Stuff You Can’t Do With an M13 → pedalboard-2-22-10-4
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- Message Board – Music Discussion - (2) A catch-all for anything music-related. New bands, old bands, who did the song on the latest Top Gear episode... 34 years ago
- Tone, Tapas, & Tape Measures (Except Not the Last Two) (29) The single, biggest improvement to my tone has been giving the amp more headroom and lightening my touch. I can never figure out if my […] 1 month ago
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AC Power Cable Shootout (28)
With all this talk of amp tone, and the current amp shootouts that are always taking place both on this blog and in my mind, I've realized […]
3 years ago
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Blind Speaker Shootout!!! Celestion Blue, G12H30, & Scumback Scumnico (17)
(Those are speakers lying there. Mostly new Fender's.)
Speakers are one of the most important parts of your sound, as they turn the […]
1 year ago
- Worship, the Holy Spirit, & Emotionalism (41) It's Sunday morning. The worship is flowing. Which of course follows that the delay must be flowing. The led lights fade to a soft blue a […] 1 year ago
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- Damage Control Timeline Review and Demo (188) I keep getting questions about what the big green pedals on my board are. And since they're kind of an under-the-radar pedal, I figured I'd […] 4 years ago
- Strymon Timeline First Impressions (161) Like Barry Zuckercorn. It's very good. ANOTHER NEW EDIT: The newest firmware update addresses the issue of not being able to write […] 1 year ago
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It’s Time…Cloning Pedals (133)
So I'm gonna be real honest here: I've shied away from this topic for a long time because it's so polarizing. And I want you guys to like […]
1 year ago
- I Know it was You, Line 6 (118) So...I'm pretty vocal about my stance of not liking digital modeling. In fact, I think that with every fake amp you buy, you're funding the […] 2 years ago
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We Interrupt our Regularly Scheduled Broadcasting for… (115)
Timeline 2???!!!
We've got midi! We've got 5 jacks! Possibly the 5th for an external footswitch for more options? And we've got a […]
2 years ago
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The Tone Journey & The Less Cool Pedalboard (112)
I was trying to wait until the Timeline was finished being repaired, the Prairiewood had a new neck, and I bought another Hartman. I guess […]
2 years ago
- You Know You’re a Hipster Worship Guitarist When… (111) And I can say these things because I am a worship guitarist, and a lot of these are true about me. That's the rule; you're allowed to make […] 1 year ago
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Killing the Blog (111)
My last two posts committed two of the cardinal blogging sins: promote your own music, and alienate your target audience.
So I […]
1 year ago
- Pedaltrain, Michael Mann, & ’60′s Guitar Tone (105) So...here's some stuff. Also, every person who comments in this thread is automatically entered into a drawing for a free Herdim pick that […] 2 years ago
- Boss DD20 Vs. Damage Control Timeline (100) Well my Timeline is officially back, which means the world is welcome to start turning again. And with the official announcement of the new […] 2 years ago
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Behold…the Awful Price of Not Liking Line 6 (or New Pedal Armoire from Brady Cases) (99)
I hate big pedalboards. No, really. You walk into a gig with a big pedalboard, more than one amp, or more than two guitars, and two things […]
1 year ago
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Stuff You Can’t Do With an M13 (99)
You can't take this...
...and make this:
And how can the afore-mentioned 'this' in the second picture, not be fun. For me, […]
3 years ago
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Outlawed Tunes on Outlawed Pipes (94)
I've just turned in my resignation to Gear Page. It's an unwritten rule that to resign as a gear junkie, or from any one of many […]
2 years ago
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I Feel a Great Disturbance in the Force (92)
As if millions of blue led's suddenly cried out in terror............and then all was silent.
And you know The Force? That binds the […]
2 years ago
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The Edge Vs. Lincoln Brewster (90)
hehehe Can't believe I'm doing this. Alright. Very rarely does a comment reply become a blog post; but this stuff kicks around in my head a […]
3 years ago
- Ambient Pad Setup (89) After the last Guitar for Worship Workshop, I got a ton of questions on how I run the 'ambient pad' that goes along underneath what my […] 3 years ago
- Kitsch, Klon’s, & Khloe (88) I was in the gym the other day, bench-pressing my earth-shattering 33 pounds, and a show I did not know existed was on the television. I […] 1 year ago
- Using Delay in Modern Music (87) There is over an hour's worth of delay here. Overkill? In one way, yes. But in another way, a way I like to call the right way, no. How can […] 3 years ago
- Message Board – Your Rig - (84) Post them. Love them. (To post photos, upload your photo Photobucket, and then paste the HTML code here.) 35 years ago
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Guitar Tone Part 1: The Importance of a Good Instrument (82)
And into guitar tone; in the purest sense of the word. Not the tone of your overall rig, but the tone of your instrument itself. We've kind […]
4 years ago
- Musical Loveliness (Or Something Less Feminine) (82) I love music. Music, music, music. Here it goes down. Down into my heart. Or, pretend there was no introduction to this post. That may […] 2 years ago
- The Never Ending Search for Tone (81) Changed my strings and felt like I had bought a new guitar. Once again. Why is that so hard to learn? Oh, because it means I didn't get […] 2 years ago
- Dude, Have You Ever Heard of Line 6? (79) Ah. My favorite comment. I get this about once every couple of months. Just got another one on youtube. Incredibly kind, well-meaning folks […] 2 years ago
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Gear, Rig, & Pedalboard Update – with Ambient Walk-Through (78)
Took me a while, but it's finally done. And in that spirit, I won't bore you with some long intro making fun of Kurt Russell in Soldier. […]
1 year ago
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Gear Update (77)
There was going to be an intro here but nothing sounded funny.
So this is my new intro. James Franco taking himself awesomely […]
2 years ago
- Worship Leading Choose Your Own Ending (Part 2) (77) You chose '(F) Chuckle Openly.' (And if you have no idea what is going on, this is the second part of a series started here, where you […] 3 years ago
- Epiphone Valve Jr…There Is No Possible Way This Amp Should Sound Like This (76) This is the third time I have owned a Valve Jr. (I know, I know. There are reasons...none of them good ones, but at least I can make myself […] 2 years ago
- Saturday Night Live & Worship Leading (74) I'm not sure how many of you caught the awkwardness a few weeks ago that was Arcade Fire on SNL. Now let me clarify; I really, really like […] 2 years ago
- Liturgical (74) I guess 'liturgical' is the new word for 'Christian' when used in a musical context. As in, 'liturgical post-grunge' or 'liturgical […] 2 years ago
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Why Effects and Rigs are Necessary Part 1: That Guy (73)
The other night, instead of this...
...I used this...
And I learned a ton from The Riglet. And not what I thought I was going […]
2 years ago
- Commentary on Anything and Everything (73) Remember when it actually look at lot of work and expertise to get published? Now you just need a keyboard and an email address, and you […] 1 year ago
- Do You Really Need a Pedalboard That Big? (70) Yes. Splendid. Karl. 1 year ago
- Half Power Switches (67) ...are best when off. Got to play an outdoor deal today using all 4 EL84 tubes for the first time in a long time. And it was lovely. […] 1 year ago
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Good Tone Vs. Bad Tone Vs. Great Tone (As Well as Strymon and DC Timeline’s, Godin, & New Music) (66)
I just realized that the two amps I currently use are pretty much as far apart on the boutique/coolness/pricey spectrum as they come: […]
1 year ago
- The Tone You Learn the Hard Way (65) Just another compilation of tone tips. Use them. Love them. Why is John Mayer wearing a stetson. On most momentary tap tempo […] 12 months ago
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Give the Gift of Tone (64)
If you do not currently have a wife or girlfriend this Valentine's Day, it can only be because you do not own one of these:
Own one […]
2 years ago
- Not You (64) Ever had a team member suggest a song that you knew would never work, and then it totally goes off? Twice? More confirmation that I do not […] 2 years ago
- Is Praise and Worship a Genre? (63) Sorry, The Gear Page is down, and I just couldn't help myself. The world dies a little bit when there are no gear websites discussing this […] 10 months ago
- Digitech Jamman Delay Review (62) No. Splendid. Karl. 2 years ago
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My Board is Getting Too Heavy (61)
I have been told this day would come. That one day I would tire of lugging four amps, two pedalboards, and 5 guitars, to every service, […]
3 years ago
- Rococo (61) I'll just be honest...I don't know where this is going, or what I'm writing...just using some big words I don't understand. Like 'harmonic […] 2 years ago
- Is Guitar Center Even Trying Anymore? (60) I need strings. Guitar Center, $5, done. Sure, you can get them for $4 online, but at that low of a price, I like to just get them right […] 3 years ago
- The Pilgrimage: John Mayer Concert Review, Heat, Usual Suspects, Matchless Independence, & for Some Reason Orlando Bloom (60) This is the account of the next concert pilgrimage. Edge Watch 2009 was gorgeous, and as we wait for June to bring Edge Watch 2010: the […] 3 years ago
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Sixteen of the Simplest Ways Ever to Have Great Worship Music (60)
I'm in no way an authority on this, but here's a few things that I've learned, observed, and failed at, over the last decade or so. (My dad […]
1 year ago
- Do You Confess (59) I haven't bought a new pedal in two months. I've played the same main amp for three years. I haven't bought a new guitar in eleven […] 6 months ago
- Coming Clean (58) Lately, I've found myself getting ripped off. I'll find myself quoted somewhere on the internet without the use of, well, a quotation; […] 2 years ago
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Guitar Tone Part 4: Pickups (58)
Guess I'm keeping with the theme of posts that have been a long time coming. I was going to do a Tim demo, but after listening back to the […]
3 years ago
- Scumnico, Twin Peaks, & David Gilmour (58) So...practice helps. Been watching Twin Peaks and it is fantastic. In the weirdest way possible. I need more fuzz pedals, preferably […] 1 year ago
- Worship Musician Safari Bingo (58) If you're visiting a new church this weekend, chances are you might find yourself awkwardly standing off in a corner somewhere pretending […] 1 year ago
- Enjoying a Behringer RV600…it is Officially the Apocalypse (58) See, I think it's the names of these boutique pedals. Radical Red Reverberator. Now that's like, really retro-classy cool. Reverb Machine? […] 2 years ago
