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Christian, husband, father, musician, and grassroots liturgical theologian. Every one of us carries a multitude of labels. Mine are a result of my faith, my love for the woman of my life, and my passion to see the gospel of Jesus Christ preached. This channel is mostly about my obsession with the electric guitar and how it relates to Christian worship ministry.
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True story- started in worship with an EVH crop circles, single humbucker, one volume knob, there's some magic in that simplicity. The Jacksons are really nice instruments, love the sounds you get out of both of them, great take on Lion and the Lamb!!
And as I learnt doing this video, I severely under-estimated the single humbucker, single volume knob setup! Thanks for the kind words! I had a blast playing something near and dear to my heart (2000's hard/punk/emo rock).
I recorded a stereo track with one pickup going to input 1 and another pickup going to input 2. In Logic I can see it recorded both tracks, but when I open Helix there is only one path. How did you get two paths?
Hi Steven, I'm trying to understand the issue. Do you mean you only have one signal path when you open Helix Native? If so, you could be in HX Stomp compatibility mode. Native can switch between two different setups, the full Helix with two signal paths, and HX Stomp which places the same 8-block limitation. It's a less resource-intensive mode and much easier to load multiple instances of Native that way.
I'm thinking about buying it, and it occurs to me to modify the decay and the mix a little to have a slightly drier tone, just a touch in the change. then I record it with Save Ass with the same name but adding modified . Then I configure the helix floor so that the first line of footswitches are presets and the second line is snap. That way when you have to use a drier tone you have the preset modified and when you want a wet tone you also have it available. What do you recommend I do, can I do it with this preset? the helix allows me to do it
Have you tried Anthony Grove's Helix preset? I think what you're looking for is an easy way to configure wetter and drier versions of the tone because he's wired snapshots specifically for that use. And I think he sounds more Bethel than Hislop's preset, to be honest. Check him out!
Does this preset allow you to adjust the mix of effects for each switch without affecting the rest of the snaps? For example . If in the dirty tones I don't want as much decay or mix and I modify it, can I make that change without affecting the decay or mix of the clean snap? 
Hi Javier, I think you can, since Hislop has mapped ambient mix to a footswitch and you can tailor the amount in a Snapshot. But his one footswitch assignment changes a LOT of things, so I'd make a copy of the preset and change things slowly. A lot of the parameters cascade into each other, so I prefer not touching the setup just because that's the way he intended it to sound.
Used relay g30 for years including multiple xmitters to the same receiver and never an issue. Idk if they still make it tho if it ever did finally die...
Wish I could pay a hacker to crack into my Stomp & delete 90% of the "amps" & add a feature to allow me to change all colors both on the Stomp & in HX Edit, to *one color* or whatever color i want.
I quote a line from Alien Vs Predator, “Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.” I too stick to three amp models but every once in a while I have a client or a production that needs something out of my wheelhouse (like a metal song).
Yes there’s minimal to negligible latency. I use the Kimafun almost on a daily basis on my recordings. Even if there is, it’s easy to fix a lagged recording in post.
I think there has been a major shift in worship practices, yes, towards Pentecostal-charismatic expressions, where liturgical observance is minimal. But even the most charismatic of the lot adhere to a structure introduced in the 19th century, so it’s not all bad historically speaking.
hi! this is one of the most recent video I found about the pod go, I'd like to ask: did they improved/got rid of the sound cut when you change patches?? thanks
Hi! Thanks for stopping by. No unfortunately preset spillover is not possible on the POD Go, and it probably won’t be due to processor limitations. Even the Helix has to sacrifice an entire chip (cutting your DSP and signal paths in half) to achieve this.
I’m trying it out on the Boss MS-3 but the effect is not as natural sounding as the Helix. But then again maybe the standalone effect is better than its emulation on the MS-3.
Thanks! I haven’t written full tabs for these though, I only write for the part needed for the Short (so it’s like 8 bars long maybe?). I’m happy to include the tab in my Free Pack on my Buy Me A Coffee page, do look out for it soon!
I own the guitar but with a floyd. Pickup selector is also switched (afterwards). Pickups are hot and loud. Very very dirty tones. Rock n roll maschine. First choice for rhythm and roll. Probably for lead parts I would go for another guitar.
Based on my memory of the pedal, it depends on whether the equipment downstream of the pedal can take such a hot signal. I’ve clipped FOH mixers before but that’s because they weren’t expecting that kind of level. After backing the gain down, the tone was alright.
The absolute most important thing is to have a sound technician who will include you in the mix! I have found when vocalists are mixed way too loud, the band sounds like it's playing a mile away which doesn't help the music. The sound person is the most important effect on your pedal board, otherwise it becomes pointless😂
Oh yeah, it’s a constant challenge everywhere! Some churches it’s like an acapella group mix with the vocals so loud and the band is essentially muted (but they don’t know they’re muted because they have individual in ear monitor mixes so they look really into the non-existent music)
One thing I do quite often is halve the BPMs of my delay when we do songs over 100 BPM. This allows me to still have a sound that is fitting within a mix, but avoids some crowding in the mix.
@@AllAboutWorshipGuitar I'm not smart enough to answer that question. I use a dd-500 set to either 8th for rhythm or dotted 8th for lead, then I turn the dial to set bpms, or tap them in. If that changes the subdivision then I'm fortunate it still plays nice in the mix.
Here are mine: - make sure your guitar is in tune - don’t be afraid to stop playing - make sure your in-ear mix is right - put you reverb mix on an expression pedal
Hi! Yes that’s possible. Each preset triggers a PC message (visible on the HX Stomp screen at the preset selection, not on the editor), which can be annoying when the Plethora switches to a board that you didn’t intend to switch to!
That’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it, no worries. If my MD thought it was too busy I’ll simplify but he was very happy with what I put on the table. Maybe the lesson is to over-train so you can scale back if need be.
The reason why you feel unfamiliar with the fretboard because you don't recognize notes on the fretboard or you don't practice enough. Those players who are proficient enough with guitar will instantly recognize notes on the fretboard.
My point was that I will practice with the same instrument during personal practice as with the team. Some people like me with very bad spatial depth perception get thrown off with small changes like different fretboard topography.
A gorgeous instrument all around with great tone palette. The tree of life was already featured in some of The ‘70s and ‘80s “more conservative” Ibanez models, it was great to see Ibanez bringing it back with the Jem.
Can you explain to me why worships guitar players all use so much fx (delay& reverb)? It takes up a lot of sonic space while at the same time there are so many other instruments and vocals.
I’m a worship lead guitar player and I use my amp settings for the delay and spring reverb I do use pedals but haven’t brought them to church yet but I do that to give the music for God more color and to compliment the singer and bass
Thanks for the responses from fellow musicians! I think it depends on the era. There was a time us church folks only had one delay on the board (DD-20 and the Nova Delay were THE hot pedals of the day). As music evolved, so did the influences that inspired the worship records, which followed pop music sensibilities (dreamy, mix-backward guitar parts that had heavy effects).
If you love your sound you will be inspired to play better. Most guitar players love the tonal possibilities that delay reverb and modulation give them and can enhance their musicality because they hear something that is pleasing. With that said, they still need to be used judiciously. Serve the song, serve the worship leader but ultimately serve Jesus with your best efforts.
For the clean songs. Acoustic carrys most of that. But the delays help sustain for soft songs. if you're only electric player. There's heaps of space to fill. The praise (or amped up songs) are usually more basic.
I found that by knowing your delay pedal really well could change the ambience & tone of your guitar so much. Couple that with overdrives and reverb, you can cover a lot of ground
You may not even need a reverb pedal! Some of these delays and their analog sound (eg Keeley Halo) can sound like a reverb with longer feedback and darker delay tones.
I'm a subscriber. Had to chuckle at the 2 Gtrs you used in ths vid. I have a PRS SE Custom 24, but don't use it that often. I also have a Gretsch 5420T. I mostly use a TELE Hybrid----3 pickups, 5-way switch with my POG GO. This Sunday, I will use the Tele for the back to back first 2 songs, both upbeat, then switch to the Gretsch during the announcements, as I capo songs 3 and 4, and also fingerpick those. Much better sound to fit those 2 songs. I ALWAYS preview what Gtr or Gtrs I will use during the week, or also do that at the practice session for the following Sunday if I want to try a different Gtr with a different tone/sound. SO I agree with you wholeheartedly on THAT point you made. At times, I can even switch to a different patch on my POD GO, and keep any secondary patch right below my main one for my TELE so I just need to move that knob once. Works out well that way. THANKS!
Thanks for subbing and for sharing! I LOVE Nashville Tele's, which sometimes sound more strat than a strat can be. Yes, biggest learning point for me, just use the same guitar as the rehearsal!
Tip 1 might be made even worse by modelers. You have access to a near infinite amount of combinations of amps and effects. I have to force myself to just use a few good presets as opposed to endlessly tweaking things and constantly changing blocks out.
I agree! But if you have the spare time for recreation of course it’s fun to scroll through the effects and their weird sounds haha. The guitarist version of doom-scrolling!
