"In studio gear, there are only 3 things that matter: Quality, Consistency & Quality. Violet is the best aspects of the vintage era merged with today's leading-edge electronics and mechanical design." Joshua Homme is the consummate studio performer. Whether working on his own productions, or in cooperation with the several bands of which he is a continuing member - including Queens of the Stone Age, The Desert Sessions, Eagles of Death Metal and Them Crooked Vultures - he chooses his creative tools very carefully.