Melancon Joy, Pretty Pedals, & Blasted Humility

As I hinted at in my previous post, in which I did nothing but post the first thought into my head and every subsequent thought thereafter, I’ve been looking into getting my priorities straight. No, no, I’m not selling my gear to spend more time with people or something stupid like that…… not those priorities, the important priorities….. like which part of my [...]

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HBE Dos Mos and wanting pedals because they look awesome!

As promised, here is the review of the HBE Dos Mos dual mosfet preamp/buffer. 

The usage:
I put it at the very end of my chain on the preamp setting to give my signal a boost after running through my chain. I was hoping to warm it up and bring some of the treble and mid-highs back that your [...]

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It’s only gear, right?

Well, my lovely 65 Amps London lovely (I think I already said lovely) cabinet received its first of what will more than likely be many battle scars this Sunday. *Sigh* It’s just gear, it’s just gear…. that’s what I keep telling myself. And the looks do nothing for the sound, I know. And usually I’m really good at this. [...]

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Ya….another Guitar Center post…….

(Yep…. that’s me….. or was, 4 years ago. Note that I’m 20 in this picture, but look like I’m 35. I think we all have to go through the long hair stage…. but I’m not sure we all have to go through the fu-manchu mustache and goatee stage. This is at Guitar Center Hollywood, in 2004, right [...]

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Mondo Amps

I run a type of ambient pad sound underneath my guitar when I play. Really opens up some space, especially when you’re out there playing an intro or a whole song all by yourself. I don’t want to bore everyone with the details of that, but basically I need a secondary amp to run [...]

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Guitar Workshop Review

The Evening

(Not our gear…….but close)
We finally did the long-awaited Guitar Workshop. Which might more aptly have been named the Tone-Obsessive Guitarist Workshop. And of course, as is always the case when I need to talk through my rig, my tone sucked. But more on that later. Tone is a fantastic thing, guitar [...]

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Guitar for Worship Workshop Tonight at 7

Just a quick reminder about the guitar workshop tonight. I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone’s rigs. All the details and directions are just a few posts down, so scroll down to view those if this is the first you have heard about this. It’s tonight, and it starts at 7….but I’ll be there at [...]

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History of the Delay (well, at least for me)

Well, as per request, I am going to attempt right now to make a list of all the delay pedals I have owned, and why I no longer own some of them. I’m a bit frightened, as I have never seen all my delay pedals listed consecutively. But hopefully this will serve as a quick [...]

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Guitar Workshop Update

Hey guys and gals,
    Alright, the Guitar Workshop is now for sure at the church. So it’ll be this coming Monday, the 7th, at 7 PM at Life Church. We’ll set our rigs up on the stage, I’ll talk through my rig and about worship instruments and worship mindsets in general, and if you’re really [...]

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Arion SAD-1 and the Untold Magic of Delay Pedals

There is a youtube clip that features Kevin from the KROQ Kevin and Bean Show doing something stupid (ya know). And in the middle of that clip, as he is walking down a hallway, he says simply, “I love fire, Ralph.” 
Well, I love delay. (Hmmm….that lead-in didn’t quite work, huh. Oh well. I’m keeping it.) I love [...]

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