Listening, playing and writing music is a huge part of my life! I listen to mostly rock and blues, but like most everything else (except easy listening and rap). I have been playing guitar for 12 years. However, I have only recently begun to advance in my playing. That can be accreditted to my joining one of the bands from my church, Spirit Garage. I have been with Revealed for 2 years.
I currently own three guitars:
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- Fender Stratocaster
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- Washburn WI14
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- Art & Luthrie acoustic
My amp is a Fender Princeton 65 with an onboard DSP, which I usually keep set to reverb.
I am a pedal junkie! On my effects board you will find the following:
- Boss Tuner
- Ernie Ball Volume
- Boss Modeling Wah
- MXR micro amp
- Maxon D&S distortion/sustain pedal
- Ibanez ToneLok Tubescreamer
- Boss Acoustic Simulator
- Moen Shaky Jimi vibrato
- Boss Super Chorus
- Ibanez ToneLok Phaser
- Boss Tremolo
- Boss Flanger
- Line 6 Echo Park delay (small stomp box style)
- Boss EQ
- Double foot switch for the amp channels and effects
I had to build a bigger board to fit everything!
I am also a songwriter. I have written 5 songs for Revealed and Spirit Garage. These musicians are some of my many influences:
Default, Sevendust, Fuel, Jerry Cantrell, Indigenous, Madder Rose, Jim Wilson (Rollins Band, Mother Superior), Alanis Morissette, Oleander, Kerns and the Hemispheres, Alter Bridge, Chris Daughtry, Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe/solo)
