Comments on: Equipment for the Cruise Ship Guitarist, Part 3

By: Equipment for the Cruise Ship Guitarist, Part 1

Equipment for the Cruise Ship Guitarist, Part 1 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:52:30 +0000

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By: Tucker

Tucker — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:10:10 +0000

Thanks for all the info on cruise ship jobs this was very informative for someone who is thinking about pursing these types of jobs

By: Nate Levin

Nate Levin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:02:23 +0000

As a cruise ship bassist, I’ve worked with many guitar players on ships. I have to say the majority of which use multi-effects pedals, but constantly receive complaints from the sound staff about their tone. I’ve found that very few really know what a guitar should sound like in different situations. Next to reading, tone is everything when it comes to the gig. Make sure you can create a good sound for every style of music you can think of. I think using analog stomp boxes is the way to go, and that you can get by with an overdrive, distortion, reverb, and MAYBE a delay pedal. I was on a ship with one guy who did over-the-top whammy pedal solos a-la Tom Morello over country tunes. BIG NO NO