StJ Prophesy - Equipment and Studio

Guitars & Effects

A bit about the kit I use:

Depending on where I find myself, my live setup is generally a selection of two electric guitars from the following collection. I use a Line6 X3 Live DI to the desk and the live output to a a pair of powered monitors for backline. Studio work is accomplished using guitars as the sound/ my mood requires, and Line6 X3 Live DI t the desk.

GUITARS
JACKSON

"11 Jackson PC1 (Phil Collen Signature): Aquired for the Blues Tour in May 11, thanks Matt for the awesome deal, this axe ROCKS!!! Used on the Desert Rain Album.		'88 Jackson Dinky Strat (1/300, Signed on the back of the headstock by Grover Jackson.) Mods: Custome active electronics by yours truly. The volume pot now serves as a mid cut/ boost control. Not much used in a live situation, mainly in studio. This axe has a clean sound to die for, used for some amazing clean on the Beginnings album!
IBANEZ

'09 Ibanez EGEN18 Mods: None as yet, the volume control mod to be done shortly. I used the Egen on the Beginnings Album for "Time". Used on the Desert Rain Album.		"11 Ibanez S Prestige: Aquired for the Blues Tour in May 11, thanks Matt for the awesome deal! No modded with Seymour Duncan Pick-ups: Bridge: George Lynch Screamin' Demon, Middle: Cool Rails, Neck: Jazz. Used on the Desert Rain Album.
PRS
		'10 PRS Custom 24 Ltd (1 of 200) Killer Quilt maple top Korina back Peruvian mahogany neck East Indian rosewood neck/ headstock Banded melon PRS birds 57/08 pickups Used on the Desert Rain Album.
BRIAN MOORE
		'00 Brian Moore i9f: Mods: Replaced the stock Seymor Duncan Alnico with a George Lynch Sreamin' Deamon, disabled the volume control. I used the Brian Moore on all the tracks on the Beginnings Album except "Time" for which the Egen was used.
TAKAMINE
		Takamine '96 LTD The Takamine was used for the rhythm track on "Forgiveness" on the Beginnings Album.
YAMAHA

Yamaha RGX A2: Mainly used in studio or for practice. Will probably be the axe I fit the GK3 system to when the GR55 arives in a week or two!		Yamaha SLG130: Mainly used in studio or for honing my Classical playing skills. Used on the Desert Rain Album.

EFFECTS
Line6 X3 Live: I have two of these Line6 X3 Live Effects pedals, one in ZA, the other in KSA. I have them mounted in a case together with AKG remote systems for live situations. Used on the Desert Rain Album. Boss GT8: mainly used in studio PEDAL BOARD Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster Boss Compressor Boss Reverb Boss Noise Gate Digitech Tuner Digitech Wammy Eventide Time Factor Visual Sound Volume Pedal Visual Sound H2O Visual Sound Jeckyl & Hyde Used on the Desrt Rain Album
AMPLIFICATION Two custom built J Le Roux Amplifiers (100 W 3 channel, all tube) Two custom built J Le Roux 2x12 cabs Two custom built J Le Roux attenuators Used on the Desert Rain Album.

J Le Roux Amplification - Endorsement

L Le Roux Amplification

J Le Roux Amplification ROCKS!!!

I would like to thank JP for giving me the opportunity to endorse his fine product and as such assist in the marketing and promotion thereof, much appreciated dude!

JP told me that he wants to expand orders to overseas! Should you be in South Africa or for that matter anywhere in the world and want an expertly built, using only the highest quality components, truely incredible boutique tube amp, contact him with your specification on e-mail J Le Roux Amplification or Mobile: +27 82 560 7257 or Skype: jp3zone

	JP and StJ - The start of a great friendship and incredible tone relationship... Never in my wildest dreams did I think that a day would come when I am endorsing a product that I am just totally nuts about!
In the few days that I had spending time with my monster tone machines before sadly having to leave both of them in South Africa I discovered the following: Live - They ROCK! The Soundman at Rumours commented "Two amps?" I replied: "Yes, I play stereo, you can mic one, I'll just crank them both" ;-) Needless to say, cranking was not required, these things are LOUD! Volumes set to just where the sound kicks in proved quite enough for the small venue, hence the addition of the 2 J le Roux attenuators that allows for the main amps to be turned up to get the real tone of them valves.
	Tone - JP has got the build and design so sorted! The tone controls (shared between the 3 Channels) proved to be outstanding. Dialling in a nice warm, yet crisp tone on the Clean, transfers into the same being transferred to the Crunch and Lead Channels providing for unbelievable tone on all 3 Channels. You may wonder why I need two of them, well... The live options are endless, I can run one wet one dry, one Clean one Crunch, one Crunch one Lead etc. which results in the most amazing spread of live sound. I have used the two monsters recording the Desert rain Album. WoW!!! The results speak for themselves, I'm a happy dude! I'm currently working on getting some flight cases made that I could bring one of them to Saudi Arabia with me on my next trip!
The matching lightwight Celestion Century Vintage loaded 2x12 cabs brings out the most from the heads, tight, rocking, pure valve tone! The attenuators tame the volume without killing the tone, fantastic! Lastly, these things not only look killer, they sound killer too!
	Showing off some of the inside of the amps and JP's excellent craftsmanship!

Studio

Alternate Minds Studio

Should you wish me to do some guitar work on your album, please contact me with your requirements and we can discuss rates.

The studio is located in South Africa with a branch in KSA.

Equipment in KSA:

Mac running Logic, Wavelab, etc...
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Sound Card
Line6 X3 Live effects board
Shure KSM44A Studio Microphone
AKG D5's
Yamaha keboard (Midi controller)
Loads of awesome software

The Beginnings Album was recorded in South Africa. The Desert Rain Album was recorded in KSA and ZA.