 15 bass-reflex cabinet
EFFECTS:
none

DRUMS:
Pearl
CYMBALS:
Zildjian & Sabian
STYLE:
Tasteful with Jazz & Country roots
He don't need "no steenkin amps"

STAGE:
165'  6-channel, custom amplifier snake (in a box)
100' 16-channel, 3-return Horizon snake (in a box)
150' 16-channel, 4-return Whirlwind Medusa snake (on a reel)
2 custom 2KW subwoofers, each loaded with 2 Peavey 1888HP kevlar-cone 18" speakers
2 Peavey midrange PA cabinets (scoops) with Peavey 15" Black-Widow speakers
2 Peavey PA horns 1" throat exponential taper with crossovers (800hz cutoff)
2 Altec-Lansing H-811B Voice-Of-The-Theater horns with crossovers (800hz cutoff)
2 NSE custom 2-way cabinets loaded with New 1000-watt Peavey BWX speakers
2 Peavey SP-5 15" 2-way pole mounted speakers (X-stage/sidefills)
4 Peavey SP-115MX wedge monitors, 15" Black Widow & XT-22 compression drivers
2 Countryman Type-85 active FET Class-A direct boxes
1 DOD 275 Active Direct Box
5 Electrovoice 257B microphones for vocals
1 Electrovoice 457B microphone (Gary) vocal
4 Electrovoice Cobalt Co7 microphones for vocals or drums
2 Electrovoice Cobalt Co4 microphones for guitars
1 Shure BG52 kick-drum microphone
1 Shure PG56 snare-drum microphone
4 Shure SM57 microphones (for toms)
2 RadioShack (by AKG) condenser microphones for Drum Overheads
2 Shure BG41 condenser microphones for snare traps & various other stuff
2 EV 808a microphones ???
1 Peavey something-or-other-I'm-not-sure microphone
2 QuiKloc studio booms used for drum overheads
... about 20 other various QuiKloc mic stands, booms & adapters
... about 20 Horizon 30' XLR-microphone cords
... maybe 2 Horizon 50' XLR-microphone cords
... several smaller Horizon XLR and TRS patch cables
... eight 50' speaker cables 14-guage on reels
... eight 25' speaker cables 14-guage in cabinet
... a big RED 5-drawer Craftsman tool chest on GUITEL casters for cords
FRONT-OF-HOUSE:
1 Allen & Heath GL2200 32-channel 6-aux 4-buss professional Live Board
2 ART DRX-2100 Stereo Studio Multi-Effects Processors (24-bit) 20-bit AD/DA
1 Behringer UltraCurvePRO DEQ2496 Digital 24-Bit/96k EQ/RTA System Finalizer
2 Behringer MDX2100 Composer Pro - Dual Gate/Compressor/Expander/Limiter
2 Behringer XR2400 AutoQuad - 4 channel expander/gate (8-ch total)
1 BBE 862 Sonic Maximizer
1 Rane MOJO 302q 31-band Stereo Graphic Equalizer (replaced by UltraCurvePRO)
2 Peavey Q215FX Dual 15-band Graphic Eq with FLS (Feedback Location System)
1 Numark CDN22MkIII Pro-DJ style dual transport CD/CD-R player
1 RoadReady 4-space ATA rack (for Numark CD)
1 Anvil/Calzone 12-space ATA rack (crossover & amplifier rack)
1 Olympia (Tampa, FL) 12 x 14-space primary equipment rack with GUITEL casters
2 custom Rack Dollies equiped with locking GUITEL blue-poly casters
1 Custom ATA flitecase for A&H mixer by AVS-Duracase
2 LittleLite Hi-intensity halogen visuals
Power:
4 Mackie M1400i power amplifiers (700w per ch @ 4-ohms)
1 QSC PLX3402 power amplifier (3400w bridged @ 4-ohms) for subwoofers
2 Behringer SuperXPro CX2310 2-way stereo / 3-way mono (+ subwoofer) crossovers
1 RoadReady 12-space ATA rack flitecase for power amplifiers with casterboard

STAGE:
150' 16-channel, 4-return Whirlwind Medusa snake (on a reel)
2 NSE custom 2-way cabinets loaded with New 1000-watt Peavey BWX speakers
2 Peavey DJS-1800 15" 2-way speakers
3 Peavey SP-115MX wedge monitors, 15" Black Widow & XT-22 compression driver
2 Countryman Type-85 active FET Class-A direct boxes
1 DOD 275 Active Direct Box
5 Electrovoice 257B microphones for vocals & spares
1 Electrovoice 457B microphone (Gary) vocal
... several various QuiKloc mic stands, booms & adapters
... several Horizon 30' XLR-microphone cords
... a big RED 5-drawer Craftsman tool chest on GUITEL casters for cords
FRONT-OF-HOUSE:
1 Behringer UB2442FXpro 10-ch microphone mixer & effects (4 stereo channels)
1 Behringer UltraCurvePro DEQ2496 Digital 24-Bit/96k EQ/RTA System Finalizer
1 Behringer MDX2100 Composer Pro - Dual Gate/Compressor/Expander/Limiter
1 Numark CDN22MkIII Pro-DJ style dual transport CD/CD-R player
1 RoadReady 4-space ATA rack (for Numark CD)
1 Custom ATA flitecase for Behringer mixer
1 LittleLite Hi-intensity halogen visual
Power:
4 Mackie M1400i power amplifiers (700w per ch @ 4-ohms)
1 QSC PLX3402 power amplifier (3400w bridged @ 4-ohms) for subwoofers
2 Behringer SuperXPro CX2310 2-way stereo / 3-way mono (+ subwoofer) crossovers
1 RoadReady 12-space ATA rack flitecase for power amplifiers with casterboard

STAGE:
150' 16-channel, 4-return Whirlwind Medusa snake (on a reel)
2 Peavey DJS1800 or SP-5 15" 2-way pole mounted speakers (mains)
3 Peavey SP-115MX wedge monitors, 15" Black Widow & XT-22 compression driver
2 Countryman Type-85 active FET Class-A direct boxes
5 Electrovoice 257B microphones for vocals & spares
1 Electrovoice 457B microphone (Gary) vocal
... several various QuiKloc mic stands, booms & adapters
... several Horizon 30' XLR-microphone cords
... a big RED 5-drawer Craftsman tool chest on GUITEL casters for cords
FRONT-OF-HOUSE:
1 Behringer UB2442FXpro 10-ch microphone mixer & effects (4 stereo channels)
1 Behringer UltraCurvePro DEQ2496 Digital 24-Bit/96k EQ/RTA System Finalizer
1 Behringer MDX2100 Composer Pro - Dual Gate/Compressor/Expander/Limiter
1 Numark CDN22MkIII Pro-DJ style dual transport CD/CD-R player
1 RoadReady 4-space ATA rack (for Numark CD)
1 Custom ATA flitecase for Behringer mixer
1 LittleLite Hi-intensity halogen visual
Power:
4 Mackie M1400i power amplifiers (700w per ch @ 4-ohms)
1 QSC PLX3402 power amplifier (3400w bridged @ 4-ohms) for subwoofers
2 Behringer SuperXPro CX2310 2-way stereo / 3-way mono (+ subwoofer) crossovers
1 RoadReady 12-space ATA rack flitecase for power amplifiers with casterboard

TRACKING:
1 Shure BG52 kick-drum microphone
4 Shure SM57 microphones (for toms)
1 Shure PG56 dynamic, snare top microphone
1 Shure BG41 condenser, snare bottom microphone
1 MXL 990 side-address small capsule condenser
1 MXL 993 small capsule condenser (for acoustic guitar)
2 Countryman Type-85 active FET Class-A direct boxes
1 DOD 275 Active Direct Box
2 R0DE NT-1000 Studio condenser microphones
2 ADK "AR51" Studio condenser microphones
2 ART TubeChannel microphone preamp/(varactor)compressor/semiparametric-EQ
1 ART SGX-T2 nitro 24-bit guitar effects processor (20-bit AD/DA)
1 Roland SRV3030 Stereo Digital Reverb Processor (32-bit internal) 24-bit AD/DA
1 Behringer MX8000 24/48-channel inline recording console with FULL meterbridge
1 DOD SR460H 6-channel headphone amplifier & distribution (for tracking)
4 pair SONY HD-150 headphones
1 pair Sennheiser HD265 headphones
1 pair Beyermatic DT770-pro headphones
1 pair Panasonic headphones that look like Princess Leia's Hairbuns
... several other unidentifiable cans
2 QuiKloc studio booms used for AR51 condenser microphones
1 OnStage professional weighted 42"/82" studio microphone boom for R0DE NT1000
... several various QuiKloc mic stands, booms & adapters
... several Horizon 30' XLR-microphone cords
... a big RED 5-drawer Craftsman tool chest on GUITEL casters for cords
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION:
4 rackspace custom built COMPUTER (Athlon 3200+) running Windows-XP Pro SP1
... tracking & mastering using Cakewalk SONAR 3.1 producer's edition
... FX:Sonitus effects suite and Lexicon Pantheon reverb
... FA-Soft 5-band parametric EQ, Alien Connections ReValver, WinScope 3.51
... iZotope Ozone 3.0 mastering suite (Direct-X version)
... Plextor 52x CD-rewriters with NERO version 6.5 compilation software
... Cakewalk Pyro 1.5 with licensed Fraunhofer codecs for hi-quality MP3 generation
2 M-Audio DELTA 1010 8-port digital audio interfaces (recording 16 simultaneous)
... 10 x 10 24-bit/96kHz full-duplex digital interface (each unit)
... 16 ports analog I/O on balanced 1/4" TRS (from MX8000 mixer)
... 2 SPDIF digital I/O (coaxial) with 2-channel PCM (from/to SONY STR-DE575)
... SCMS serial copy management control support, switchable
... Digital I/O supports surround-encoded AC-3 and DTS pass-through
... 1 x 1 MIDI in-out/thru (each unit)
... Analog outs can directly drive up to 7.1 surround
... +4dBu/-10dBV operation individually switched on each port
... Word clock I/O for sample-accurate device synchronization
... Software-controlled 36-bit internal DSP digital mixing/routing
... Zero-latency monitoring (we monitor through the MX-8000)
... Apple G5 compatible (we use Windows XP Pro SP1)
... Includes: software Mixer/Router tool & Maximum Audio Tools software bundle
1 Sony STR-DE575 5x100w stereo surround-sound receiver for monitoring
2 SPIRIT Absolute-Zero studio nearfield monitors
2 RCA nearfield monitors
1 custom 15" subwoofer with 300w power amplifier & 24db crossover
1 Presonus BlueMAX stereo compressor
1 Denon DN-T620 Broadcast-quality combo CD player & cassette recorder
1 Numark CDN22MkIII Pro-DJ style dual transport CD/CD-R player
1 RoadReady 4-space ATA rack (for Numark CD)
1 RoadReady 4-space ATA rack (for mixer power supply)
1 RoadReady 12-space ATA rack (for computer, interfaces & monitor amp)
1 Chatsworth open frame standard 19" rack for all other equipment
1 Anvil/Calzone 12-space ATA rack (for studio amplifiers, & crossover)

For information: CONTACT Gary Kitchens
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