Artists
Scott Tournet
Lead Guitar - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals/Blues and Lasers
Scott's Rig: Black Delta 90 w/Bigsby, Caddy Red Flatline Biscayne w/Lollar Imperial humbuckers
About Blues and Lasers: Enter Blues and Lasers...electric sonic brainchild of Scott Tournet, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, impassioned by big beat, guitar-heavy, swampy, reverbadelic walls of sound that focus on present time chaos. On break from touring with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Tournet pulled together four players who not only assist in completing this vision, but morph it into a larger, if not more poignant entity. Mastering the elusive low end pulse is John Rogone (aka, Johnny Solid), a finger bass guitarist, backing vocalist and java hustler. Driving and grounding the rhythm section are drummers Steve Sharon, (aka, VC Steve) & fellow Grace Potter and the Nocturnals mustached drummer, Matt Burr (aka, Croache). Contributing songs, vocals, and guitar is Ben Yurco, a sorcerer of electric tree and dimed out fender amplifiers. Together, these five players create a thick rogue wave of sound that can knock you on your ass...or carry you away on an unwavering unicorn of majestic light.
Letterman Performance
Brian Layson
Lead Guitar - Dierks Bentley
Brians Rig: Butterscotch Delta 90
About the Artist: Brian is the current lead guitar player for multi-platinum and Grammy Award winner Dierks Bentley. He has had an extensive career in Nashville playing with notable artists, Will Hoge, Julianne Hough, Chuck Wicks, Lee Ann Womack, and Holly Williams.
He also does session work and has started producing a couple of independent records each year for artists including James Dunn, Chris Talley, and Nick Malloy.
Thoughts on Flatline: "After having my Delta 90 for just a couple months, it's already becoming a 'go-to' guitar for me in both live and studio situations. I now use it every show on 3 of Dierks' biggest #1 singles and it delivers every time. Keep up the good work Rick!"
Phil Keaggy
www.philkeaggy.comPhil's Rig: Caddy Red Delta 90, Ivory Vistaglide Custom
About the Artist: Phil is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. He has frequently been listed as one of the world's top-three "finger-style," as well as "finger-picking," guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers' polls.
Phils thoughts on his Vistaglide custom: "The tone is outrageous," he said. "I am amazed at the guitar's voice, articulation and amazing sustain. I like how itsweeps between the pickups with the blend knob." He went on to say,"I ?nd it to be a distinctive soundingguitar. I like the feel of the neck andthe woodwork of the neck. It'scomfortable on the hands. It remindsme of an old rockabilly guitar."
Rick's note: "The video to the right of Phil playing his Delta 90 is so insane it made me want to quit playing guitar....he is amazing and it is a true honor to have him enjoy our guitars!"
Justin Weaver
Guitarist - Wynona Judd
Justin's Rig: Blonde Delta T Custom Esquire.
About the Artist: Justin is a phenomenal guitarist out of Nashville, TN. He's toured for the past fifteen years with Joe Nichols, Highway 101, John Waite and Julianne Hough. He is currently playing for Wynona Judd.
Thoughts on Flatline: "I love the simplicity and resonance of my Delta. The design is classic with with a kick of panache. It's gotta good twang to it!"
Photo by Jon Diener
Dan Hochhalter
Fiddle and Guitar Player - Dierks Bentley
www.fiddlinDan.com
www.twitter.com/fiddlinDan
Artist's Rig: Flatline Delta 90 Custom with P90 and Lollar Imperial
About the Artist: Dan has been a well regarded musician in the Nashville scene for many years. He has played with notable artists Lonestar, Gretchen Wilson, John Fogerty, Josh Kelley, Easton Corbin and is currently playing fiddle and guitar with Dierks Bentley.
Thoughts on Flatline: "Like just about every Flatline owner that I know, the Delta 90 has become my preferred guitar for performing live. The neck feels great, the guitar sounds incredible, and the pickup combination make it truly versatile...LOVE it!"
Photo by Ryan Silver
Art Alexakis, Davey French
Guitar Players - Everclear
Art's Rig: Sunburst Vistaglide Standard
Davey's Rig: Black Biscayne, Ivory Flatline Custom, Butterscotch Delta 90
Art and Davey's thoughts on Flatline: Play the video on the right. (Video courtesey of Fret12.com)
Beau Tackett
Lead Guitar - Blake Shelton
www.facebook.com/people/Beau-Tackett/1429808894Artist's Rig: Flatline Delta T custom w/Lollar humbucker/middle strat/tele bridge pups and a coil split.
About the Artist:
Thoughts on Flatline: After I got my Flatline, it quickly became my #1 "go to" guitar. It sounds great and plays like a dream. My custom Delta is so versatile that I can play one guitar for the majority of Blake's show, thereby saving myself at least 3 or 4 guitar changes a night. Tele, strat, Les Paul... I can get them all from this axe. This is definitely a "desert island" guitar for me. Oh and did I mention it sounds fabulous and plays wonderfully? Rick really knocks it out of the park with every guitar he makes. Keep up the good work!!
Steve Amaral
Guitar Player - The Nickel Slots
Steve's Rig: Blonde Flatline Delta T and Ocean Green Metallic Flatline Vistaglide Standard
About the Artist: Live, Steve is using a Fender Hot Rod Deville that has been modified by Ben Fargen with his "Hot Mods." Click here to find out what his "Hot Mod" includes.
He runs the guitars into a Boss TU-2 then into a TS-10 (Taiwan) then into a second TS-10 (Japan), then into a Fulltone Supa-Trem ( he bypasses the trem effect but leaves the pedal engaged as it seems to add this sweet, thick tone that is hard to explain, but he loves how it sounds and how it feels!) and finally into an MXR Micro Amp for a lead boost. Steve is a big fan of running the two TS-10s together during some of his solos where he wants to be able to musically control feedback and sustain.
About the Band: Listening to The Nickel Slots is like sitting around the campfire on a warm summer night. From the sentimental folk story to the foot-stomping, raucous sing-along, their alt-country rock songs make you nod in recollection of a long-lost memory or shared experience of pain, joy, heartache, love, hope, and redemption.
Thoughts on Flatline: "From the moment I picked up the Flatline Vistaglide, it felt like it belonged in my hands. The neck was instantly comfortable, not to mention the balanced weight of the body, the quality of the finish and the great tone that came screaming out of my amp."
"With Flatline Guitars you get it all: quality tone and quality craftsmanship, all with a familiar look and feel that connects the dots between the timeless designs of the past and the modern demands of today's players."
Steve of The Nickel Slots
photo courtesy of Kiny McCarrick
Tim Mushen
instrument - band
Tim's Rig: Ivory Flatline Vistaglide Custom and Red Flatline Delta 90 Standard
About the Band: Remember how you felt when you heard the Beatles' The White Album or Abbey Road for the first time? Soundtrack to your life stuff, right? Remember how you cried yourself to sleep knowing that John, Paul, George, and Ringo would never perform those albums live?
Creme Tangerine recreates Beatles classics along with later Beatles albums in their entirety. The band's magical, musical tour is walk on the wild side of some of the Fab Four's most rockin' and popular tunes.
Tim of Crème Tangerine
Brandon Carswell and Shaun Carswell
Guitar Players - Carswell
Brandon's Rig: Biscayne into a Fender Blues Jr. (live)
Shaun's Rig: Vistaglide Custom into a Fender Blues Jr. (live)
About the Duo: Carswell is a brother duo from Nashville with songs and harmonies as catchy and tight as those of The Everly Brothers. After one listen to these guys you'll be humming their tunes all day.
Thoughts on Flatline: Brandon says, "The second we played Flatline's Vistaglide Custom & the Delta 90 for the first time we knew these were master built guitars. They feel like they were built just for your hands."
Shaun: "They feel as good as they sound! The tones these guitars produce are without question very impressive. Weather it's that screaming rock n roll tone from the Vistaglide custom or the warm, full body tones of the Delta 90, we find exactly what we want in these guitars!"
Photo by Jami Carswell
Justin Hayes
Guitar Player - Mother Culture
Justin's Rig: Green Flatline Delta 90 with Bigsby; Mesa studio 22, stock Ibanez TS9, big muff knockoff, danelectro tremolo, digitech digital delay, and a boss tuner. Currently working on rewiring the channel switcher for the Mesa into a boost pedal.
About the Band: Can you have the sweet without the sour? The members of Kansas City rock quintet, Mother Culture, don't think so. For these 5 self-proclaimed vagabonds, life is about acknowledging mistakes and rising above them. This theme of redemption resonates throughout the songs on their latest EP release entitled Sold Your Voice.
Mother Culture's sound ranges from pulse-pounding rock to protest folk, as if Joe Strummer and Joni Mitchell made a record amidst a dystopian dream only to awaken in a David Bowie dance number. Buzzsaw guitars, soaring synth lines, and frantically driving rhythms quickly recede into a sea of vocal swells calling for peace and social justice.
They're calling out; are you listening?
Thoughts on Flatline: "The Delta 90 is a rock and roller's dream! It has a neck like butter and pickups that go from crystalline transparency to biting gain. This is the most versatile guitar I've ever played. The Delta is sturdy, beautiful, and classic. I can't imagine playing a show without it. This is my go-to guitar, and I don't see that ever changing."
