Re: LIVE NOW - Patrick Cummings of iGuitar (formerly Brian Moore Custom)
Re: LIVE NOW - Patrick Cummings of iGuitar (formerly Brian Moore Custom)
Welcome to the forum!
How does your system prevent latency issues when recording multiple guitar parts?
Are there plans to introduce your own recording, amp modeling, etc software?
What guitar is your #1, the one that you just can't put down and always come back too?
Eric,
Our guitars feature individual a piezo pickups for each string, either RMC or Graphtech Ghost. Using a piezo to capture string information for conversion to midi has a quicker response than the externally mounted magnetic (GK type of) pickups and results in lower latency.
We have thought about creating our own software, amp modeling, software.,etc but there are many great solutions available already and the market is already quite crowded. Just like when we started our business,we thought about making our own pickups, but decided to go with the already esatblished and excellent pickup makers like Seymour Duncan.
It is very, very hard to answer the 'favorite guitar' question because it really depends on what type of music or song in that moment. I can reduce it to a few. My main and most versatile 'go to' guitar is an early C-90P.13 as shown here
http://iguitar.com/CustomShop/custom.asp - it is HSH,
I can get a JAZZ jazz tone with a combination of the Neck hum and RMC piezo bridge, amazing "stratish flavors" by tapping the hums and combining with the singles and of course a screaming lead tone from the JB (through my Groove Tube Solo 75)
Neck pickup is a Seymour Duncan Alnico II:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/humbucker/vintage/aph1_alnico_ii/
Middle pickup is Seymour Duncan Alnico II single:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/stratocaster/vintage/alnico_ii_pro_f/
Bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan JB:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/humbucker/progressive/sh4_jb_model/
The goal of the C-90 design was to give you the following '7 really cool and useable' sound combinations, most guitarists rarely use more than 3!
1 - Neck humbucker
2 - Neck humbucker split and middle (in the classic Stratty realm)
3- Neck humbucker split and Bridge hum split ( 2 singles - in the classic Tele realm )
4 - Bridge humbucker split and middle (the other classic Stratty realm)
5 - Bridge humbucker
1A - Neck and Bridge humbucker
2A - Neck humbucker split, middle and Bridge
The push/pull knob on the C-90P is not a coil tap, it 'adds' the bridge humbucker to the whatever the 5 way switch is doing.
(see enclosed pick up configuration sheet)
In Position 1A, the 5 way switch gives you the the neck humbucker, by pulling the push/pull knob it 'adds' the bridge humbucker.
In Position 2A, the 5 way switch give you the the neck humbucker automatically tapped as a single coil and the middle single together. Again, by pulling the push/pull knob it 'adds' the bridge humbucker so in 2A you get single, single, hum all three at the same time.
I also use this guitar in combination with a 13pin system (GR-33 and VGA-7 amp ) where there are limitless, limitless, creative tonal possibilities.
We have a number of artists that have adopted the mag/piezo combination. I showed this combo to Russ Freeman from the Rippingtons and it has become a signature tone for him. John Abercrombie has also adopted this mag/piezo combo and it can be heard on many of his recordings, John prefers the Graphtech. Burr Johnson, another amazing guitarist, adn Axon endorser also prefers the Graphtech system
Ray Memmel did the Universe inlay (with emphasis on MARS on the 12th fret
Other 'go to' guitars include:
DC/1 Serial #2
P-5 Mandolin Serial #1
Green iGuitar9.13 model - I used this at every major trade show, NAMM, Frankfurt, etc. from 2000 thru 2005 it is like and old friend.
Red iGuitar8.13. USB - my first USB model and a truly special guitar
and lastly a C-90P.USB - this is my working sample on our next generation of iGuitar.USB
... sperzels too ... and a p-type 5-way megaswitch
