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[psychetelec]

Roland bass combo dressed up as a Vox(recognize the stage?).

Here's a different shot of the amp.

Bass rack.

[JAMilrod]

Homebrew SwampAsh Tele (w/Lindy Fralin Vintage PUs) & 4-way) into:

1 - Blackstone Applicance: MosFet OD
2 - Keeley Compressor
3 - SweetSounds UniVibe
4 - Akai HeadRush

to either:
- Old Fender Princeton Reverb
- SansAmp ParaDriver DI to Board (sounds pretty good in mix)


This rig has stayer pretty much the same for years now as it can cover a very broad spectrum of sounds from clean, to spacy/airy, to crunch. As a lead/2nd guitar behind an Acoustic, I think it's very important for a Worship player to have a complete arsenal of sounds that can be used to support the feel, rather than one distinctive sound like you may have in a 'normal' band.

[Jeru]

Originally Posted by psychetelec

Fantastic. Just fantastic.

[Brian Krashpad]

Originally Posted by psychetelec

Roland bass combo dressed up as a Vox(recognize the stage?).

Looks like Austin City Limits?

Anyhow, I'm working on playing at a new church after a year-and-a-half hiatus. I'll probably use this rig, my '60's Sunn 200S head and a DIY 2x12 Celestion open-back cab (made with a gutted combo amp); this pic is from the same rig in one of my rock bands:



The Sunn is actually a bass head technically, and I've used it as such as well. Guitars are in rotation at my whim and caprice, the photo above was what I was playing that particular night.

I have a few guitars from which to choose, I try to rotate amongst them.

[telechaser]

We don't have a church building and meet in a basketball court at the moment.

Here's my setup.



Tele -> Volume Pedal -> Pedal Board (and Tuner) -> Roland Cube 60 Amp

Amp Line Out -> Tube Pre-amp -> Soundboard


Only me the the keyboardist appreciate the direct sound of my amp so it's facing towards us.

The sound is not the best because it bounces around everywhere. We are moving to another smaller location in the next couple of weeks so we'll see how it goes.

[LotusTele]

Man, that would be cool to have service in a B-ball court, let alone play the worship service in one. Thats neat.

[nosuch]

well, pretty ridiculous, but that's about it, tele, cable, blues jr. the pic was taken before a show with my jazz trio. i use the same when playing blues now, just added a second tele (converted esquire to be honest) recently, we use a PA and the drumset is bigger. ;-)

[jarrodmichael]

Originally Posted by nosuch

well, pretty ridiculous, but that's about it, tele, cable, blues jr.

Don't be silly ... There ain't nothing wrong with a tele straight into a Fender tube amp

-jm

[harvdog]

Originally Posted by telechaser

We don't have a church building and meet in a basketball court at the moment.

Here's my setup.



Tele -> Volume Pedal -> Pedal Board (and Tuner) -> Roland Cube 60 Amp

Amp Line Out -> Tube Pre-amp -> Soundboard


Only me the the keyboardist appreciate the direct sound of my amp so it's facing towards us.

The sound is not the best because it bounces around everywhere. We are moving to another smaller location in the next couple of weeks so we'll see how it goes.

Is that a tablet PC on your music stand? Great idea!

[telechaser]

Originally Posted by LotusTele

Man, that would be cool to have service in a B-ball court, let alone play the worship service in one. Thats neat.

Yeh, it's cool to play in one. It sounds really good where I stand, but can't do much at FOH (Front Of House) where the congregation sits. It simply bounces everywhere. One answer is surrounding the congregation with speakers at low volume but we don't have the budget, space and manpower to set it up every Sunday.

Originally Posted by harvdog

Is that a tablet PC on your music stand? Great idea!

Yup, sure is. Nice spot. I'm a semi-gadget person. I have a mobile (cell phone) but still carry a PDA where I take notes and my bible. I avoid using paper as much as possible.

[harvdog]

Originally Posted by nosuch

well, pretty ridiculous, but that's about it, tele, cable, blues jr. the pic was taken before a show with my jazz trio. i use the same when playing blues now, just added a second tele (converted esquire to be honest) recently, we use a PA and the drumset is bigger. ;-)

I really like the lighting behind the drums.

[nosuch]

Yeah, this bar tries to be a bit futuristic. The thing I put the amp on is a light also. during the show (we did a couple of time last year) it looked like that:

[harvdog]

Originally Posted by nosuch

Yeah, this bar tries to be a bit futuristic. The thing I put the amp on is a light also. during the show (we did a couple of time last year) it looked like that:

Very cool. What exactly is that light thing that the amp is on? And where did you get something like that?

[nosuch]

Don't know. that was part of the decoration there. something like a lamp in the gestalt of a rock with a light in it. the stage was very small, so I put my amp on it. anyway it all stacks to a very cool stage design, very transparent with the lights behind the drumset.

[telechaser]

Originally Posted by nosuch

well, pretty ridiculous, but that's about it, tele, cable, blues jr. the pic was taken before a show with my jazz trio. i use the same when playing blues now, just added a second tele (converted esquire to be honest) recently, we use a PA and the drumset is bigger. ;-)

Hmm.... is this a church/religious stage? No issue with me, just confirming. Cool stage setup... and jazz.

[nosuch]

nope, a night club, just with a bright design, white tables and everything. i should have played a white blond to fit even better ...
;-)