Gospel & Praise Break Guitar

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I played in church back in the early 90's and some church goers thought my Gibson SG was the devil's guitar and said I should stop playing it because, because...whack jobs if you ask me.


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For those who may be interested in this type of guitar playing and Gospel guitar in general, there are some groups that feature guitar (usually a Strat type guitar); YouTube has videos up for The Canton Spirituals featuring Duane Watkins on guitar. Another such group that highlights the playing of the late Robert “Sugar” Hightower is Slim And The Supreme Angels. Both groups are great examples of very tight ensemble playing and the Stratocaster seems to be just perfect when it comes to pushing the music along.


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While I agree the guitar player is talented, that was way to fast and busy for me. I could not listen to it for a full minute.
The backing track was just driving me crazy. I'll take slow blues for $1000 Alex...
 
Sp8ctre said:
While I agree the guitar player is talented, that was way to fast and busy for me. I could not listen to it for a full minute.
The backing track was just driving me crazy. I'll take slow blues for $1000 Alex...
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True, it is not everone's cup of tea, it's part the overall aspect of Gospel and celebration music. It has to be taken in context with the rest of the music in the entire genre. There's another term for it where the pace is slowed down; “pocket” guitar or “quartet” guitar. I belonged to a college ensemble many years ago where I my guitar (electric) was the only instrument in a four and five voices group. We performed Gospel and some folk music as it tuned out, I discovered years later that I probably was playing that style of rhythm guitar and wasn't even aware of it?!


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Stratstrangler said:
True, it is not everone's cup of tea, it's part the overall aspect of Gospel and celebration music. It has to be taken in context with the rest of the music in the entire genre. There's another term for it where the pace is slowed down; “pocket” guitar or “quartet” guitar. I belonged to a college ensemble many years ago where I my guitar (electric) was the only instrument in a four and five voices group. We performed Gospel and some folk music as it tuned out, I discovered years later that I probably was playing that style of rhythm guitar and wasn't even aware of it?!


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I was tapped in 2011 for a praise team from a street performance with a metal band on Main Street in Visalia, California. I started out in the youth ministry playing tunes by "Fireflight" and other heavier bands. They eventually switched me to the Saturday and Sunday Services. at the rate of $14.00/hour, and I eventually took on the Wednesday evening services too...
 
Robert Herndon said:
I was tapped in 2011 for a praise team from a street performance with a metal band on Main Street in Visalia, California. I started out in the youth ministry playing tunes by "Fireflight" and other heavier bands. They eventually switched me to the Saturday and Sunday Services. at the rate of $14.00/hour, and I eventually took on the Wednesday evening services too...
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Robert, what was your equipment for guitar and amp back then?



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Stratstrangler said:
Robert, what was your equipment for guitar and amp back then?



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On their team, I was using a Schecter C1 Hellraiser (with Hellraiser covered on the truss rod cover with black tape) with my 1997 Marshall VS265 2X12 Stereo Chorus Combo amp with a DD-3 Delay...
The only guy on the worship team without a guitar-case sized pedal board....

Here's a photo of my rig from the venue in 2011 while it was still under construction:

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WavMixer said:
Hellraiser! :pound-hand::rolf:
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SHHHH!!!!!

LOL!!! :-)

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It was a great and reliable guitar, but the EMG's were sterile - and sterility is a good thing on a praise and worship team because the sound is so heavily painted with effects, you never hear any of the guitar's character - but I wanted more character and. thus far, only Thro-Bak's SLE-101's have given me that....
 
Robert Herndon said:
On their team, I was using a Schecter C1 Hellraiser (with Hellraiser covered on the truss rod cover with black tape) with my 1997 Marshall VS265 2X12 Stereo Chorus Combo amp with a DD-3 Delay...
The only guy on the worship team without a guitar-case sized pedal board....

Here's a photo of my rig from the venue in 2011 while it was still under construction:

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Did you raise a little hell in your church Robert?:D



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Robert Herndon said:
Stratty,

You have made, what I believe to be, the most accurate observation of the structure and purpose of worship music oversight, especially in regards to the control over its sound and personnel.

Having said that, its just not enjoyable for me to work under that type of tonal scrutiny. I did three services on Sunday and one on Wednesday for six months in the spring of 2011 at a large, non-denominational church in Visalia, California.

While your post explains the reasons behind things perfectly, specific guitar brand and color requirements, effects on an approved list by brand and model number, amps under lock and key and all the structure aimed at replicating the sound on the CD was just an impossible pill for me to swallow.

To me, this was totally different from a producer wanting a certain sound, based on keeping a recorded work within the confines of a specific genre, because it didn't matter what equipment you used to achieve it, as long as you could create the desired sound.

I think, perhaps, my creative nature is just too wild and spontaneous to be under so much control....
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Can't imagine why anyone would want to be a part of something like this. That's not even performing in my opinion.
Just play the stupid CD if you're so obsessed with the music sounding just like it. The whole point of having a band should be to allow musicians to interpret the music...hell even classical music isn't that regimented, that's why there are so many recordings of the same pieces of music: different interpretations of it.
 
Stratstrangler said:
Robert, what was your equipment for guitar and amp back then?



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Ok, on the teams down here, the equipment list is fairly concise:

GUITARS: Only Fender Guitars and Basses are allowed - Single Coils Only - Lace Sensors are Approved - No "Super-Strat" Guitars

EFFECTS: Only Approved Effects Are Used. (Long List)

DELAY: There is a list, but the #1 recommended unit is the TC Electronics Flashback X4

Other Approved Delay Pedals:

  • Boss DD-500 $299.00
  • Diamond Memory Lane Jr. $279.00
  • Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man 550-TT $250.00
  • Empress Superdelay $449.00
  • Eventide TimeFactor $399.00
  • JHS Panther Cub $349.00
  • Line 6 DL4 $199.99
  • Pigtronix Echolution 2 Ultra Pro $499.00
  • Source Audio Nemesis Delay $249.00
  • Strymon TimeLine $449.00
  • TC Electronic Triple Delay $299.99
  • Tech 21 Boost D.L.A. Version 2 $199.00
  • T REX Replica Delay with Tap Tempo $369.00
  • Wampler Faux Tape Echo V2 $239.97
  • Way Huge Supa-P@ss $249.99


AMPS: House Amps Only Are Used (Bad Cats) Located Under Stage - Not Accessible or Adjustable by The Guitarist

AVIOM: Use Of In-Ear Monitors Is Required
 
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