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"Zac, that is a great set up! I'm lovin the modded tele and the gibson. The vox is also a classic! I'm not too much of a fan of multi-effects and i hate compressors but too each his own :)"

"Seems a perfectly workman like rig. Boosting upper mids and highs with the EQ is sensible, and many classic rockers have found Vox amps respond well to that kind of thing (I used to use a cocked wah to similar effect with an AC30). Tube screamers…"

"I think I'll go to Guitar Center and listen to one in the "quiet" room. I have a Fender Brownface Deluxe clone that I really like but it's too honky and midrangey for church. If I could get a nice mid cut, it might do the…"

"Thanks for the reply, Stevo.  I'll look into other compressor options.  It's probably next on my pedal reorg priority, as I've been thinking about a Keeley for a long time.  I'd be curious on your take on what…"

"Hi Zak - thanks for sharing! It's fun to see what people out there are doing with their rig. I tend to do what you're doing - simple, nothing fancy. The only thing I use in my chain at times that I don't see here is a chorus. My…"

"These are valuable thoughts..."

"Nice! May God bless that effort! I'd love to hear any hymn resets you do, too."

""Just about every hymn" is true if we've grown up in the traditional evangelical church, but that normal list of hymns (How Great Thou Art, Just As I Am, I Surrender All, Great is Thy Faithfulness, etc.). But there is a goldmine of…"

"The irony in this discussion is that old hymnals are filled with E's. I try to reach a compromise between the original ideal and C to shining C. The latter is too low on the high end to be truly expressive when one wants to. A middle C (and an…"

"Hey Chris, If by "Contemporized Hymns" you mean the original tune, just "jazzed up," check out: iWorship Hymns Passion's Hymns Ancient & Modern But check out this blog post about why that's not the best "hymn…"

""people who enjoy hymns expect to sing them to the original melody" I would bet that these people have a very limited vocabulary of hymnody (I think a lot of evangelicals are stuck in the same old list:…"

"I'm with Rick. I think about 8 of every 10 "contemporized" hymns (i.e. keeping the tune but utilizing modern instrumentation) compromises its musical integrity and ends up serving very few people. At least that's my…"