Tom Schupbach's practice area was specially built in his basement, fully insulated with 4" thick walls to keep the noise confined. "It's normally not this neat!" says Schupbach. Tom has a Twin Reverb with Boss SE-50 on top, Parker P42 on the stand ready to go, An Epi Les Paul, Epi SG and Strat in the three slot folding holder, music stand and Boss DB-90 metronome ("cursed instrument of torture!" he says) beside the stand and my pedal board with a Boss TU-2, Vox wah and Boss DS-1 on it. There is an Ibanez AS-73 and an Austin Bass that is just outside the picture. "My main ax is the Parker," he says, "it's just a P-42, but it plays better than anything else in my collection!"