Ransom - Equipment

Below is a listing of the equipment Rob Ransom uses.

* ' 06 Fender Telecaster American Standard 3 Tone-Sunburst purchased by Mrs.Ransom.

* ' 98 Gibson Les Paul Smartwood Standard w/ .010 - .046 Ernie Ball regular Slinky strings in 440 mhz tuning and Chechen wood fretboard, stock 490R and 498T alnico pickups. A standard cream pickguard was added(came without a pickguard). This guitar is personally autographed by the boys in "Tesla" and Joe Bonamassa.

* ' 81 Gibson Les Paul Custom - Black with gold hardwear. This guitar is very similar to the one John Fogerty has used since the Creedence days. Like John's it is tuned down a whole step to D ( DGCFAD- 6th to 1st respectively).Stock 490R and 498T Alnico pickups.

* 1957 50th Anniversay white blonde Stratocaster with American Vintage pickups and gold hardware customized with Highway one '70's style C-shape neck with rosewood fretboard and jumbo frets

Rob Ransom runs his axes through a AKG UHF wireless system and the following effects pedals(listed from amp to guitar) :

Boss TU-2 tuner

Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay(very warm delay)

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay(Danny Gatton-"Mystery Train" echo sound)

Boss DD-20 Giga Delay(offers seamless changing of any type or speed of echo or delay

imaginable and also has a record/loop option and tap tempo)

Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

MXR EVH Phase 90(works great for old country like"Luchenbach Texas")

MXR Distortion III

Ibanez TS-808 Vintage Tubesceamer

MXR M-133 Micro-amp(for lead boost)

VOX Clyde McCoy wah-wah(replaced the Jim Dunlop Crybaby because of richer sound)

Boss Compressor/Sustainer(distortion channel)

MXR M-132 SuperComp(clean channel,Nashville tone)

Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

*these pedals are powered by VoodooLab and 1spot power connected exclusively by MonsterRock guitar cables for ultimate tonal quality and minimum noise into a Fender Vibro-King Custom; filtered through a MonsterRock power conditioner. This is then miked with a Shure SM57.