Can you
go through your setup a little bit and explain some of the effects
that you use.
I
USE A LEXICON MPX G 2 GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR AND I USE A JAM
MAN BY LEXICON FOR THE LOOPS. I ALSO USE A ELECTRO HARMONIX
ENVELOPE FILTER PEDAL, A WHAMMIE PEDAL BY DIGITECH AND AN ERNIE
BALL VOLUME PEDAL. |
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How come
your big Guild twelve strings get no feedback? I asked Billy
Nershi a similar question and he had no idea.
I
USE A FEEDBACK BUSTER, WHICH IS JUST A RUBBER PLUG FOR THE SOUND
HOLE |
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I'm a guitar
player, and for loops i use a line 6 delay modeler...What kind
of loop sampler do you use?
JAM
MAN |
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When you
tap the guitar to get some percussion sounds, where do you hit
it?
I
HAVE A PICK UP CALLED A JOHN PIERCE, ITS A PIEZO, WHICH REALLY
IS JUST LIKE A CIRCLE WITH SOME WIRES COMING OFF OF IT AND IT
IS STUCK TO THE INSIDE OF MY GUITAR, WHEN I TAP DIRECTLY ON
IT, IT CAN SOUND LIKE A KICK DRUM |
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What’s
the deal with the ten string?
IT’S
A REGULAR 12 WITH 2 STINGS MISSING (THE OCTAVE LOW E AND ONE
OF THE HIGH E'S) |
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What’s
the deal with your new (relatively) eight string Charlie Hunter
thing?
THE
MAKER (GORDON ANDERSON ) APPROACHED ME WITH IT (SEVERAL TIMES)
AND IT LOOKED DIFFERENT AND COOL. IT’S A COMPLETE MONSTER
TO PLAY, THATS WHY I NAMED IT "ZILLA". I HAVE HAD IT FOR ALMOST
A YEAR AND I AM JUST STARTING TO GET THE HANG OF IT. CHARLIE
TUNES HIS 3 BASS STRINGS AND 5 GUITAR STRINGS, I TUNE MINE 2
BASS STRINGS AND 6 GUITAR STRINGS, SO MINE WOULD BE E THROUGH
E, LIKE A REGULAR GUITAR AND THEN A LOW B AND A LOW E. ITS GREAT
FOR BAR CHORDS. |
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How many
loops can u set up to go at one time?
A
MILLION. MY UNIT IS SET UP AS A LAYERING DEVICE, SO I
CAN JUST KEEP ADDING AND LAYERING. THE LOOPS MOST RECENTLY
PLAYED WILL BE THE LOUDEST AND THE FIRST ONES WILL EVENTUALLY
DISAPPEAR. HOWEVER, I USUALLY DON'T GO MUCH PAST SIX LAYERS
AT ONCE. |
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I
only saw your shows at Rockingham Dragway, NC and at Guildford
college in Greensborro,NC opening for Acoustic Syndicate, is
the boomerang loop pedal being used in more crazy ways, or are
you moving in another direction with a more "natural" sound?
I
AM USING A JAM MAN BY LEXICON WHICH IN MY OPINION IS CLEANER
THAN THE BOOMERANG, BUT LESS ACCESSIBLE THAN THE BOOMERANG. I
DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM GOING UNTIL I GET THERE |
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Saw you
at the vineyard near Santa Barbara last year, looking forward
to the gig at SOHO. I should have paid more attention to your
rig. Saw the JamMan and the Guild FX12. What effects are you
running that through? I hear what sounds like a flanger, but
never saw you messing around too much with any pedals except
the JamMan controller. Have you seen/tried/heard the Gibson
Digital Echoplex? Seems to have plenty of features over and
above the famed Jam Man.
THE
FLANGE IS COMING FROM A PEAVY DELTA - FEX RACK MOUNT UNIT, WHICH
IS GOING INTO AN AUX SEND ON MY SOUNDBOARD. I DON'T TAP
ANY FOOT PEDALS TO GET THAT SOUND, BUT I FIDGET WITH SOME FADERS.
YES, I THINK THE GIBSON DIGITAL ECHOPLEX USED TO BE MADE BY
OBERHEIM AND GOT BOUGHT OUT, IF THATS TRUE, THEN I'VE HEARD
ITS THE DEAL...... |
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What kind
of Guitars do you use?
GUILD,
ALVAREZ, GORDON ANDERSON, RICK TURNER, FENDER, TACOMA
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What's your
live setup like (gear-wise)?
I
JUST RUN DIRECT INTO A ALLEN AND HEATH 16 CHANNEL SOUNDBOARD,
I USE A JAM MAN FOR THE LOOPS, A LEXICON GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR,
AND AUDIX MICROPHONES |
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What kind
of amplification system do you use?
I
PLUG DIRECTLY INTO MY SOUNDBOARD AND THEN MY SOUNDBOARD GOES
DIRECTLY INTO WHATEVER CLUB'S SOUNDBOARD. I NEVER REALLY LIKED
ACOUSTIC GUITARS RUNNING THROUGH AMPS, THATS THE BEAUTY OF ACOUSTIC
GUITARS, YOU DON'T NEED AMPS. |
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What different
effects do you use?
I
USE AN ENVELOPE FILTER PEDAL, A WHAMMY PEDAL ( WHICH ALSO DOES
PITCH SHIFTING), A LEXICON GUITAR PROCESSOR, WHICH HAS ALOT
OF DIFFERENT EFFECTS. I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT A
ROLAND GUITAR SYNTH, SO PREPARE FOR SOME DIFFERENT SOUNDS.
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