John Isley

Equipment

C Flute:

Alto Flute:

Clarinet:

  • Buffet R13 Bb Clarinet
  • Vandoren B45 Mouthpiece w/Rovner Dark Ligature
  • RICO Grand Concert Select 4.5 & 5  

Soprano:

Alto:

  • Cannonball Unlaquered Body and Keys - Mad Meg (A5)
  • JodyJazz DV 7*
  • JodyJazz HR 7* 
  • Rico Select Jazz 4S Filed

Tenor: 

  • Cannonball Black Nickel Plated Body and Bell - Ice Finish - Black Nickel Plated Keys-"The Raven"(T5-B Ice B)
  • Cannonball Unlaquered Body and Keys - Mad Meg (T5)
  • Selmer Mark VI 119,xxx ©1964
  • Selmer Balanced Action 25,xxx ©1936
  • JodyJazz DV 7*
  • JodyJazz HR 8*
  • Dave Guardala Brecker II (Original hand finished)
  • Selmer ligature
  • Oleg ligature (RICO OEM)
  • Ishimori ligature
  • Vandoren V16 T75 (refaced by John Yokum in Los Angeles)
  • Vandoren V16 Ligature
  • Phil Barone NY Studio 7*
  • "E Neck" - Solid copper custom neck - handmade in Brasil by master craftsman Eduardo Paes de Carmargo (more info)
  • RICO Select Jazz 4S Filed

Baritone:

  • Cannonball Raven Stone Series
  • Selmer Super Action 80 Series II #594,xxx ©1996
  • JodyJazz ESP (.120)
  • RICO Select Jazz 4S Filed
  • Rovner standard ligature
  • BARI plastic medium
  • BARI * plastic medium
  • Otto Link 8 Hard Rubber
  • Rovner Dark Ligature
  • BARI Plastic Medium
  • BARI * Plastic Medium

    I also play:

  • AKAI EWI 4000S w/Patchman custom soundbank
  • Various hand percussion
  • Irish flute
  • Pennywhistle(s)
  • Pan and Andean pipe flutes
  • Soprano, Alto and Tenor recorder

My on-the-road studio:

  • Apple Macintosh G4 Laptop, 1.25GHZ, 1.2GB RAM
  • Mark of the Unicorn 828MKII Firewire interface
  • Mark of the Unicorn Ultralite Firewire interface
  • PreSonus Dual Path mic pre
  • Audio Technica AT-4033 Condenser microphone
  • (2) Oktava MK-319 Condenser microphones
  • M-Audio BX5A Reference monitors
  • Roland XV-5050 sound module
  • E-MU X49 49 Key Keyboard controller
  • (2) Lacie D2 rackmounted 200GB Firewire hard drives
  • Lacie AIT2 firewire backup drive
  • BOSE Speakers
  • Sony headphones
  • Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer
  • Bias Peak 4
  • Finale 2008
  • BFD  & BFD XFL
  • Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
  • Reason 3.0
  • EW/QL String Orchestra
  • Various loop and sample libraries
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