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During the last week of March 2008, John Boda made a working road trip out to his old town of Wichita Kansas. In between gigs, he visited with many old friends he knew when he lived out there 25 years ago. One of them was Jerry Hahn, world renown jazz guitar master. John Boda filmed Jerry performing three solo jazz hymns at his home, and posted them on Youtube for the world to enjoy! These awesome videos are linked here below as well. These tunes are a solo sample of Jerry's new CD coming soon entitled, "Jazz Hymns".

Keep checking - A special Jerry Hahn Page coming soon!

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I am not really into music equipment, I just like what I like, and use what sounds and plays great! But for those interested:

Main Guitar: OK - as of 7/26/08 - I have joined the very cool Taylor Guitar club! I really love my Taylor guitar! They are very, very well built and have a huge full sound, and almost "play themselves"! I have a Taylor 110CE Acoustic cut-a-way, what more can I say? Come out and see me play it.

My electric guitar for my rock trio is a copy of a hollow body Gibson 335 - a much cheaper version made by Samick - but with the same type of pick ups, and sounds very nice! I use the D.R. electric strings with #11 for the high E.

P.A. System: Mackie DFX-6 sound mixer -- This is a very durable and great sounding non-powered mixer! It also has the only effects that I use, mostly mild delay. I send my vocal/guitar through it into one of two different powered monitor speakers depending on the size of the crowd and room. For small to medium crowds/rooms, and for most times, I use a JBL EON 500-- for larger rooms/crowds, and for all outdoor venues, I use a Mackie SRM-450 -

Pedals: Ernie Ball Volume pedal, -www.ernieball.com For my electric gigs, I use the Digitech floor pod.

Digital Phrase Looping: Boomerang Phrase Sampler! - I have been using one of these since around 1996, they are the best, by far, of any phrase looping units out there! I love it so much, that I became an authorized roving dealer! If you are interested in purchasing one, contact me! I can get you a very good price, just tell me your lowest price found, it'll be beat.

Digital Drum Unit: I have two different ones, and I use them sparingly, mostly when people are into dancing or when I really need to get that bigger sound. One is my Roland R5 - www.roland.com - I believe they are now extinct over at Roland, , but mine lives on! The other is a Dr. Rhythm DR-770 made by Boss. www.roland.com I recently switched to using my Dr. Rhythm mostly, it is fantastic!

Picks: Believe it or not, these make a big difference! I use Clayton picks exclusively. The rounded pyramid shape with a heavy gauge of 1.52 mm. Most picks are made out of cheap plastic that wears out. These picks are made of durable acetal polymer which is also used in making gears, bearings and a general steel substitute! They sound unique and never wear out! (Come to one of my rock trio gigs and you might get one free thrown out before breaks) I also drill a small hole in the center of these picks which serve two purposes; you can put them on to a key chain, and it really helps in holding on to it!

If you're interested in some of these fine products, click on any of the images below!

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Click on the "Django Page" title to view my tribute page to the great Django Reinhardt Gypsy jazz guitarist! I have created a few cd's with full artwork that are super unique and will be of great interest to any Django fan! They are NOT for sale as I don't own the rights, but will consider equal value jazz trades and/or donations. JB