gmacdonnell

I've been a sideman and sesion player for years, but lately have been working on my first solo recording. More to come soon...

Music, Books, Music History, Guitars, Sailing
Occupation
Professional Musician, Songwriter, Arranger
My Gear
Stuff that (mostly) stays home:

'82 Gibson Heritage Series ES-335 w/ '62 Pat. #'s, (this does get out a lot, but not on rough tours)
Fraken-Tele w/ '52 Body, '57 Neck
'66 Deluxe Reverb w/Celestion Blue
'59 Les Paul Jr. w/ orig. P-90
'65 Deluxe Reverb w/ Tone Tubby
(These last two were bought by grandpop 45 years ago)
Duncan Pups I Have Experience With...
Tele: Gosh... Just about every Duncan Tele bridge and neck pickup. This is where the addiction started! My favorites are the Broadcaster, The Five-Two and Jerry Donahue, but they're all great for different things

Humbuckers: Jazz, '59, JB, Pearly Gates, Alnico Pro II, Custom 5 and Custom Custom, '78, P-Rails, and my favorites: the Seth Lover and Antiquities

Strat: SSL-1, APS-2, SLS-2 (very cool!), JB Jr., Hot Rails, Classic Stacks and Five-Two (awesome pickup)

Specialized: Vintage Mini-Humbuckers
Vintage and Hot Jazzmaster
Dynasonic reproduction
All the Benedetto's

These are the ones I've owned, borrowed or recorded with, but I have a serious pickup addiction, and can't help but try new ones out, even when I'm satisfied with my tone!

Signature

"In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God." - Ravi Shankar

  • Recent Gibson ES-335 & FrakenTele
  • '65 Deluxe Reverb RI
  • Electronics by RS Guitar Works w/ PIO Caps
  • Lot's of Duncan pickups, plus some Lollar, Fralin, + Bill Lawrence. Joe Bardens, Kinmans for Teles

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