Kent prefers to play Gibson Firebird guitars. He owns
several other brands and models, but almost never gigs with anything other than a Gibson or Epiphone (open tuned) Firebird.

Kent uses medium gauge GHS "Boomer" strings (.011, .015, .018, .026, .036, .050), and Jim Dunlop 1mm nylon picks. He usually uses a metal slide.

Kent has a custom pedal board that he built, the components and routing are as follows:

  • Guitar signal via cord or Nady 201 wireless
  • Boss TU~pedal tuner
  • Boss power distribution/effects loop pedal
  • Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer
  • Boss CS2 Compressor/Sustainer
  • Boss SD~1 Super Overdrive
  • Crybaby wah~wah
  • Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeling pedal (1~Leslie, 2~Tri~Chorus, 3~Phaser 4~Vibratone)
  • Boss DD~2 Digital Delay (output "returns" to Boss power distribution/effects loop pedal)
  • Boss GE~2 Equalizer (input is driven by Boss power distribution/effects loop pedal signal "out")

Kent's current #1 amp set-up is a 2001 Fender Hot Rod Deville (2x12) , with a Fender 2x12 Bassman cabinet. Sometimes he will use a 1971 Fender Bassman Head w/2x12 Bassman cabinet, or a 1973 Traynor Reverb Master Head through a Music Man 4x12B cabinet.