Show Us Your Stage Gear

Guitar4Him · January 28th, 2007, 10:12 PM

I did a search and couldn't find a thread like this so......

Took some pics of my stage setup recently and thought I'd post them. If you have similar pics, please post them so we can all get some ideas.

I play guitar and keyboards. My setup consists of:

Crate Palomino V32
Boss BCB 60 with 2 Zendrives, DD-20, FX-17, TU-2
Roland XP-50 (Keyboard)
Roland VK-8M (Hammond B3 emulator)
Fender KX-100 (Keyboard Amp)

Depending on the situation, I also use a Roland VG-8 and a Roland GR-33. The keyboard, Hammond module, VG-8 and GR-33 each go into a compressor/limiter and then, into the submixer. From the submixer, a single mono feed goes to the keyboard amp and a single mono feed goes to the FOH (main mixing board). The guitar magnetics go through a wireless unit which feeds the pedalboard. The output of the pedalboard goes to the guitar amp which is miked with a Shure SM-58. Three of my guitars have piezo bridges. If I'm needing "acoustic" sounds from them, or, if I use my acoustic guitar, I run a separate cable from the guitar to the submixer. When I'm onstage, I feel like I'm "standing in the control room."

Here's the pics. Please overlook the lighting in the pictures...it wasn't too good.

Brian Krashpad · February 2nd, 2007, 10:48 AM

This is a pic of my typical rig at the church I played at for the last decade or so (just left and looking for a new church):

The guitars change weekly at my whim and caprice as I have a passel of them and like to rotate them. Since I play guitar on some songs and bass on others, instead of using a guitar or bass head, I used the little PA head pictured, something the church had lying around unused. That way I could leave the bass plugged into one channel and the guitar plugged into a separate one, so I didn't have to be unplugging and re-plugging in, every time I switched instruments.

The cab is an old Laney 4x12 guitar cab of mine. Normally not a good thing to play bass through a guitar cab, but at the low volume we played at it wasn't a prob. I left the cab at the church 24/7 so I only had to bring in my guitars and effects rather than set up from scratch every week.

I never bothered mic'ing or going direct to the house PA. I figured that way the people who like guitar can sit on my side of the church and those that don't can sit over on the far side and hear less of me.

It's not a big sanctuary so the rig itself was enough.

wierdOne · February 2nd, 2007, 11:10 AM

uh.... guys..... I hate to be the whistle blower.... but... um....

Where are your TELES????????????

Are you just closet tele-players? Too embarrassed to come out and say to the world... "LOOK AT ME!!!! I DON'T NEED HUMBUCKERS, LOCKING TREMELO'S, OR A WHAMMY BAR!!!! I PLAY A TELECASTER AND I'M PROUD OF IT!!!!!"

it's a shame there's such secrecy in your lives...

BritishBluesBoy · February 2nd, 2007, 11:15 AM

OK... here's some Tele's...
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/showp...0/ppuser/11772
And my beloved '77 Deluxe Reverb...
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/showp...0/ppuser/11772

Brian Krashpad · February 2nd, 2007, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wierdOne

uh.... guys..... I hate to be the whistle blower.... but... um....

Where are your TELES????????????

Are you just closet tele-players? Too embarrassed to come out and say to the world... "LOOK AT ME!!!! I DON'T NEED HUMBUCKERS, LOCKING TREMELO'S, OR A WHAMMY BAR!!!! I PLAY A TELECASTER AND I'M PROUD OF IT!!!!!"

it's a shame there's such secrecy in your lives...

Yeesh! The Sunday I took my photo I didn't happen to have any Teles with me. I gots ta share the love so none of the girls get jealous, you know.

Here's the lot, I'm pretty sure there's some Teles in there, I'll let you find em!

PS: if you look carefully at the first in-church photo I posted, you will not see any "HUMBUCKERS, LOCKING TREMELO'S, OR A WHAMMY BAR"

Though Obviously I do own guitars with two out of those three.

Guitar4Him · February 2nd, 2007, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wierdOne

uh.... guys..... I hate to be the whistle blower.... but... um....

Where are your TELES????????????

Are you just closet tele-players? Too embarrassed to come out and say to the world... "LOOK AT ME!!!! I DON'T NEED HUMBUCKERS, LOCKING TREMELO'S, OR A WHAMMY BAR!!!! I PLAY A TELECASTER AND I'M PROUD OF IT!!!!!"

it's a shame there's such secrecy in your lives...

I'm not ashamed of my Tele. In fact, I'll be playing it on one song on Sunday morning...."Freedom", by Darrell Evans. But, I need a humbucker lead growl for another song we're doing and I'll be using my Godin LGXT. That song is a re-written version of "Caught Up In You", by 38 Special. Here's pics of those 2 guitars....

wierdOne · February 2nd, 2007, 07:04 PM

now that's better... carry on...

afbr242 · February 5th, 2007, 09:49 AM

G'day everyone. This is my first post here. Thought I'd introduce myself via my rig.

It's pretty light and simple. I only play my tele (USA std). Don't feel the need for anything else.
Amp is a Zinky Blue Velvet 25W. Full of tasty vintage tubes. Just an awesome sounding amp. Sometimes I just can't believe it's only a 1 x 12.
Barber Tone Press provides superb compression. Marshall Jackhammer pedal for a boost. Vox Tonelab SE in the FX loop for time-based effects.
It's all I need.
I feel so blessed that the Lord has allowed me to play such a great setup.
It's a great church rig too. Light and easy to transport. Great tone at low volume too. Everyone's happy.

Bless you all, folks.

Alan

PraiseCaster · February 5th, 2007, 12:25 PM

OK, here are some updated photo's of my rig:

Thats my hotrodded Pignose G40V, my LP, and my Partscaster.

My effects.

Close up of my LP and Partscaster

DamnYankee · April 3rd, 2007, 05:53 PM

Hello all,
My first post here. Great forum. I love the fact that there is a worship band section. This is my "low dough rig". It's cheap stuff but it sounds good and gets the job done.

Brian Krashpad · April 5th, 2007, 11:42 AM

Welcome aboard DY and afbr242! Re the latter: we'll need PICs!

andy__woods · April 5th, 2007, 12:01 PM

I'm very grateful that there is a corner of the board for us church players too! Here are some shots from the church I lead at. I don't have a good all encompassing gear shot, so I'll post a couple.

I was actually soundman on this day, but normally I'm the one with the acoustic (yea, she's playing a Ric!):

Here for a larger shot: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...4253309&size=l

I was here for this one, with my Tele!

Larger shot: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...57594241390408

I could post more, but those are pretty good for now. You can find plenty more at either of those flickr sites

tom grossheider · April 6th, 2007, 09:37 AM

Welcome to the new folks!! I only have one electric left, and it IS a TELE!

HD S90 pickup in the bridge and a 70s Gibson minibucker in the neck. Modded Champ head on a ported 1x12 cab, various effects. Been playing more bass lately, so I picked up a Fender Rosco Beck V, played thru a DI. I'll post some pics later. I see some nice setups here, very cool.

hotraman · April 6th, 2007, 03:01 PM

Very nice pictures!
Its great to see what others have.
Take a look at my website www.stevehotra.com
to see what I have!.
All of us have been blessed, wouldn't you say?

LesPaulGuy · April 15th, 2007, 12:09 AM

Here's what I've got set up at our church. The amp is the church's Vox 50w Valvetronix that stays onstage. We just bring our boards & guitar and plug 'er in. I am very impressed by the amp, but a little too complicated for my liking. I takes quite a while to find "your" settings after having it used for a couple of weeks by the others in the rotation. I have placed the monitor directly underneath the amp, as this works fairly well since we use e-drums and having them high in the mix is important.

Preacher · April 17th, 2007, 06:14 PM

Guitar4Him, greetings from another Forum!!!

I was interested in all of you guys having your amps onstage. I have run it both ways in the past. From soung guy to musician I have hated having amps on stage. From playing in a 700 seat auditorium to a 120 seat forum the amps always ruled the roost over the main PA's. Even with them facing backward, the reflection always affected the balance. At this point in time we are running two keyboards, 5 vocalist, 1 bass, an electric and acoustic and a set of acoustic drums. And I find myself lost in the mix sometimes. I would love to have myself an amp aimed at my head so I can here "me", but then I will kill the acoustic chap, and then the bass player wants an amp and then we have all out stage war.
Suggestions?

Guitar4Him · April 17th, 2007, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Preacher

Guitar4Him, greetings from another Forum!!!

What other forum do you know me from?

hotraman · April 18th, 2007, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Preacher

Guitar4Him, greetings from another Forum!!!

I was interested in all of you guys having your amps onstage. I have run it both ways in the past. From soung guy to musician I have hated having amps on stage. From playing in a 700 seat auditorium to a 120 seat forum the amps always ruled the roost over the main PA's. Even with them facing backward, the reflection always affected the balance. At this point in time we are running two keyboards, 5 vocalist, 1 bass, an electric and acoustic and a set of acoustic drums. And I find myself lost in the mix sometimes. I would love to have myself an amp aimed at my head so I can here "me", but then I will kill the acoustic chap, and then the bass player wants an amp and then we have all out stage war.
Suggestions?

Preacher;
Its very tough.
I play with a wireless guitar and vocal headset so I can go hear what we sound like. We run our worship service a little on the loud side.
My amp is a Atomic, which is enclosed, not open backed. And I use it as a foldback monitor.
We've decided to purchase a Clear Sonic drum enclosure to get our drums balanced. Its a lot of work, but worth the effort.
All of us have decided to turn down and learn to play with dynamics.
Its a work in progress.

Preacher · April 18th, 2007, 11:25 AM

Guitar4Him Quote:
Originally Posted by Preacher
Guitar4Him, greetings from another Forum!!!

What other forum do you know me from?

From that nice Red machine in your avatar...Black is fastest though...

rhino · June 29th, 2007, 11:29 PM

Was reading through the section and saw this thread. Thought it time to post. I use the guitars and pedal board every week (Wed, Sat, Sun), but the amp is reserved for outside gigs and the "other" band...

LesPaulGuy · July 3rd, 2007, 02:48 PM

Rhino-

Awesome setup you have! I love those old Marshalls, in any condition. I used to use my Silver Jubillee combo onstage until we got a house amp.

Is that a JTM 45 head, or what? The new 2061X heads look mighty attractive to me now, but my latest LP addition has depleted my gear budget for a while.

Is that a Scuderia Ferrari badge I see on the Tele? Forza Ferrari!!

aznrambo481 · July 3rd, 2007, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guitar4Him

umm... what kinda coffee is that?
You know, sitting in the thermos next to that big box with the knobs...

January 28th, 2007, 10:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Guitar4Him Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burlington, NC Age: 55 Posts: 169	Show Us Your Stage Gear I did a search and couldn't find a thread like this so...... Took some pics of my stage setup recently and thought I'd post them. If you have similar pics, please post them so we can all get some ideas. I play guitar and keyboards. My setup consists of: Crate Palomino V32 Boss BCB 60 with 2 Zendrives, DD-20, FX-17, TU-2 Roland XP-50 (Keyboard) Roland VK-8M (Hammond B3 emulator) Fender KX-100 (Keyboard Amp) Depending on the situation, I also use a Roland VG-8 and a Roland GR-33. The keyboard, Hammond module, VG-8 and GR-33 each go into a compressor/limiter and then, into the submixer. From the submixer, a single mono feed goes to the keyboard amp and a single mono feed goes to the FOH (main mixing board). The guitar magnetics go through a wireless unit which feeds the pedalboard. The output of the pedalboard goes to the guitar amp which is miked with a Shure SM-58. Three of my guitars have piezo bridges. If I'm needing "acoustic" sounds from them, or, if I use my acoustic guitar, I run a separate cable from the guitar to the submixer. When I'm onstage, I feel like I'm "standing in the control room." Here's the pics. Please overlook the lighting in the pictures...it wasn't too good. __________________ Ken MySpace Gibson ES-335, Godin LGXT, Fender American Standard Telecaster, PRS EG-1 with Graphtech Ghost System, Alvarez-Yairi Acoustic-Electric Crate Palomino V32 Boss BCB 60 with Klon, Zendrive, DD-20, FX-17, TU-15 Roland VG-8, Roland GR-1, Roland GR-33 Roland XP-50, Roland VK-8M, Fender KX-100 Maestro Boomerang

February 2nd, 2007, 10:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Brian Krashpad Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GVL FLA USA Posts: 613 39 Photos	This is a pic of my typical rig at the church I played at for the last decade or so (just left and looking for a new church): The guitars change weekly at my whim and caprice as I have a passel of them and like to rotate them. Since I play guitar on some songs and bass on others, instead of using a guitar or bass head, I used the little PA head pictured, something the church had lying around unused. That way I could leave the bass plugged into one channel and the guitar plugged into a separate one, so I didn't have to be unplugging and re-plugging in, every time I switched instruments. The cab is an old Laney 4x12 guitar cab of mine. Normally not a good thing to play bass through a guitar cab, but at the low volume we played at it wasn't a prob. I left the cab at the church 24/7 so I only had to bring in my guitars and effects rather than set up from scratch every week. I never bothered mic'ing or going direct to the house PA. I figured that way the people who like guitar can sit on my side of the church and those that don't can sit over on the far side and hear less of me. It's not a big sanctuary so the rig itself was enough. __________________ Visit Crash Pad at: http://go.to/CrashPad http://www.myspace.com/CrashPad Gear List/Pics: http://www.geocities.com/bkrashpad/brian.html Read a review: http://www.ink19.com/issues/july2002.../crashPad.html Side Bands: http://www.myspace.com/HoytAndTheHotHeads http://www.myspace.com/DynamiteCharade

February 2nd, 2007, 11:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
wierdOne Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Downtown Pensacola Florida... :) Age: 31 Posts: 952	uh.... guys..... I hate to be the whistle blower.... but... um.... Where are your TELES???????????? Are you just closet tele-players? Too embarrassed to come out and say to the world... "LOOK AT ME!!!! I DON'T NEED HUMBUCKERS, LOCKING TREMELO'S, OR A WHAMMY BAR!!!! I PLAY A TELECASTER AND I'M PROUD OF IT!!!!!" it's a shame there's such secrecy in your lives... __________________ 4 Amps, 3 Acoustics, 2 Tele's, 1 Beautiful Baby Girl Go play a Smith Custom Amplifier... you won't be sorry. www.whowell.org http://www.myspace.com/who_well

February 2nd, 2007, 11:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
BritishBluesBoy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Age: 40 Posts: 4,548 62 Photos	OK... here's some Tele's... http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/showp...0/ppuser/11772 And my beloved '77 Deluxe Reverb... http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/showp...0/ppuser/11772 __________________ BBB. Last edited by BritishBluesBoy; February 2nd, 2007 at 07:45 PM.

February 2nd, 2007, 07:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
wierdOne Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Downtown Pensacola Florida... :) Age: 31 Posts: 952	now that's better... carry on... __________________ 4 Amps, 3 Acoustics, 2 Tele's, 1 Beautiful Baby Girl Go play a Smith Custom Amplifier... you won't be sorry. www.whowell.org http://www.myspace.com/who_well

February 5th, 2007, 09:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
afbr242 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southampton, UK Age: 42 Posts: 7	G'day everyone. This is my first post here. Thought I'd introduce myself via my rig. It's pretty light and simple. I only play my tele (USA std). Don't feel the need for anything else. Amp is a Zinky Blue Velvet 25W. Full of tasty vintage tubes. Just an awesome sounding amp. Sometimes I just can't believe it's only a 1 x 12. Barber Tone Press provides superb compression. Marshall Jackhammer pedal for a boost. Vox Tonelab SE in the FX loop for time-based effects. It's all I need. I feel so blessed that the Lord has allowed me to play such a great setup. It's a great church rig too. Light and easy to transport. Great tone at low volume too. Everyone's happy. Bless you all, folks. Alan

February 5th, 2007, 12:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
PraiseCaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Whittier, California Posts: 4,310 16 Photos	OK, here are some updated photo's of my rig: Thats my hotrodded Pignose G40V, my LP, and my Partscaster. My effects. Close up of my LP and Partscaster __________________ Later! PraiseCaster Visit Guitarists Praise and Worship Forum!! Dance Like David, MySpace

April 3rd, 2007, 05:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
DamnYankee NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lincolnton, NC Age: 40 Posts: 1	Hello all, My first post here. Great forum. I love the fact that there is a worship band section. This is my "low dough rig". It's cheap stuff but it sounds good and gets the job done. Last edited by DamnYankee; June 19th, 2007 at 10:56 AM.

April 5th, 2007, 11:42 AM	#11 (permalink)
Brian Krashpad Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GVL FLA USA Posts: 613 39 Photos	Welcome aboard DY and afbr242! Re the latter: we'll need PICs! __________________ Visit Crash Pad at: http://go.to/CrashPad http://www.myspace.com/CrashPad Gear List/Pics: http://www.geocities.com/bkrashpad/brian.html Read a review: http://www.ink19.com/issues/july2002.../crashPad.html Side Bands: http://www.myspace.com/HoytAndTheHotHeads http://www.myspace.com/DynamiteCharade

April 5th, 2007, 12:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
andy__woods Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 23 Posts: 1,158 60 Photos	I'm very grateful that there is a corner of the board for us church players too! Here are some shots from the church I lead at. I don't have a good all encompassing gear shot, so I'll post a couple. I was actually soundman on this day, but normally I'm the one with the acoustic (yea, she's playing a Ric!): Here for a larger shot: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...4253309&size=l I was here for this one, with my Tele! Larger shot: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...57594241390408 I could post more, but those are pretty good for now. You can find plenty more at either of those flickr sites __________________ -- Andy "Woods" Crowder --

April 6th, 2007, 09:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
tom grossheider Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mokena, IL Posts: 730	Welcome to the new folks!! I only have one electric left, and it IS a TELE! HD S90 pickup in the bridge and a 70s Gibson minibucker in the neck. Modded Champ head on a ported 1x12 cab, various effects. Been playing more bass lately, so I picked up a Fender Rosco Beck V, played thru a DI. I'll post some pics later. I see some nice setups here, very cool.

April 6th, 2007, 03:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
hotraman Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Camas, WA Posts: 220	Very nice pictures! Its great to see what others have. Take a look at my website www.stevehotra.com to see what I have!. All of us have been blessed, wouldn't you say?

April 17th, 2007, 06:14 PM	#16 (permalink)
Preacher Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oklahoma Age: 40 Posts: 245	Guitar4Him, greetings from another Forum!!! I was interested in all of you guys having your amps onstage. I have run it both ways in the past. From soung guy to musician I have hated having amps on stage. From playing in a 700 seat auditorium to a 120 seat forum the amps always ruled the roost over the main PA's. Even with them facing backward, the reflection always affected the balance. At this point in time we are running two keyboards, 5 vocalist, 1 bass, an electric and acoustic and a set of acoustic drums. And I find myself lost in the mix sometimes. I would love to have myself an amp aimed at my head so I can here "me", but then I will kill the acoustic chap, and then the bass player wants an amp and then we have all out stage war. Suggestions? __________________ So many guitars... so little time.

April 18th, 2007, 11:25 AM	#19 (permalink)
Preacher Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oklahoma Age: 40 Posts: 245	Guitar4Him Quote: Originally Posted by Preacher Guitar4Him, greetings from another Forum!!! What other forum do you know me from? From that nice Red machine in your avatar...Black is fastest though... __________________ So many guitars... so little time.

June 29th, 2007, 11:29 PM	#20 (permalink)
rhino TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 21	Was reading through the section and saw this thread. Thought it time to post. I use the guitars and pedal board every week (Wed, Sat, Sun), but the amp is reserved for outside gigs and the "other" band...

July 3rd, 2007, 02:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
LesPaulGuy TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ventura, CA Age: 58 Posts: 86	Rhino- Awesome setup you have! I love those old Marshalls, in any condition. I used to use my Silver Jubillee combo onstage until we got a house amp. Is that a JTM 45 head, or what? The new 2061X heads look mighty attractive to me now, but my latest LP addition has depleted my gear budget for a while. Is that a Scuderia Ferrari badge I see on the Tele? Forza Ferrari!!