{"id":2077,"date":"2016-12-01T08:50:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T08:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyjsaunders.com\/wp-blog\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2022-06-20T21:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:30:03","slug":"allen-hinds-guitar-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyjsaunders.com\/blog\/allen-hinds-guitar-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Hinds Guitar Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been following Allen Hinds for years, after discovering him through Xotic, almost 10 years ago! I love his playing and tone.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t know Allen, then he\u2019s a well-respected session guitarist, teacher and solo artists<\/a>. He attended the Berklee College of Music and also studied at the Musicians Institute<\/a>, where he is now a member of its teaching staff.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In addition to his 5 records as a solo artist, Allen Hinds has played with Natalie Cole, Eric Marienthal, Marc Antoine, Gino Vannelli and Randy Crawford, amongst others.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So let\u2019s run down his rig. My thanks to goes Xotic<\/a> who recently posted the photos of Allen rig on their FaceBook page.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Guitars<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s a ton of videos of Allen playing many different guitars from Les Pauls, Strats and ES335s. He always sounds the same!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

However, it looks like Allen has returned to playing an Xotic Stratocaster style guitar in light blue with a humbucker in the bridge. As well as a blonde Fender Telecaster<\/a>, which looks stock.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pedals<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

On the floor, there\u2019s a real mix of high end and mass produced pedals. It looks like the chain runs from a Budda Wah, into a JOYO Voodoo Octave<\/a>. Next up is his custom limited edition Xotic Soul Drive, then into another custom line Xotic pedal, namely the RC booster SH.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to decipher what comes next, but it\u2019s likely the Fulltone Deja vibe pedal. Next up is the Boss Volume pedal with TC Electronic Poly Tune Mini<\/a> in the tuner out.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Next is a vintage Boss Tremolo\/Pan PN-2 pedal, which is also being used as a stereo split. Then running in stereo into the Strymon Mobius pedal and Boss DD-500. A DigiTech Supernatural Ambient Stereo Reverb finished the chain.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A Voodoo Labs 4 x 4<\/a> power supply powers the whole thing.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Amps<\/h2>\n

Like with guitars, I\u2019ve seen clips of Allen playing through all kinds of amp makes. From old Fender Deluxes to Divivdeby13, Bogners and many others.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It looks like he is currently using a Redplate Amps<\/a>, which is a brand unknown to me. He\u2019s playing a custom amp called the Blackline, which is a 1 x 12 combo. The clean channel is Blackface inspired and the overdrive channel is something they have created for the amp.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Misc<\/h2>\n

It looks like Allen is using custom-built cables<\/a> throughout his rig. I couldn\u2019t find anything out about the exact strings he\u2019s using but it\u2019s likely, he\u2019s using 9s or 10s.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For picks, it seems that Allen is using medium \/ .75 plectrums.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Get that Allen Hinds Guitar Sound<\/h2>\n