The David James and Friends has evolved our equipment as a constant effort to improve the quality of our sound. We put a lot of effort into learning which equipment is most reliable and provides the best bang for our buck. For each size of venue we can vary the set up. A basic list:
- Guild Guitars
- Martin Guitars
- Alvarez Yairi Guitars
- Heil Microphones
- Dunlop Tortex Picks
- Soundcraft UI16 Mixer
- Kayser Capos
- Electrovoice Speakers
- D'Addario Strings
- Coors Light
- Guinness
- Fishman Amplifiers
- A bunch of cables
Gear Pics
Hafler P1500 Transnova low power amp, used to feed the Bag End TA1200.
Ashly stereo 15 band graphic equalizer
Behringer PMH2000 powered mixer to feed monitors when we are using all of the toys.
Tortex guitar picks. We both use the .73 picks because we can bum them off of eachother.
BBE Sonic Maximizer...punches up the lows and sparkles the highs. Adds a whole lot of definition as well.
Ashly MX406 rack mount mixer. 6 Channels and built like a tank.
Trace Elliot TA100R acoustic amp. We use this as a monitor, or for small venues as front of house. Unbelievable acoustic amp.
Great little tuner
Takamine Acoustic Electric...Dave's pawn shop prize! He has a pair of these, one for dragging into bars and one for picking at home.
These Bag End Speakers are simply unbelievable. If you get a chance they are the best bang for the buck out there. We use the TA1200C
Depending on the size of the venue, we use a pair of Roland KC500 keyboard amps from front of house. These things can thump and they have casters...
Dropped, cracked, sweated all over and still sounds great. Martin 000CXAE electric acoustic. Beaten to a pulp.