Jack Grassel Guitarist Extraordinaire

Sound Tech Information on stage set ups.

Jill Jensen will use her own PA head, microphone, monitor, and main speakers for auditorium concerts

and club dates.

For festivals, she will use her own microphone monitor and amp head which has a low impedence out to be plugged into the house sound sysem.

Jack Grassel's five configurations are listed here:

Seminars:	Jack will bring his own amplifier head and guitar.
Needed:
	- any brand closed back unported 4-12 or 4-10 speaker cabinet.
	- P.A. with microphone
	- CD player plugged into P.A.
	- table to display CDs, instruction books, and seminar hand-outs.
	- stool

Solo guitar concerts :
Needed:	- P.A. with microphone
	- If there is sound re-enforcement, plug low impedence cable into top outlet in front of Jack's red Walter Woods amplifier head.
	- Set P.A. tone controls flat. Jack will control tone and add reverb from stage.
	- Have a table at stage right or in lobby to sell CDs.

Duo concerts with vocalist Jill Jensen
	Jill will bring her own PA, monitor and microphone. For sound re-enforcement, plug directly into her amp head with a low impedence cord. Do not add reverb. She will control reverb on her amp head. Match Jill's sound in house to Jill's sound through her own PA. No house monitor is needed.
	Jack will bring his own amp head and speaker. Plug directly into Jack's amp head with a low impedence cord. Match Jack's tone in house to Jack's sound through his own amp. No house monitor is needed.
	- Have a microphone on a stand for Jack to talk to the audience.
	- Jill will be to Jack's right facing the audience.
	Have a table at stage right or in lobby to display CDs for sale.

Full band	JJack Grassel Full band Stage set up Jack: 262 989 JAZZ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jill Jensen (voice) - plug into Jill's amp head with a low impedence cord. - She will use her own monitor, amp, mic and cord. - She will add her own reverb. Jack Grassel (guitar) - plug into Jack's amp head with a low impedence cord. - He will add his own reverb. - Don't put guitar into the stage monitor mix. John Price ( bass) - Put a mic in front of John's amp. - Don't put bass into the stage monitor mix. Jason Goldsmith ( sax) - He will need a mic on a stand and a monitor. - Put saxophone into the monitor mix. Sam Belton (drums) - Don't mic the bass drum. (no mic on bass drum) - Don't put drums into the stage monitor mix. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Monitors: (2) - One monitor between drums and bass. - One monitor in front of saxophone. (no other monitors besides these two) - Put only voice and saxophone in monitors. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stage Location: Sax Guitar Voice Jason Goldsmith Jack Grassel Jill Jensen Bass Drums John Price Sam Belton
Superax trio:
Superax trio	Jack Grassel and Kirk Tatnall - Superaxes, Dane Richeson or Sam Belton - drums
	A Superax looks like a guitar but is a combination guitar and bass: there are two outputs: one from the guitar section and and one from the bass section.
Needed:	- microphone on stand for Jack to speak to the audience. - On Jack's amp the guitar comes from the top low impedence output. The bass comes from the bottom low impedence output on the front of the amp head on the right.
	- Kirk uses two amps: one for the guitar output and one for the bass output. Use either two direct boxes or two microphones.
	- No monitors are required.
	- mic the drums with two overhead mics only. DO NOT mic the bass drum.
	Stage layout: Speaking microphone on stand Jack - superguitar Kirk - superguitar Jack's amp Kirk's bass amp Kirk's guitar amp Sam - drums