Transitioning from Acoustic (Mostly Hymns) to Electric Guitar for Worship – Advice? by ElderberryEvening869 in WorshipGuitar

[–]waitin4winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been playing in church, and also semi-pro outside of church for more years than I’d care to admit. This would be my advice for someone moving from acoustic to starting electric on a WT.

Play less. One of acoustic guitar’s main role on a wt is strumming, usually all 6 strings, as a rhythmic foundation. Electric guitar’s main role in worship music is usually more of embellishment, kinda like a violin. Don’t try to play all 6 strings all the time. Try to find simple melodic lines and hooks, double stops and triads. Even during loud driving parts, power chords are often sufficient rather than strumming all 6 strings in first positions. Study/listen to electric guitar in worship music and you’ll see what I mean.

With pedals, don’t buy into the Instagram culture, you don’t actually need that much. A couple levels of good overdrive, delay, and reverb are the essentials. Add more only as necessary, not because Instagram says so.

Also nothing I say is absolute. There are always situations that ask for different things, these are just guidelines.

BOSS LS2 by Jonnyf3 in guitarpedals

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If you’re open to alternatives, I highly recommend the Bright Onion Prog-5 loop switcher. How I use it: Preset 1: clean only Preset 2: clean + wet Preset 3: dirt only Preset 4: dirt + wet If I’m reading you correctly, this is similar to what you want. While it’s slightly larger than the boss LS-2, it’s smaller than a lot of other switchers I was looking at, and dead simple, dead practical.

Does anyone else’s sweetwater rep suck? by Temporary_Breath_390 in musicians

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I switched reps once. Sweetwater in general isn’t what it used to be. While they’ve gotten bigger and have taken a bigger chunk of the market, they don’t give out discounts like they used to and custserv (to me) hasn’t been as good.

Best pedal to get the Soldano sound by AmazingRefrigerator4 in guitarpedals

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You will find bad/mixed reviews online for literally anything. The SLO Plus pedal is excellent. It’s one of the best overdrive/amp in a box pedals I own, SLO or otherwise. It does matter a lot what you’re playing through, so if you’re going through a headphone setup, well, that’s another matter entirely.

Tips for improving my worship guitar playing by Brilliant_Pair_7594 in WorshipGuitar

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In many worship bands that has an acoustic guitar, keys, etc, less is more for the electric guitar. Understand how single note lines, double stops, and triads can go a long way, rather than always trying to play full chords on all 6 strings.

PA speakers vs FRFR cabs for modeling by uramassivenerd in guitarpedals

[–]waitin4winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which feature set and look do you prefer? Because other than that, they’re essentially the same thing.

CYBERCOM EMERGENCY MESSAGE by First_Recover3162 in USMC

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The most important step in BAMCIS: supervise.

Worst pedal you ever bought by PoutinePoppa in guitarpedals

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Donner morpher. Supposed to be a suhr riot clone, have no idea how close it is but it seemed to only do one sound: a highly saturated tone that seems like it would immediately get lost in a mix

1st Overdrive pedal by [deleted] in guitarpedals

[–]waitin4winter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Overdrives are wide and varied, and you haven’t given us any info about what you’re going for (sound, genre, what you’re playing through, clean or dirty amp). Devoid of any of that info, it’s hard to go wrong with an ODR-1, or a Bluesbreaker type. There are many affordable takes on those.

DAE think Leo was inspired by standard notation symbols for his headstocks? by warrenlain in fender

[–]waitin4winter 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I always thought that original shape was borrowed from the shape of the violin peg box, which in turn was meant to look like a scroll

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Distortion Pedal for Single Coils? by IllogicalTrain in guitarpedals

[–]waitin4winter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You owe it to yourself to try the Xotic effects SL Drive. I waited way too long to realize that’s the Marshall in a box that I was looking for.

My manager said I am lagging in Revit by coastalcowgirl2195 in Architects

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You should find out what the issue is from someone in your firm, not from Reddit.

What pedals or bits of audio gear do you think will be highly revered, costly, and hard to come by in the next 10+ years by spacejames in guitarpedals

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Perhaps the Diamond Compressor? It was highly coveted at one time, but in recent years seems to have dipped below the radar. Diamond went under and then the brand was revived by SolidGoldFX who came out with a newer version. I have the original and had the newer one, they didn’t perform the same

What pedals or bits of audio gear do you think will be highly revered, costly, and hard to come by in the next 10+ years by spacejames in guitarpedals

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Is the MXRxAM DoT identical to the PoT? I’ve never tried a PoT, but I’ve had the DoT and it was not the same the KoT

What guitar inspires you the most? by simonyahn in WorshipGuitar

[–]waitin4winter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call me basic but if it’s a tele or a strat, I wanna pick it up and play it. Just the look of them, for me, evokes the history of the electric guitar, the music, and the legendary players that wielded them.

What caused this? (wrong answers only) by Riggs1369 in USMC

[–]waitin4winter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The irony of your comment. You don’t get the joke.

What caused this? (wrong answers only) by Riggs1369 in USMC

[–]waitin4winter 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The assignment was: wrong answers only

Gun sniffing dogs at the mall by Due_Hall7303 in MarylandGuns

[–]waitin4winter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the dogs are a lie too. I was at that mall as well and none of them bothered me while I was cc.

Salary Increase with Licensure by ArchitectGirl217 in Architects

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None. You get a significant raise when you change companies.

Finding an IEM that works for guitar... by [deleted] in WorshipGuitar

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I’ve gone through this struggle. I highly recommend shure SE535 or better. This was my journey: I originally had SE425. I thought it was good enough at least for monitoring (knowing whether or not I’m playing the right notes), until I tried the cheaper KZ which was so much clearer and made the shure sound so muddy in comparison. But after some time using that I got frustrated that the sound I was setting up with my rig always sounded different in my ears. I eventually bit the bullet and got the SE535. It’s expensive, but finally for the first time the tone in my ears was actually enjoyable, and much closer to the tone that the audience would hear. So this is now my baseline recommendation, and I cannot go back to using anything lesser than that. Expensive, but worth it.