Electro Harmonix POG Review & Demo

Continuing my search for a simple synth sound to be able to have in my rig when necessary. And by simple, I mean, I don’t need another amp to run synth into and then having a stereo rig plus the ‘pads’ amp. Wanting another amp…well, that’s different. The moment you cease to ‘want’ another amp, [...]

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So it Begins

The unhappiness with my tone. And it’s about that time. It’s been…almost a year since I got my base tone right where I wanted it to be? 10 months, maybe? Right about the time for me to get restless. Last night, at one of my normal venues, the ‘guts’ were gone from my tone. Same [...]

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A Simple Question

No observations, judgments, or commentaries. I dig the huge stadium productions and huge guitar rigs (mmmm) just as much as the intimate acoustic sets. Just a simple question that I think may be a good thing to ask ourselves every so often. And this question has to do with the heart, not how any one [...]

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Line 6 Verbzilla Review…Sort Of

I was all plugged in and had the camera ready to do the demo of the Line 6 Verbzilla……and then the more I played it, the more I realized how unfair it would be to do a video demo of a pedal I just absolutely cannot jive with. Now, I have no problem calling a [...]

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Musical and Not-So-Musical Findings This Weekend

The Cure was on to something. Definitely rip them off.
There is much rejoicing inside the MJM Foxey Fuzz. Albeit, kind of ’80’s Van Halen rejoicing, but still rejoicing. 
It is possible to forget the lyrics to ‘Heart of Worship.’
When you forget the lyrics to ‘Heart of Worship’, always make it seem like you’re too overcome to [...]

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Tonal Efficiency

It hit me the other day; I played an outdoor gig with one amp at 30 watts un-mic’d and people 100 yards away said they could hear me with perfect clarity. (And I’ll leave it up to them as to whether ‘hearing me with perfect clarity’ was a good thing, or a very terrible thing. [...]

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Abandoned Tone Ideas

Something triggered this in my head the other day; and I started thinking of all the tone ideas that I have abandoned over the years. And how fortunate that abandonment has been for the world as a whole. See, my natural tendency is to think that, if it’s an idea that’s been thought of before, [...]

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Dr. Scientist Tremolessence Review & Demo

Alright. There’s been some good discussions here lately……but it’s time to bring it back to reality. Meaning gear. See, anyone can bring up discussion points and point out what’s wrong; but what shows what type of person you are is not how many of the world’s and church’s problems you can solve in [...]

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Orchestration……& How to Ruin a Song

Yesterday my wife and I were in C28. Yes, the Christian store. Christian culture is awkward……it seems sometimes like you’re either in the going-all-out-I-just-witnessed-for-Christ-all-day-by-wearing-my-’Bad-Company-Corrupts’-t-shirt-for-8-hours-in-the-mall-today group, or you’re in the yep-you-heard-right-I-just-ordered-a-beer-and-I’m-a-Christian-what-now group. The first group has never even thought about talking with anyone outside the Christian circle…even when they go to In-N-Out, they have to look [...]

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Worship or Lead?

Apologies to those of you who have just found this blog, and are looking for gear reviews and such, but sometimes things take a serious turn over here, as well. Well, kind of serious. It’s me. And it’s really hard for me to do anything serious…without at least one movie reference. There’s just so many [...]

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