The Guitar Player's Resource
My gear is for producing my own arrangements of jazz and blues standards from 1920 to 1965, and some original compositions as 'Coyoteman Hendrix' and more recently as "Vox Kojote". I perform these in solo gigs, "chanson style" with solo vocal and guitar.
For recordings and performance, I have enjoyed a staight, 'unplugged' acoustic configuration using the AT835b Shotgun Microphone as an instrument mic as well as my AudioTechnica 3035 Conderser mic for vocals - both these function off the 15 volts phantom power from my Kustom Profile System One PA. In addition, the setup I have used most recently exploits the DUAL OUTPUT of the Ovation acoustic-electric guitar: (1) for the unadulterated acoustic sound, I run a standard (low Z, 3 conductor) XLR cable from the guitar to the Kustom PA system (which provides phantom power to the guitar) or play with a true acoustic sound into the AT 835b Shotgun Microphone; (2) for a bigger guitar sound, I use the ATW-RO3 Guitar Wireless System (which allows me to do a gig completely free of
material connections between my guitar and the system) or I run a 1/4" standard guitar cord(phone jack with mono plug) from the guitar to the OC-3 Octave pedal. I set the Octave pedal on "polyphonic" so I can play full chords with harmonic effects. the OC-3 produces a direct (unaltered) output and a "bass" output. I run TWO short standard guitar cables from the two outputs of the OC-3 to the stereo volume pedal; from the volume pedal, I run TWO standard guitar cables to two different channels on the PA. This setup allows me to play with a balanced acoustic sound when accompanying my own vocals, but when I play an instrumental section as for an introduction, solo or simply guitar licks, I can lean on the volume pedal and get a fat, rich, interesting guitar sound with bass sounds 1 octave below the guitar.
| Primary use | Secondary use |
|---|---|
| Recording | Practice and Rehearsal |
| Recording level | MIDI level |
|---|---|
| Above average | Average |