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3 Brands which you are loyal to.

Selmer Paris: All three of my horns are Selmer Paris Serie III's. Sax equipment is probably the single thing I have the most brand loyalty about, I also use Selmer Paris mouthpieces, Vandoren reeds, Rovner ligatures, and Brancher straps on all of them, so I've got both brand loyalty and the fact that all my equipment is made in France.

DR Strings: I use Hi-Beams on both my bass and my Les Paul. I've found them to be pretty much the perfect string for both.

H. Stadiem - It's a small clothier located in Kinston, NC, about 45 minutes away from my house, and it's where I've bought all my performance outfits. I would definitely be open to getting suits from somewhere else in the future, but so far I haven't. Both my father and my grandfather got their suits from Stadiem, so there's a certain amount of family history built into my doing business there.