Acknowledgements

gear

  • Vintage hand-made TAKAMINE cutaway acoustic guitar
  • 9-42 guage D’Addario strings
  • Hand-made in the USA Custom Shop FENDER Stratocaster ‘Jeff Beck’
  • FENDER “Tonemaster” Deluxe Reverb
  • 1964 MARSHALL Bluesbreaker
  • I run my vocal through the Bluesbreaker
  • I try to minimise use of effects, preferring natural tones from the amp and clipped/break up at volume
  • Simple pedal set up with hand-made in the USA JAM PEDALS ‘Retrovibe Mark II”, JAM PEDALS “Doubledreamer” and a FENDER ‘Tred-Light Wah Pedal’

 

Preferred Suppliers

GUITAR BROTHERS – owned and operated by dear friend Craig Claxton who has been looking after me for more than thirty years.

THE GUITAR SHOP at Paddington, where I bought my first electric back in 1984 (when it was known at Music Junction)

MOOLOOLABA MUSIC because their customer service and range is better than anyone

CONWAY CREATIVE – Angelo Conway who built and manages my website

MGM DISTRIBUTION – Metropolitan Groove Merchants est. in 1998 for independent Australian musicians. Have always been fantastic to work with.

AIRLOCK STUDIOS – Brisbane’s best independent studio. At Samford. Brilliant team run by Ian Haug and Em Hopley.

STUDIOS301 SYDNEY – especially Steve Smart, engineer with the brilliant ear.

LOKEY AUDIO – Nathan Kendall and Bodi Lowry, engineers and multi-instrumentalists, producing, recording, mixing and micing. These guys run a mobile studio which is first class, and their contribution to ETERNITY cannot be overstated. They are brilliant. The best.

MARK HUGHES FOUNDATION – Charity partner, specialising in fundraising for research to find a cure for brain cancer.

WORLD-WIDE FUND FOR NATURE – Charity partner, environment conservation with programs for the Great Barrier Reef and Oceans.

Special thanks for supporting local Australian independent music:
4ZZZ
BRISBANE 98.9
BYRON BAY BAY FM 99.9
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

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