TALKING GUITARS WITH CALEB GARFINKEL

Tell us about your guitar/pedal/amp setup  I perform in a lot of different projects and have three main rigs set up: acoustic, electric and electronic.  The main guitars I use are a Paul Reed Smith McCarty electric, a Godin Multiac nylon, a Martin OMC acoustic and a Moog E1 electric guitar. My acoustic rig is mostly for solo and cover gigs and is set up so I can loop voice, guitar or both at any time, but only with the use of one microphone. I use a Boomerang 3 Phrase Sampler with their added Sidecar, which is just one of the best loopers available. This gives me four loops that are synced together, allowing me to explore the one-man band concept thoroughly. My electric rig uses a Suhr Badger 35, a beautiful hand wired amp from the US. It’s pretty sparse on frills – it only has one channel and no reverb, but it has the ability to power scale, turning the wattage down to as low as one watt to drive the amp really hot at low volumes. It really gives the tubes a workout and gets a really wide range of sounds. My electronic rig is physically the … Continue reading TALKING GUITARS WITH CALEB GARFINKEL