Hugh Carter Acoustic guitars, flute, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Co-founder of Abel Ganz with Hew Montgomery, Hugh has over the years primarily played bass with the band but has also dabbled with 12 string electric, flute and bass pedals as well as a few brief appearances on lead vocals. To keep his hand in on bass Hugh still plays with Rolling Stones tribute band Sticky Fingers.

Stevie Donnelly Bass guitar.

Stevie joined Abel Ganz in 2006 during the later stages of the recording of Shooting Albatross after much of the bass was already recorded by Hugh. Stevie is a highly accomplished player unlike the leaden fingered Mr Carter and adds a dynamism and visual focus to the band Hugh can only dream about! He plays a matched set of Musicman Stingray 4 and 5 string and fretless basses through an Ampeg amp with Trace Elliot cabs and Boss effects. Stevie formally played bass with Davie and Denis in the jazz funk outfit The Fred Quimby Quartet and rock band The Electric Daisies.

Stuart “Mick” MacFarlane Lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar

Mick joined Abel Ganz in late 2007 during the final stages of the recording and apart from singing beautifully plays a Takemine acoustic guitar and a Fender Strat through whatever amp he can blag off Hugh and whatever scraps from Davie’s pedal collection we feel like throwing him! As long as he goes easy on the chorus! Mick formally played bass with folk rock band Hair of the Dog and still gigs as a solo act with his acoustic guitar under his real name Stuart.

Davie Mitchell Guitars

Davie is a fabulously inventive guitarist being equally at home at “in your face” rock, jazz funk chops or tasteful acoustic finger picking. Davie has been with Ganz since recording started way back in 2000 and over the years has played in a variety of bands too numerous to list mostly involving Denis too. His current set up includes a Schecter C1and his pride and joy a 1959 Gibson ES 175D through a Marshall Anniversary Combo and matching 2x12, Boss pedals and Ebow.

Hew Montgomery Keyboards

Hew formed Abel Ganz with Hugh back in the mists of time in 1980 shortly after the dinosaurs became extinct. A died in the wool prog fan Hew has played keyboards from an early age flirting only briefly with guitar and then bass in the local ill fated rock/pop combo’s Butchers Hook, Cuddles and The Stoker Leishman Band! As well as Abel Ganz Hew has his own side prog project The Grand Tour with former Comedy of Errors vocalist Joe Cairney.

Hew’s live setup is a Toshiba laptop with VST host program Brainspawn Forte running a host of software including Arturia Mini Moog and Moog modular, Native Instruments B4II and Kontakt 2 sampler, Korg Wavestation and M1, AAS Lounge Lizard electric piano 3 and 4front Technologies True Piano all routed via firewire to an M-Audio NRV10 mixer and triggered by M-Audio Axiom 47, 61 and Keystation 88 keyboards. The 47 generally is for lead sounds, the 61 for pads, mellotrons and organs and the Keystation for piano’s. He’s got tons more non- software based keyboards but I've got writers cramp!

Denis Smith Drums and backing vocals

Denis is enjoying his 2nd stint with The Ganz having previously played drums on The Dangers of Strangers album. and teamed up again in 2000 at the start of recording.
Not just a powerful drummer but the driving force on both the production and business side of the band. We call him The Progmeister General but not to his face or within drumstick throwing distance!

Denis plays a Tama Starclassic kit with a Mapex brass snare and uses Zildjian cymbals.