So we have some new pictures up on our myspace and a secret video of a song we’ve got coming along. 
More often than not you will have someone asking, “Can you turn your amp down?” or stating “You’re amp is too loud”. This has also applied to bassist and drummers. Isolation is one of the most sought after applications for today’s churches. You find that even a lot of mainstream stages doing it as well. For example, internationally renowned country artist Keith Urban has 9 empty matchless dc30s with a 15 watt 1×12 Bogner cranked.
If you ever listen to Hillsong United live you’ll notice some spacey sounds going on with the electric guitar like “whale sounds”. Usually it takes some coordination between one or two guitarists or with a synth player. However, you can do a lot of this on your own for example Kenny Butler (Matt Maher www.mattmahermusic.com).
This next article on is on Delay. It’s meant for beginner to mid-level worship musicians. Advanced worship guitarists might benefit out of this too.
DL-4 Delay
Delay, as you know, replicates the initial sound and reprocesses it. You can usually dictate the amount of repeats (how many times the signal is processed again), the length inbetween each repeat, effect level (how loud the repeats are), and on more advanced delays add some modulation. Modulation adds either Chorus or Tremolo to the effect.
Every electric guitar player will employ the use of an overdrive or distortion pedal. It’s a signature sound of today’s music. In worship it gives a song some lift, edge, and excitement. There are also very many other techniques where you can employ overdrive like an ambient fuzzed droning type of sound. As guitar players we just know it’s a cool sound. Read more…
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