this page serves as an informative
list to those who are interested
in the muic related devices i use
it is in no way an endorsement for any of these products
or their manufacturers
(although i will accept payments to endorse
any of these products especially PRS and ENSONIQ
because i am in college and don't wish to
be a starving artist my whole life)
send info to:
dies irae
c/o jonjon
PO Box 50174
Minneapolis, MN 55405-0174
-or-
send email
paul reed smith
custom
royal blue, 24 frets, mother of pearl bird inlays
this instrument is the dearest of them all...
the unbelievers was the first song composed with this instrument...
and now into the future...
-new-
roland
jazz chorus 120 amplifier
mwah ha ha haaa!!!
found it used at guitar center for 499.99...
i was able to talk it down another 100 bucks...
benjai and i polished is with armour all and now it looks very pretty
not too mention that it sounds a lot* nicer than my old crate...
the stereo chorus is beautiful*...
though i do need to attach a new plug because
the one on it has no ground...
i've probably put off doing that for too long already
i suppose im just being a chicken.
digitech rp-1 effects processor...
i have owned this thing for about 5 or 6 years now.
it is a decent floor processor, except for the fact
that the display likes to short out every once in awhile...
in those cases it needs a sharp kick.
when we were recording the album dogma, i accidentily
kicked one of the pedals right off of it.
oh vell. i think i really need to get a new effects processor.
this one sounds okay, but it is not as clean as i would like.
you can check out the website to see all the prettier processors they
have
this is one of the old ones...
you know...the kind
that stops making that lovely
filter sweep after awhile
and insteads makes a horrible
crackling sound?
i swear i've tried cleaning
this thing fifty times and can never
figure out how to make the
damn crackling stop....
i guess i just don't get this thing...
boss metal zone distortion pedal...
this is a pretty cool sounding box...
very loud and full of buzzy goodness.
i got it maybe 6 years ago and since
then the price has managed to go UP...
quite a bit actually...
apparently Boss/Roland
figured out that they could squeeze
more money out of musicians with
these things...
CRATE GT 80
(this amp is in dire need of repair...
the millenium falcon trick just isn't working anymore...)
NOW i shall be using the jazz chorus...yay!
i never new how limited the sound of this amp was
until i got a nice guitar to play through it.
By the way, i finally* found my E-BOW!
i was rather silly and left it in the back of my crate amplifier
for a month or two....all the while wondering
where it possibly could be
ensoniq asr-x sampling workstation
system 2.62...
speaking of which, 2.67 is out and i need to order it
upgraded to 34mb of RAM
SCSI installed...
8 output expander...
1 gb harddisk
this is the sound of dies
irae's percussion...
let me tell you, the sequencer on this beast
is a little bit flakey at times,
but im so* glad to be using a sampler instead
of the old drum machine.
why?
16 tracks.
any sounds i can get my hands on.
DSPs...
filters filters filters...
i could go on and on
despite its bugs, it is overall a very nice machine...
alesis sr-16 drum machine
this provided the drums for year one...
it is a fun little machine...
very powerful for its size and price...
i may be trading this guy to my friend scott
for the ownership of his
ARIA MACH II guitar...
korg ds-8 synthesizer
my battery must have died in this sucker
cuz all of the presets are GONE.
no big loss...they all SUCKED.
as long as it can work as a MIDI controller,
i will have no qualms...
except that it doesnt have a MOD wheel...
what the hell is this joystick crap anyways?
jackson stealth ex guitar
black, floyd rose bridge
this is the instrument which helped write the first dies irae songs...
whisper, clockwork, absence, mourning after, xmas present, asheade,
aftermor...
i am looking to sell this guit cuz i dont really use it anymore...
kramer something or other
this guitar is so pink that it is orange...
this is my beater instrument that may be punished onstage in the future...
or else i will sell it if i can get the chance...