ToneShapers | 7 years ago

We've had a number of comments about adding lav mics. We used to use lav mics, but this vid was shot with two Sennheiser shotgun mics suspended from the ceiling (we're not using the camera mics). We're going to move the shotguns to the floor to get them closer to the speakers, this should fix the issue.

In this episode, we talk about the Burns UK Brian May guitar, with some emphasis on illustrating the difference between series and parallel guitar wiring. We also explore the pros and cons of the new Dry n’ Glide product from Graph Tech Guitar Labs, which is designed to help mitigate friction caused by sweaty hands, a topic of some interest here on the East Coast. And we do a little playing, of course.

GuitarGuys is a web show hosted by Dave Scott & George Ellison, featuring gear information and commentary, but interspersed with as much guitar playing as we can get in! Are you a GuitarGuy? Then join the club and subscribe! (GuitarGals welcome too!)

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Dave Scott is a pro player who possesses many skills, all of which he performs at a very high level. He is a nice guy, and seriously funny, especially when he’s had a few beers, at which times he also gets pretty smiley.

George Ellison is a former guitar tech and is also a guitar player. He knows a few things about guitars, so we let him be in the videos.

Scott Leslie is our at-large producer, and Ben Gillis is our camera operator.

Finally, if you’ve read this far then we know you’re a gear head, so we’ll tell you what was used in this video, because we know you’re probably wondering:

RIG 1
Guitar
TC Electronic Polytune 3
Fulltone Deja Vibe
Analog Man TS9
BAE Audio Hot Fuzz
Catalinbread Semaphore (tremolo)
TC Electronic Nova Delay
Pedaltrain Classic 2 / Strymon Zuma
Fender Vibrolux Reverb

RIG 2
Guitar
TC Electronic Polytune 2
TC Helicon Play Electric (vocal effects only)
Strymon Sunset (overdrive)
Crazy Tube Circuits Starlight Fuzz
Loop Send
Electro Harmonix C9 Organ
Strymon El Capistan (delay)
Strymon Flint (reverb/tremolo)
TC Electronic Ditto X2 Looper
Loop Return
Friedman Tour Pro 1525 / Pedal Power 4x4
Dr Z Maz 18 Jr.

This is GuitarGuys episode #2, recorded 8/15/2017.