Fantastic, that's for Shure!

Well, all I've got to say that it'll be hard to go back to floor wedge monitors after using these amazing in-ears! On the quest of eliminating stage noise the church was able to invest in a bunch of the Shure E2 IEM's last week and man, what a difference - amazing!. At first it seemed a bit weird - listening to a "sterile" mix... all tones so crisp and clear on the stage is new to me. I've just been so used to playing in live environments where there is so much noise bleed everywhere that it becomes impossible to fine tune tones and fx - not anymore...muwhahahaha! These little E2 buds are the next best thing to sliced bread and Betty Crocker. Not only can I hear my guitar clearly but I can get a fantastic mix of the drums, bass, and BGV's... and these E2's are little brother to Shure's dual-driver IEM's. Even without the low-end driver these babies rock! I only use one in the left ear so that I can still get the low end of the bass off the stage amp and hear the rest of the auditorium. It would be difficult to go back to the floor wedge now... and man, my AC30 patch sounds even better through these babies!

Edward Van Halen

http://www.amptone.com/eddievanhalenrig.htm

Here is a very interestnig article on the legendary EVH tone. It always seems to be a hot topic in which discussion leads nowhere.....I think a large portion of it is in his fingers. I believe it was Ted Nugent who played through EVH's rig and noticed he still sounded nothing like Eddie.

I think this series of articles and email conversation contains some very interesting ideas.*

***DISCLAIMER*** THE WRITER WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERAL ANTS-IN-THE-PANTS OR NUMB BUTTOX UPON READING( this suckah is loooooong!)

Here is an interesting thought i just read, not on the topic of guitars at all. I think Billy Graham hit the nail on the head.

Today our young people are asking for direction and perspective. They are looking for models to follow, for patterns of purpose.

They are like rows of beautiful new automobiles, perfect in every detail but with no gasoline in the tanks. The exteriors are fine, but there's nothing inside to give them power. And so they just sit and rust -- with boredom.

This was taken from Billy Graham's "Peace With God" from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

I'm sure any member of this blog cannot count how many people they have known that fit this exact description. This is an older book (I assume '80s), but this chapter is more relevant now than ever. The relevance is even stronger because many of my peers are reaching an epiphany. Soon we all have to close a chapter in our lives and move on from the all-to-prolific halls of secondary school. Everyone is searching now, turning to one empty thing or another, but for most the search is fruitless. I believe many are still awaiting a "near-life" experience...to realize a relationship with their Creator.