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What my rig currently looks like on Sundays

by on July 11, 2011 in gear

I’m changing things up pretty often these days and it’s been a while since I’ve shown any pics of what the rig looks like so here ya go. View of my space on stage Pedalboard My View

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Using iPads as digital music stands and instruments

by on June 29, 2011 in gear, music

Recently my church, literally the people of the church, gifted me an iPad 2. This was an incredible surprise and blessing as I’ve wanted one for a LONG time. Now that my band is armed with a couple iPads it seemed appropriate to explore how these devices could help organize us on stage and also [...]

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Guitar players build *their* sound – advice from James Duke

by on May 21, 2010 in gear, music, tips

Recently I had the good pleasure of interviewing James Duke (guitar player for John Mark McMillan) as well as review his new release from his new project called “All the Bright Lights.” That record is largely instrumental and is a collection of incredible guitar tones and textures. So when I saw a blog post from [...]

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Amplitube iRig for the iPhone/iPad

by on May 6, 2010 in gear

IK makes some quality modeling software and from the looks of it, can build a pretty good iPhone app as well. They recently announced their Amplitube iRig for the iPhone/iPad which is a full amp and effects rack for bass and guitar. I don’t see any screenshots of it on an iPad so I’m wondering [...]

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Kings of Leon guitar rigs (Video)

by on April 7, 2010 in gear, video

The guitar tech for Kings of Leon shows off their guitar and effect rigs. I like how straight forward they are, not really any trickery, all standard tunings, pretty straight up rigs. They just know how to write great rock music. I also dig that their lead guitarist plays my amp, Ampeg Reverbrocket FTW!

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New Deluxe Memory Boy pedal from EHX

by on February 25, 2010 in gear

Electro-Harmonix makes the absolute best analog effects pedals in the biz and the Memory Man is of course one of the all time great pedals that’s in nearly everyone’s arsenal, including mine. The one problem with it has always been no tap tempo. Even the Edge was bothered by this and would have to start [...]

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TC Electronics Polytune: tune all strings at the same time

by on January 25, 2010 in gear

Well this looks really cool. The new tuner from TC Electronics says it will tune all your strings at the same time, you just strum and it shows which strings are out of tune. If this works as advertised I want one. Selling for only $99, that seems almost too cheap to me. What you [...]

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Tip: iPhone SPL dB Meter App

by on November 19, 2009 in gear, tips

There aren’t too many more touchy issues than volume when it comes to worship in the church. Usually the chain of events goes something like, lady in church complains to pastor it’s too loud, pastor tells the sound man to turn it down, sound man gets defensive and says he can’t control the mix with [...]

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