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I did another run of shows with the Paul Bogart Band, including a New Year's Eve show in Wichita, Kansas. This run had me playing with Paul's regular guitarist, Nick Palmer, instead of filling in for him, which necessitated me taking a different approach to the set. In this video, I show how I learned different guitar parts and used my Mandolin, and Danelectro Bass 6 to come up with complementary parts. To give a concrete example, I play the parts and solos I played on "All That Cowboy Jazz" on my Breedlove Mandolin. There is also a bit of live footage of me playing at the end of the video.

Paul's original recording of "All That Cowboy Jazz"    • Paul Bogart I All... 

His latest single, "While She's Mine."     • Paul Bogart • Whi... 

Gear for this video:

2000 Danelectro Hodad Bass 6 Baritone six-string bass
Late 90s Breedlove K5 Mandolin

Strings:
D'Addario Mandolin
Ernie Ball Bass 6 strings

Pick:
D'Andrea Medium-Heavy

Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

Effects used:
Turbo Tuner
XTS mod Boss GE7
Karma MTN-10 Mostortion
AnalogMan Boss TR-2
Boss VB-2W
Boss DD-2
Boss RV-2
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW

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As I was contemplating my last AZ episode of 2021, I realized that 4 out of 5 of my top videos of the year were all focused on amps. So this episode both looks at the importance of amps and lends some additional insight into those amp videos. I take a look at my videos featuring the Deluxe Reverb, Tone Master Deluxe, Vibro Champ Reverb, and the episode on how small amps got big.

Gear for this video:

1957 Fender Esquire with added vintage neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Rewind of bridge pickup by Ron Ellis.

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea Medium-Heavy

Amp:
1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, and bright cap clipped on the vibrato channel.

Effects used:
amp verb

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You don't change until you have to.....

I have always been an amp guy, and have always had a preference for tube amps. With a recent fly date I did with Paul Bogart, I ran into a situation that caused me to finally make the jump to using a direct setup. In the video, I cover how I began to see more and more of my friends and heroes go direct when the situation called for it. My solution was the Strymon Iridium with a Tone Junkie Celestion Vintage 30 IR pack. With it, I could get a nice BF Deluxe Reverb sound, along with the V30 IR to give me a sound I was comfortable with. Though others I spoke with used the Kemper or Line 6 HX, I chose the Strymon as it had actual knobs, and was much easier for me to use on the gig. 

This is my beginner's guide to going direct. 

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea MH 351

Pedalboard
Turbo Tuner
Mirage Compressor
Karma MTN-10 Mostortion
Boss DM-3
Strymon Flint
Line 6 Echo Park
Strymon Iridium
9v power via Truetone CS6

JBL powered speakers for this video #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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Robbie Robertson and The Band turned the music world on its collective ear with the release of Music From Big Pink. Extended guitar solos, fuzz, psychedelic references, and screaming vocals were nowhere to be found. Instead, the listener found the understated guitar, storytelling songs, thoughtful arrangements, and brother-like vocal harmonies. In today's player spotlight, we take a look at Robertson's early days with the Hawk, through the mid-era of The Band, mainly focusing on the period of time that Robertson played a Telecaster. We also take a look at the black Tele he was gifted by Dylan, which was modified through the years and was his main guitar through much of the Band era.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65w...

Gear used:
1959 Fender Harvard with stock Jensen P10R

1957 Fender Esquire with added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
Medium-Heavy
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Ever wondered why the amp world shifted from 100-watt amps to 25-watts or less? The short answer is the advancement of P.A. systems. In the not-so-distant past, the typical P.A.  was only capable of handling 2-3 vocal mics. Because of this, the guitar amp, and it alone, had to make the guitarist heard in whatever venue or situation they were in. This "amp dependency" was most often the case all the way up until the 1980s when it began to become more common for instrument amps to be reinforced through the more advanced P.A. systems that could handle the additional work. Thus the shift to smaller amps allowed the stage volume to be lowered and gave the vocalists a much-needed break.

A Celestion Blue Alnico speaker is in the amp for the entire video

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea MH 351

Amp:
Fender '62 Princeton Amp - Chris Stapleton Edition #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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I couldn't help myself, I had to mess with the amp that really did not to be messed with. In this video, I tell how using different tubes and speakers in the Chris Stapleton Princeton changed the sound. Just to be clear, I thought it was great out of the box, I just wanted to hear how the amp could be steered differently both in its gain, and tone.

An Eminence GB128 speaker is in the amp for the entire video

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea MH 351

Amp:
Fender '62 Princeton Amp - Chris Stapleton Edition #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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Owning and loving both a 1965 Deluxe Reverb and a 1959 Harvard has caused me to become more and more curious about revisiting the brownface amps of 1960-1963. The last time I owned a brown amp, I was in High School. I looked around and realized that Fender had recently released a hand-wired 62 Princeton. Kindly, they sent me one to check out. In this video, I take a look at the history of the Princeton from the tweeds through the BF model, and of course, put Fender's new Chris Stapleton Edition amp through its paces. 

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea MH 351

Amp:
Fender '62 Princeton Amp - Chris Stapleton Edition

Effects used:
Boss DM-2 Delay
Boss RV-2 Reverb on PLATE setting
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NRBQ was one of the most talented, versatile, and wacky groups to ever play together. From 1971-1994, Big Al Anderson held the guitar seat, usually with a Telecaster in hand. Al's singing, writing, and playing helped define the group during his 23-year stay, yet he was to go on to even greater heights as a hit songwriter in Nashville, TN. In today's spotlight, we cover his story, some bits of his playing, and the gear he has used through the years.

Tom Bukovac demonstrating Al's rhythm guitar style
   • Homeskoolin’ Volu... 

Spotify Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2p6...

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea MH 351

Amp:
Fender '62 Princeton Amp - Chris Stapleton Edition

Effects used:
Boss DM-2 Delay
Boss VB-2W  Vibrato #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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The Fender tweeds from1947 thru 1960 are some of the finest guitar amps ever made. They are simple and raw sounding, and their job was mainly to make the guitar louder, not to do much tone sculpting. My favorites are the narrow panel 1955-1960 models, and today we are going to take a look at the best of the mid-sized (30-40 watt) tweeds, the 5F4 (2-10) Super amp. Besides its lineage, we will also look at how to get the most out of these amps by knowing how to use the Bass control, and jumpering the instrument and mic channels.

Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis

Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46

Pick:
D'Andrea MH 351

Amp:
1959 Fender Super with Mather cab and Vintone alnico speakers. #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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Here is the tale of my trip to Tulsa, to play some shows with my good friend, Paul Bogart. Besides the road story, I also talk about the gear I took with me, and how I used my 1964 Vox AC10 and the new Fender Tone Master Blonde Deluxe amp in a stereo setup. To do this, and to do it quietly, I used a buffered splitter box with a phase reversal switch and an isolation transformer. This allowed me to have my amps in phase, and to be a quiet as possible, and to not use a 3-to-2 prong adaptor, which is frankly dangerous.

Here is the full side-stage footage from Tulsa:
   • Live in Tulsa! (r... 


Amps in the video:
Fender Tone Master Deluxe https://amzn.to/3eDEEX0.
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.

Pedalboard
Turbo Tuner
Mirage Compressor
Analog Man Boss TR-2
XTS rehoused Mostortion
Boss FV30H Volume pedal
Boss DD-2 Delay
Line 6 Echo Park
9v power via Truetone CS6  https://amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster

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