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Check out these equipment picks from artists featured in the September 2002, No.117 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine.
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Michelle Shocked plays two Fender Stratocaster electric guitars—a Jimi Hendrix model and a Tex Mex model—in addition to Taylor 810 and Baby Taylor acoustic guitars, a Godin acoustic-electric guitar, a Fender electric mandolin, and a Givens acoustic mandolin. She strings the Taylors with D'Addario EXP coated strings and uses Fender Deluxe Reverb and Bandmaster amps. Her acoustic pickups are made by L.R. Baggs. —Karen Iris Tucker Patty Griffin's main touring guitar is a blond 1993 Gibson J-200 Junior. "I love it, and it keeps getting better and better," she says. "I found it in Nashville on the same day I found my other guitar, a 1964 Gibson J-50. It was really, really weird. I tried the old 'can I live without it?' test, and I couldn't picture myself without either—they were so different. These days, my J-50 stays home because it's getting a little fragile." On the road, Griffin relies on the J-200 tuned standard and a custom CFox guitar tuned to D A D D A D (CFox guitars are now distributed by Pantheon, www.pantheonguitars.com). She uses Dean Markley pickups and .73 mm. Jim Dunlop flatpicks. —Rani Arbo Steve Baughman recorded almost all of the tracks on his CDs on a 1987 James Goodall rosewood Standard, which is roughly the same size as a dreadnought (Goodall Guitars, [808] 329-8237, www.goodallguitars.com). Baughman also used his Goodall Jumbo on a couple of tracks. Colorado luthier Harry Fleishman ([303] 499-1614, www.fleishmaninstruments.com) loaned him a custom seven-string for recording "One Draft Too Many" on The Angels' Portion. Since recording the album, Baughman has acquired two guitars built by California luthier Lance McCollum ([530] 346-7657, www.mccollumguitars.com): a 12-fret six-string made from Brazilian rosewood and Italian spruce and a seven-string with walnut back and sides and a redwood top. Baughman is fond of medium-gauge Elixir strings. —Danny Carnahan Tony McManus is currently touring with a guitar made by Brisbane, Australia, luthier Chris Melville ([61] 7-3878-7800, www.melvilleguitars.com). It's fitted with a Fishman Matrix pickup system whose microphone is set into the end of the fingerboard. McManus also plays two guitars by Scots luthier William Kelday ([44] 1360-311141, pages.zoom.co.uk/kelday), a small Martin-style 000 and a baritone guitar, which he often tunes G D G C D G (string gauges .018—.080); and one by Roger Bucknall (Fylde Guitars, [44] 1768-891515, www.fyldeguitars.com), a custom Magician in cedar and walnut, great for rhythm playing. McManus favors medium-gauge D'Addario phosphor-bronze strings and the rounded end of a medium-heavy standard pick when flatpicking. More information on all of his guitars is available at his website, www.tonymcmanus.com. —Danny Carnahan Alec Stone Sweet recorded Memory and Praise on his custom-built 1970s-era Martin OM-28. He also plays a 14-fret cutaway Schoenberg Soloist (Schoenberg Guitars, [415] 789-0846, www.schoenbergguitars.com). He uses light-gauge bronze strings. And as a confirmed, self-proclaimed Luddite, he keeps his guitars free of amplification or electronics. —Danny Carnahan
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