After using a bunch of stands for keyboards, this 2nd tier works on a variety of X stands and is solid. It has proven to work well. A local sound guy told me about it after seeing my ultimate support stand wobble. The best part is that it is so low cost!
Fantastic Bluetooth Page Turner pedal!
Here is a fantastic, well designed Bluetooth page turner pedal. It works great with unrealBook and is so well made. This is a great addition to your live performances with unrealBook.
LR Baggs Element Acoustic Guitar Pickup
My friend has the LR Baggs Element installed and it sounds fantastic. It’s a simple design but sometimes the simplest design can sound great. He retrofitted it on his Taylor and he has a great sound!
Martin LX1E
The small Martin series is fun to play and sounds amazingly good for a guitar partly made of formica! I bought my LXME for around $220 and the retail has just been going up. I got mine setup by a luthier and it plays really great. Almost like an electric guitar feel. The built in Fishman pickup sounds great and it’s easy to get a decent piezo pickup sound. I pair mine with the ZOOM MSG-50. Sounds great! The link is to the LX1E which has a solid wood top.
Ultimate Tone, Volume III (Generations of Tone, Volume III)
Volume 3 is another fantastic book in the Ultimate Tone series! Covers iconic amp designs.
The ultimate tone – a fantastic amp book!
If you don’t have a copy of The Ultimate Tone, you really need it. It’s a fantastic book and a must have if you own a tube amp.
AKG D5 vocal mic for live
After listening and checking out all the available decents mics for live, the AKG D5 stands out as a great choice! I like the smooth, warm tone that sounds clearer than the standard Shure SM58.
Great, small, accurate tuners for guitar!
I got a 2 pack of these tuners and they are amazing! Accurate and fast tuning plus a built in visual metronome!
Tip: remove the sticker from the display and the plastic insert for the battery.
Feedback Buster
For acoustic guitar, this is an indispensable item for playing live.
ZOOM MS50G multi-effects guitar pedal
While searching for a small chorus/delay/reverb pedal, I came across the MS50G. This looks like a great small pedal for an analog synth (for the backend) and also as an acoustic guitar pedal (EQ->Chorus->reverb etc…). You can chain up to 6 effects at once.
It works great for acoustic guitar! This pedal has a lot of power. You can easily put a booster->EQ->Chorus->Delay->Reverb and have a nice signal chain for your acoustic guitar.
It’s low cost $100! Great to throw in the gig bag with the acoustic guitar or as a backend for a minimoog!