the back Bass — an old, old Fender Precision Bass Compression — Blackface 1176 Console — Magic Shop Neve Drum — old, old Slingerlands Drum Machine — Roland 707 (but he hasn't seen one in 25 years) Electric Guitar — Stratocaster Guitar Speaker Cabinet — Orange Amps Piano — off-brand baby grand in the New York studio Reverb — Lexicon Synthesizer — Moog Prodigy V-8 Amplifier — SS7 Vocal Mic — B & B Studios of Carrboro, N.C.'s version of U87 Personal In 2013, Custer was in a car accident and died for five minutes. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. References External links John Custer interview by Stacey Cochran for The Artist's Craft John Custer interview on The Wac Stern, 2012 John Custer podcast interview, 2012 1962 births Living people People from Cary, North Carolina American record producers American rock musicians American male songwriters American rock songwriters People from Raleigh, North Carolina Guitarists from North Carolina 20th-century American musicians American session musicians Candlelight Records artists Columbia Records artists Sanctuary Records artists A&R people