Paul's equipment

Paul Diablo never does things by halves. In 2008, he acquired THREE new axes.

The new electric guitar is a Peavey Wolfgang EVH Special like the one Eddie Van Halen uses;

the Yamaha APX10NA Classical Guitar is a shallow bodied classical guitar,

slightly unusual as neck joins the body at the 14th fret

whereas most classical guitars join at the 12th fret

(this makes the dusty end of the fretboard a bit easier to reach - also it's a plug in one),
and finally a Gibson black steel-strung acoustic which is a prototype,

where only a limited number have been made.

Paul has this on trial and has to report his findings after he's owned it for a year.

With only two arms, the rest of DIABLO are wondering how he's gonna play all these at once!

Diablo Drums with Dave

Dave’s theory is buy ‘em, try ‘em, play ‘em, then swap ‘em!

This has led to him owning about 30 kits in the last decade alone with

twice that number of snare drums to find the ultimate snare sound.

Dave's noisy bits

Hardware

Bought to suit – so cymbal stands are lightweight Diamond; hi-hat and SD stand Premier (British and best); TT holders Pearl (easiest to set up);

DW bass drum pedal (no better than any other but matches my face)

Sticks – loads and mainly 5C or heavier – loved no-name ‘Power Rockers’ but can’t find them anymore.  Failing that fence posts suffice.

Cymbals

(Dave’s Tip: buy cymbals with your back to them)

Over the years, have bought every style of cymbal going, for rock and for percussion effects, so many great ones, but nowadays standardise on:

Paste 2002 Hi-Hats (wouldn’t have any others – the lads!)

Sabian AA Rocktagon (Chinese without the overtones)

Alchemy 20” Ride (nice, loudish but still an element of restraint)

Avedis Zildjean 18” medium ‘A’ (just fab)

Avedis Zildjean 17” medium thin ‘A’ (also fab as contrast)

Pearl cowbell; tambourine and all matter of oddball percussion stuff

Dave recommends Willy’s Drum Shop (Sunderland Music)

with whom he usually spends his mortgage money

Dave’s wishes he’d kept his Premier Genista kit with Signia Maple snare – just stunning in looks and sound, but times were hard.

Still hoping to find a 1962 Trixon (German) Telstar kit … for nothing.

Davy's gear

Line 6 Vetta combo II Amp (Every sound known to man!)
Line 6 LongBoard
Juno D Keyboard
Gibson SG guitar

Epiphone black and gold Firebird guitar
Epiphone Acoustic EJ200 guitar
DB In Ear Monitoring System
Luciano's after gig pizza

Steve's Current Bass "family"
Rickenbacker 4003 (the Daddy!!)
Trace Elliot T-Bass 5 string (quite a hefty mother)
Tanglewood Curbow 5 string (Slinky, curvaceous teenager)
Vintage V904F fretless (unkempt youth and a bit unpredictable)
Plus there's an 8-string on the way, watch this e-space (it's the product of
some genetic engineering!)

Steve's Current Amp/effects
Ampeg preamp
DHA overdrive/preamp
Yamaha power amp
Boss GT6B effects unit
Two 2 x 12 Tech Soundsystems cabs

My Mapleglo Rickenbacker (the one you're all familiar with) has, over the last few months, had its pickups changed to a vintage spec Toaster and Horseshoe combination.  That probably means anything only to other bassists and even then, probably only to other Rickenbacker enthusiasts!! My new Jetglo Rickenbacker (Jetglo being the company name for, er, black !!) is also a 4003 model but has the modern hi-gain pickups.  Both are lush and it feels like I'm dating twins !!  Obviously not identical ones...  (August 2007)

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