Stage Gear July 2005

                                              KIM SIMMONDS      

 Kim Simmonds - Guitar/Vocal

Stage Gear:
Gibson "Flying V" white
Gibson "Les Paul"
Gibson "Flying V" red

Marshall Combo amplifier with 2 x 12 speakers Kitty Hawk 4 x 12 speaker cabinet  

Boss Tuner pedal

Boss chorus pedal

Dunlop "Wah Wah" pedal

Ernie Ball Strings gauge 9 - 42

Ernie Ball glass slide

Dunlop signature picks

Sings through a Shure "57" microphone

Plays Hohner "Special 20" harmonicas

"I use the white Flying V for most of my current playing and I keep the red "V" in reserve in case I break a string.  Both guitars are recent vintages.  The white V has stock pick-ups and the red one I have customized with replacement Gibson pick-ups. 

My Les Paul I use for slide...it gets me the right tone for playing the song "Tell Mama" which I recorded back in 1972...with a Les Paul Junior.

I have changed my top string to a gauge 10 so as to break less of them when I play.  I like the lighter strings ...they respond better to my vibrato.

I play through the overdrive channel on my amplifier and use the natural distortion generated from that.  If I need a cleaner, lighter tone I simply back off the volume knob on the guitar.

On my amplifier I always have my bass and mid controls turned to ten with the treble backed way down. 

I like to sing through a Shure "57" because it has the right "eq" that suits my voice.

The Special 20 harps are made with a lot of plastic and I find those easier to play than the old Marine Band.

I'm comfortable using any slide but the glass ones are light and more appropriate on my light string gauge."

 

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 Dennis Cotton - Drums

Stage Gear:
 

Drums: 
ZICKOS (Acrylic) in Charcoal finish
A. 18" X 22" Kick
B. 6" X 14" Snare or
6.5" X 14 Black Beauty Snare
C. 8" X 12" Mounted Tom w/ R.I.M.S.
D. 16" X 16" Floor Tom

Heads:
REMO
CS Black dot or Emperor on Tom Batters.
CS Black dot or Ambassadors on Tom Resonant.
Coated Ambassador with underside dot on Snare.
Power Stroke 3 on Kick Batter and Resonant with a small piece of foam or an airline blanket for muffling.

 Cymbals:
SABIAN
1. 14" AA Regular Hi Hats
2. 18" AAX Studio Crash
3. 20" AA Rock Ride
4. 20" AA China with Rivets

Sticks:
Pro Mark
5B with Black Stick Rapp

Hardware:
Gibraltor
Single braced stands
Intruder II Kick Drum Pedal


Find out more about Dennis at;
www.denniscotton.com

 

 

 

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 Gerry Sorrentino - Bass

 

BASSES:

 

Lakland 55-94 Deluxe 5 String

This instrument covers it all.

Sound and tone comes from your hands and this

instrument allows that to come through.  

See:   Lakland Basses

 

AMPLIFICATION:

Gallien-Krueger heads:

1001RBll

1001RB

Gallien-Krueger speaker cabinets:

410RBH

115RBH

Very powerful. Can go from clean to tube-like overdrive.

Been using them for years.  

 

See:     Gallien-Krueger Amplification

 

 

STRINGS:

 

DR Handmade Strings:

Low-Riders, Hi-Beams, Fatbeams. Gauges 45, 65, 85, 105, 130

I love their tone and feel and they last the longest for me.

See:     DR Strings

 

Some more of my favorite things:

 

Zon Guitars

See:     Zon Basses

Moses Graphite           

 


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