So, after an hour playing with a GR-33, and realising that my technique (after a decade of playing with my fingers as Lindsay in Fleetfoot Mike) really wasn’t as sloppy as I thought, Chris (whose GR-33 it was) suggested I borrow it and his Godin, and use it in the show. Which would be fine for the ‘extra synth lines’ problem, but was still going to require some form of multi-effects/amp sim for the various guitar sounds I needed.

Time to do some research… Continue reading →

So: the bare bones of the problem.

Next year, I am going to be (almost certainly) playing in the pit band (and MDing) for a musical I helped cowrite. It’s only been performed once before, and the pit band was me (elecrtic guitar), acoustic guitar, keys+flute, bass and drums. Reviewing the video/audio prior to next year’s performance, it’s pretty clear that:

1. we often need two electric guitars
2. we often need two acoustic guitars
3. less often, we  need two keyboard players

Which led me to thinking, what rig should I use? Continue reading →