Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
The Grand Fallacy

Gear

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Amplification

  • 1961 Ampeg B-15N
  • 1975(?) Sound City 120
  • SWR Super Redhead (1994, pre-Fender)
  • SWR Goliath II 4×10
  • MarkBass Little Mark Tube 800
  • MarkBass Traveler 102P-SE (2×10), Traveler 151P (1×15)

Instruments (Bass)

  • 1998 Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay 5
  • 2000 Fender Sting Precision (1953 reissue, mod: Lindy Fralin pickup)
  • 2002 Fender Geddy Lee Jazz
  • 2007 Lakland Skyline 55-02
  • 2008 Fender American Standard Precision (mod: Fender Custom Shop ’62 pickups)
  • 2009 Ibanez EWB 205 acoustic fretless 5-string
  • 2011 Lakland Skyline 55-60 Custom (mod: Aguilar pickups, John East J-Retro preamp)
  • 2012 Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones 5 (mod: Lindy Fralin custom pickups, John East DJ-Retro preamp)
  • 2012 Lakland Skyline 44-64 Custom (Duck Dunn)
  • 2012 Yamaha SLB-200LTD Silent Bass electric upright
  • 2013 Guild Starfire IV Bass
  • 2015 Sire V7 Marcus Miller 5-string
  • 2017 Guild Starfire II Bass
  • 2018 Rickenbacker 4003
  • Ned Steinberger NS NXT-5 electric upright

Instruments (Other)

  • 1996 Taylor 410
  • 2010 Line6 James Taylor JTV-69 Variax
  • 1997 Parker NiteFly (v1)
  • Chapman Stick (10-string zebrawood #777)
  • Roland TD-25KV electronic drums

Studio gear (selected)

  • Avid Pro Tools
  • PreSonus and Focusrite digital interfaces
  • Adam A7x studio monitors
  • Monitoring headphones: Slate VSX, AudioTechnica ATH-M50x, Sony MDR-7506
  • Slate ML-1 modeling microphone + ultra-linear preamp
  • Arturia KeyLab 61 + 88 MkII and KeyStep Pro
  • Slate Digital All Access Pass
  • Arturia V Collection + FX Collection
  • iZotope Music Prod. Suite
  • Plugin Alliance
  • MeldaProduction tools
  • UVI Falcon
  • kHs Phase Plant + FX collection
  • Arturia Pigments 4
  • Mic locker

Other gear and accessories

  • Soundcraft Ui24R mixer/digital interface
  • MarkBass Compressore
  • Line 6 HX Stomp
  • Line 6 Bass PODxt Live