Gordon Giltrap
                GUITARS AND MORE
                OCTOBER 2006

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 There have been several requests on Gordon's website forum recently for info and photos of the equipment that he uses, so here just for you, are some close up shots of the guitars
and more, mainly taken during the Rural Tour of Kent Oct 2006, including some new ones added after Hadlow.

When out on a gig Gordon generally takes 6 of the many guitars he owns with him.
All produce different sounds and are used for different effects and tunings.
They currently include a "baby" guitar by Rob Armstrong, a "boot fair" £5 bargain buy, a baritone made by Rob Armstrong, the green electric Farida, a brand new Fylde and another Armstrong.  Gordon prefers to use Fishman pickups and Newtone strings on his guitars.
 

Photos from all three nights can be seen below as I have now added Hadlow.

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Guitars at Addington

As for his other equipment, Gordon says:

" I use a BOSS ME 50 FX UNIT, which can be purchased from most shops for under £200. Boss RC20 LOOP STATION. Again these have come down in price since the advent of the new supa dupa all singing all dancing stereo version with DAYS of memory built in!

Because of the limited space on my beaten up old FX case I have for the time being dispensed with my pre-amp and have the BOSS Bank changing pedals in there instead, and because I have everything going via a small YAMAHA MG10/2 mixer, it does give me a wee bit more of an option with EQ and levels.

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I run the mixer and the RC20 via a 9 volt supply converter, again this is on the FX board itself. I do plan to get a proper custom made flight case for the above gizmos, and will probably get the pre-amp in there along with my recently acquired MOORLEY volume pedal.

For my smaller gigs I use a FENDER PASSPORT 150 WATT compact PA system, which never ceases to amaze me with it's power and clarity, and is PERFECT for what I do. It does of course lack a lot of bottom end, but I can cope with that because of it's lightweight portability, it really does save on the wear and tear of lugging gear. I'm FAR too old for that game! "

 

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