new guitar rig

[willie]

I have finally broke down and bought a nice Worship guitar rig :D
I got a Blackstar Ht stage 60
2 12" celestions and all tube with el34 for 60 watts of output
and 2 ecc83 and 1 ecc82 preamp tubes with 3 channels

and added a TC M350 for basic reverb and delay
and a visual sound h2o chorus/delay
and a sparkle drive for boost
and have a compressor on the way

I also picked up a TC vocalworks processor and a new sennheiser 935 mic
the vocals also sound much better

The Blackstar is incredible!!
it does a beautiful clean, switchable between a twin and an awesome ac30
the channel 2 is super dynamic with how hard I play
it is a warm clean with a slight edge
.... to a great overdrive if I play hard
channel 3 is for singing sustained solos
I run the gain at 11-12 oclock at the most

beautiful sounding rig!
even the sound guys are grinning


I will post pics and clips soon

[travisvwright]

What are you playing into that rig?

[willie]

hey Travis

I build my own guitars
They are called Trinity Custom Guitars

http://trinitycustomguitars.com/tr1.jpg

http://trinitycustomguitars.com/tr7.jpg

http://trinitycustomguitars.com/tr10.jpg

http://trinitycustomguitars.com/02.jpg

[Smitty]

THAT, my friend, is one fine looking guitar!

Smitty

[Smitty]

Okay...TWO fine looking guitars!

[willie]

Thanks Smitty!
I hope to have some in stores this fall or winter
I am making some tele styled ones too.

They are really excellent guitars
and purposed for Worship

I believe you will see a lot more of these soon

[travisvwright]

I seem to remember you explaining these guitars before but I can't find it. What are the controls on the cherry one? I can't really tell but from the last picture it looks like there are two output jacks? Is there a Piezo system involved?

[Smitty]

Very, very nice...don't suppose you'd want to ship one out for me to demo and write a review on?

Smitty

[willie]

:pI am very interested in getting some reviews of the new stuff, when they come out.

There are some new features that will improve on the prototypes a great deal;
The pickups are going to be Seymour Dunncans, and the headstock will have
the Trinity symbol inlaid in abalone.

The electronics on both of the prototypes have GraphTech piezos,
and low impedance preamps.

The Cherry Sunburst has a 13 pin synth interface
and the top 2 knobs have momentary switches that change the
programs on the synth, when you tap on the knobs.

knobs are mag volume, piezo volume, and tone
The synth one has a concentric synth volume and tone.

They have swamp ash bodies with maple flame or quilt veneer
and an exceptional neck.

I have a dear old friend that was among many a young guitar protege'
of mine that I imparted some guitar technique on a dozen or so years ago,
.... who now is the lead guitarist of the Christian rock band Sent By Ravens.
They have a couple of albums out and are signed with Tooth and Nail, and out touring with Emery.

Andy will have a Signature Trinity called a Raven based on a tele.

That tele design is gonna be something awesome.

God has put so many people and relationships together
for this Guitar project to go from a project ... to full blown production
and a few retail stores ready to promote the line.

I really hope to release (in a Holy Spirit kinda way)
the guitar line, and brand on Nashville at summer NAMM next year

but I have some other things God has told me to work on first
.... one being the guitar rig, which sounds exceptional and is almost done.

Thanks Y'all

[Gaetano Paul]

Hey brother, that is so cool you are making these guitars. I want one! What does the trinity inlay on the headstock look like?:D:D:D

[willie]

paul the new inlay will be just the Trinity Symbol only
no text on the front of the headstock

it is the interwoven triangle and circle behind the current logo

http://www.trinitycustomguitars.com/header.jpg