Guitar Set Up

Tony likes his guitars just like Joe S. Low and even string height. The measurement from the top

of the 12th fret to the bottom of each string is just over 2/64".  This is low!

Arc the bridge saddles so the string height matches the fingerboard radius. Now strung to pitch, tighten the truss rod until the neck is perfectly straight.

At this point, adjust the bridge as low as possible and still allow 2 things: clean string bends above the 10th fret and a clean low e from the 10th fret up to the 22nd fret.

Next we loosen the truss rod to create a very slight bow in the neck. I cannot say how much, each

guitar has its own place that it wants to be. What we are trying to do is clean up the low strings from the 1st to 7th fret. I find this out by playing and experimenting.

There is a very tight tolerance in adjustments for the guitars to play well. Before the final intonation the nut must be lowered to the correct height -  about .010 on the high e string to about .013 to .015 on the low e string.

Gear - "Fork In The Road Project"

JSX
all vacuum tube amp, 3 channels, 120  Watts of screaming

mean tone, won the 2005 NAMM Sound Award, listen to the

last song on the Fork In The Road  CD and you can hear this

bad boy talk!

 Let's take it from the top...

 Shure Guitarist wireless system
 Korg guitar tuner
 Rocktron Intellifex On-Line
 Digitech DHP-55 harmony effects  processor
 Digitech 2120 valve guitar system

Marshall AVT 275
vacuum tube  preamp, solid state  power amp, 4  channels, 

150 Watts  of destruction, listen to all the songs except #3 

and #10 on the Fork In The Road  CD and you can hear this

baby sing!

Gibson GA-30RVS
vacuum tube stereo  amp, 1 channel, 30  Watts of

clean killer  tone, listen to  Circles on the Fork  In

The Road CD and  you can hear this cat  purr!

Tech21 Trademark 10
Best little practice amp on

the planet!

Gear - "Current Setup"

In the Marshall JMP-1 Stereo Effects Loop:  Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, TC Electronic Stereo Chorus, Boss DD-20 Digital Delay.  When you kick on the stereo chorus...oh man!

In between the guitar and the JMP-1 Input:  Boss NS-2 Noise Gate, Boss CS-3 Compressor, Digitech XP-100 Whammy Pedal, Boss PV-10 Virtual Wah, Fulltone Octafuzz, Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer, Carl Martin Hot Drive n Boost, DLS Rotosim, Guyatone Flip VT-X Tremelo.

Marshall JMP-1 Preamp w/ Mesa Boogie 20/20 Class A Stereo Tube Power Amp
all vacuum tubes, 100 channels, 20 Watts of kickin Marshall tone, midi controllable.

Two 1936 cabs w/ 2 Celestian GT12-75s and 2 Celestian Vintage 30s.