{"id":1866,"date":"2016-09-02T21:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyjsaunders.com\/wp-blog\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2022-10-25T12:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T12:44:17","slug":"norman-brown-guitar-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyjsaunders.com\/blog\/norman-brown-guitar-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Norman Brown’s Guitar Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norman Brown is known for his jazz solo career as much as his work as a part of the supergroup BWB [with Kirk Whalum and trumpeter Rick Braun]. While there isn’t a ton of information about what gear he uses, I’ve tried to piece together Norman Brown’s guitar gear.<\/p>\n

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As one of the world’s greatest jazz guitar players, at the heart of Norman Brown’s tone is a thick clean tone, thanks in part to his hollow body guitar. However, he often uses overdrive and a wah pedal to add spice and interest.<\/p>\n

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Come with me as we explore Norman Brown’s guitar gear.<\/p>\n

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Guitars<\/h2>\n

Norman has played everything from standard George Benson signature Ibanez<\/a> to his own line of Eastman guitars. He’s currently playing a signature model from Singleton Guitars. It’s pretty unique! Thanks to Mark Singleton<\/a> for the information and the pictures.<\/p>\n

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Mark – “It is a complete hand carved Archtop with a figured Cedar top figured Mahogany back , Mahogany sides 5 pc.Mahogany\/Maple neck Ziricote fingerbrd, Flamed maple binding custom hand turned knobs.<\/em> This guitar is rich, full and phat with jazz tones. It plays effortlessly and one very big point – it does not feedback!<\/p>\n

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The guitar is midi with hexophonic pickups in the saddles to deliver acoustic guitar tones which can be played alone or blended with the custom design Singleton\/Duncan magnetic pickup! Norman and I are both ecstatic about the outcome of this instrument.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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photo by Mark Singleton<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pedalboard<\/h2>\n

I found an interview where it says he was using a Crybaby Wah into a Line6 Pod Pro [in a rack]. There are a few photos of this setup online. So, that was his guitar rig at one point or another. Sadly, I can’t date when he used this setup.<\/p>\n

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Recently, Norman has recorded a video for Xotic Pedals, which shows a few of them on a small pedal. Plus, there’s a photo on his\u00a0Facebook<\/a> page, that leads me to believe he’s now using a small pedalboard rather than the Line6 rack system.<\/p>\n

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On this board, there’s a Fulltone Wah, Xotic EP, Xotic SP, Xotic SL, TC electronic mini polytune, and a line6 M9. From recent videos, he’s also using a Shure wireless system, allowing him the freedom to move around the stage.<\/p>\n

While this might not seem like a ton of pedals, they do give Norman options and a wide tonal pallet to pick from.<\/p>\n

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