Hot Club of Cowtown

Whit Smith

circa 2001

1925 Gibson L-5 (24 ¾-inch scale, w/ .014 and.018-gauge strings on top, and regular bronze .012s for the last four strings)
- DeArmond pickup, "smooshed on with office putty", which "won’t damage the finish, makes it very easy to move the pickup on and off, and also deadens the top a little bit, to cut back on feedback"
- in the studio, signal run simultaneously through '50s Fender Pro (isolated) and '50s Fender Harvard (in the same room where bass and fiddle were tracking)
- live, 1938 Gibson EH-150 amp

circa 2008 - present

1962 Mittenwald violin > L.R. Baggs pickup > AER amplifier
- Dominant ball-end violin strings

circa 2001