This is my Dean guitar. It is a 1978 flying V sunburst. It has 22 frets on a rosewood fretboard. It is my most expensive and prized guitar.
An up close look at the incredible craftsmanship on my Dean guitar.
First purchased from Gibson as a custom Les Paul 1977 tobacco sunburst. This was owned by Diana and given to Kevin on his 21st birthday. The guitar had to be sent back and forth ot Gibson 3 times before they got it right. Diana wanted the color to be absolutely perfect and pleasing to Kevin's mind. This in turn evolved into the sweetest guitar licks that Kevin can possibly imagine swirling and turning from his fingertips like a giant carousel turning around and around as each song formed into the 30 or 40 different tracks on the various albums by Mudslide.
This is my prized Jackson reverse headstock dinky. It was purchased at Guitar Center in Renton, WA in about 2005. It is Steve's favorite guitar because of the solid action from the EMG pickups and the reverse headstock, giving it superior lead tonality. It has a full 24 speed frets and can be heard on Mudslide's new album "Dark Prophet".
This is Steve with his jackson at his house, also known as Mudslide studios.
This is Steve's rare Max Cavalera tribal flame tattoed Bc Rich I dare you to try to find an exact copy of this guitar! Some can be found with white tatooes on the BC Rich web site but not this one! Steve played this prized beauty at the Alano Club of the East Side with George Allen in late March of 2007 The show was fricken off the hook awesome!
This is Steve's first guitar purchased by his father back in 2000. This is the year Steve first started learning to play and it wasn't until 2003 that his lead style really took off. Steve plays this guitar on the Mudslide songs on all albums except for "Dark Prophet." The single humbucking pickups like on Yngwie Malmsteen's fender make the guitar good for soloing and give it a nice clean sound.
Drums
These are a set of Kevin's drums that are orange, clear see-through. He usually sets these up at the Experience Music Project gigs when they happen and also the Rainbow on 45th street in Seattle by the University District, or the Crocodile Cafe in downtown Seattle. He really had a blast recording "Dark Prophet" and got into such a trance hypnotic four beat heavy metal thrash rhythm that the remixing of "Dark Prophet" didn't really need much more than the basic raw instrumentation along with Steve's electrifying solos and George's hard thumping bass. This is a must for all Mudslide fans to pick up. It's very rare and production and printing of this may not go on until a year from now in mass quantities. So, if you get a chance to buy one of these off of Cd Baby, then do so. If it's not up in the picture frames by the time you read this and log on then you can simply email us at Hotmail and we'll get you one right from the Mudslide Big Dog company itself.
This is Kevin's John Bonham replica orange drum kit set up in Steve's living room during a recording session that happened last year around December. Notice the mixer in the background and all the mics set up on the drums. We take pride in making a good recording and Kevin sure helps out with his time and energy devoted to the band as well as his awesome kit and mixer and of course all the mics!
Kevin pounds away at the drum kit during our recording session of 12/06. The same kit can be found on the back cover photo of the self-titled Mudslide album. Although the original kit was a Ludwig 75th aniversery wine-colored huge, huge maple set with deep luxurious drum sound, the difference between these kits is phenomenal, but both sound like they should be over at the Seattle arena tonight in front of 18,500 screaming Mudslide fans, don't you think so?
Our Amplifiers
This is Steve's first and only guitar amplifier, purchased at the Renton Guitar Center outlet. It is a 10 inch model, which has now been discontinued by the company, hence making it a rare snag. It can put out a surprising amount of pounding, adrenaline-pumping head-banging guitar riffage courtesy of Steve. This amp has been carted around everywhere, including the Blue Moon tavern, Legends Bar, The EMP, The Skylark, The Rainbow, and Highway 99 club. Don't underestimate the power of the Crate.
This Rogue amp was original owned by Steve's father, but was given to Steve when he impressed his dad with his superior bass playing skills one afternoon 2 years ago. It is surprisingly powerful with 100 watts of power. It has been used by Steve for both bass and vocals. It is used by the band primarily for vocals.
This amp is used by George Allen to plug his sunburst bass into and rock hard and fast to Steve's heavy metal guitar playing. It is a vintage tube amplifier that his dad used to use when he was Steve's age.
