My new guitar setup rocks!

Ladies and Gents,

I promised you a blog about my new guitar stuff and here it is.


I present to you, my setup

Isn't it B-E-A-utiful? Let me give you all the specs here.


First the head, this is the part that generates the noise. I have an Orange Rockerverb 50 head. This thing is 50 watts of pure awesomeness. I can do everything with this head. Classic rock? You got it. Blues? You got it. Super leads and awesome rhythms? Again, Yes. Scooped out NuMetal tones? Deaf-inetly. This is one of the most versatile and sweet sounding heads I have ever played. It was definetly worth the price!

On to the cab(the big black thing). Its a Mesa Engineering Rectifier Cab loaded with Celetion Vintage 30 speakers. These are arguably the best speakers on the market in terms of sound and affordablity. They handle the head like a dream, classic mids, great highs, and nothing beats Mesa's cabs in terms of lows. These things handle the bass like it was nothing. Nothing at all.

Now my guitars. I have had both of my electric guitars for some time now. The first, with the awesome crackle finish is my Epiphone Les Paul "Nuclear Edition." A great guitar all around. All mahogany body, great action, super tone. If I didn't know better I would think it was a real LP and not a knock off. Although, Epiphones are the best knock-offs around. The second one, in totally awesome black satin finish is my Gibson SG Standard. This thing is so my favorite guitar so far. The neck on this thing is so wide, I love it. The action is fast and it sounds amazing. This is the guitar that launched a million great classic guitar riffs. AC-DC, Deep Purple, and many many modern guitar players use SG's to put out that classic crunch.

I have a pedal board too that I am using, too many different ones to get into but they are all awesome. Only Boss and Line 6 for me!

The other thing that this setup reminds me of is how great my God is. He has blessed me with not only the ability to play guitar, but the funds in which to buy expensive gear so that my guitar sounds totally awesome. I have always wanted to use my gift of music to glorify his name and got a small chance to a few years ago with my band Exodus Falling. I would readily welcome another chance to do this either for a church or with an original project. My heart's longing and prayer is that whatever I do I do it for God's glory and not my own. To whom much is given much is expected. This applies not only with our money, but our gifts and abilities as well.

Still rocking in the free world,

- JJ The Coolest