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The following is a list of the equipment that I use on stage during my performances along with links to tell you a bit more about the stuff. Click in the links and check it out.
Alvarez AD60ck Acoustic Electric Guitar.
I used to have a Washburn EA-20k guitar made of Koa Wood. I loved it until it got stolen back in 2007. I replaced it with the Alvarez AD60ck Acoustic Electric Guitar. It's not Koa wood but it looks like Koa. What sold me on this guitar was the fact that I could add a condenser microphone on the inside of the guitar and plug it directly into the preamp. That allows me to mix the sound of the under the saddle pickup with the sound of the condenser mic. The preamp has a built in tuner as well. I wrote a review on this guitar. You can take a look and read it by clicking here.
Behringer PMH2000 Powered 10 Channel Mixer
This is a decent mixer. It throws 250 watts out of the left and 250 watts out of the right side which is plenty for the rooms that I play. It has built in effects but I only use the reverb on the "room" setting. One thing I don't dig about it though is that it only has "speakon" type outputs for the speakers. I would prefer 1/4" outputs. I wrote a review on this unit. Feel free to read it by clicking here.
Two Behringer E1220 Loudspeakers on Stands
I like these speakers. You won't break your back carrying them around and they project very well. They sport a 12" speaker and a horn for the highs. I can play a room pretty loud if I have to with these things. They're shaped in a way where you can also use them for a floor monitor as well. They handle 400 watts peak power and that's plenty for the rooms that I play. The negative is that you have only "speakon" type connections just like the mixer. (sigh)
A Digitech Vocalist Live 3 Vocal Harmonizer
I love this thing. It's amazing. I plug my guitar in this unit and then our to the mixer, I plug my micorphone in the unit and then out to the mixer. When I hit the switch while playing, the Digitech Vocalist Live 3 listens to the chords I'm playing on my guitar and makes a harmony to my vocal when I sing. It can do a 3rd or a 5th above and below. Two at a time. No programming needed or knowledge of music theroy. You shoud see the looks I get from the audience when they hear two invisable people singing harmony with me. It's priceless. I wrote a review on this unit. You can take a look at it by clicking here.
See? My setup is pretty simple. As complicated as my shows may sound, they're not at all. I'm set up in about 30 to 45 minutes depending on how far of a trip it is to unload and bring the stuff in and I'm tore down and packed up in about 20 to 30 minutes. A big change from the days when I was in a band with two bass bins, two big speakers on top of those, four monitors, all guitar amps and drums were miked, lights, fog machines, and lazers. Sometimes I miss being in a band, then I remember the two hour setup times and the 90 minute teardown times.
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