[ WM ] What is your main stage and songwriting guitar you use ?
[ Brenton Brown ] My main stage guitar has been the Martin 000-28vs for the last few years . I love the 12-fret scale and the slightly wider neck . I also love the old school feel and look of it . I love how it bites through a mix without feeling too thin . I run extra heavy gauge strings on it because I strum pretty hard ! It ’ s traveled a lot of miles and still looks and sounds great .
At home I have an old Epiphone Texan that used to be hanging on someone ’ s wall for decoration . It sounds and looks great . It doesn ’ t hurt that Paul McCartney used to play one either . It ’ s been through the wars , and I find it lying on the kid ’ s floor after they ’ ve played it and gone to sleep . But we all love it .
We have a Yamaha Clavinova keyboard open at all times . I ’ m a terrible pianist , but every now and then a song will show up on the piano .
[ WM ] What brand / model vocal microphone do you use on stage ? In your home studio ?
[ Brenton ] I use a Shure SM58 on stage . The mic is older than me and was the one I learned to sing on right at the beginning long before in-ear monitors . Occasionally I ’ ll find myself singing in front of another kind of mic , but this remains my favorite .
[ WM ] What guitar strings do you prefer ?
[ Brenton ] D ’ Addario EJ18 Phosphor Bronze ( these are the heavy gauge 14s I mentioned earlier that sound great on my Martin 000 28vs ).
[ WM ] Are you using a clip-on tuner ? A floor pedal tuner ?
[ Brenton ] I use is the Peterson StroboClip HD High Definition Clip-on Strobe Tuner I have a pedal tuner as well in case .
[ WM ] For In-Ear Monitors what brand are you using ?
[ Brenton ] Alclair ( Universals )
[ WM ] What do you use to capture song ideas down with ?
[ Brenton ] Voice memos on an iPhone .
[ WM ] What is a current worship record you enjoy listening to right now ?
[ Brenton ] JWLKRS worship .
[ WM ] What is your current or upcoming music project and / or tour ?
[ Brenton ] American Hymnal - a record of the worship songs my parents and grandparents used to sing around the house . It ’ s a project very close to my heart .
[ WM ] What is the next piece of gear you would be excited to have ?
[ Brenton ] I dropped my Martin 000 before church and put a massive hole in it . My good friend Fred Walecki is busy restoring it to its former glory . I cannot wait to play it again !!
[ WM ] What advice do you have for our worship leaders , bandmates and tech teams reading this magazine ?
[ Brenton ] I ’ m not a ‘ gear guy ’. But the best advice given to me was whatever gear you end up using make sure you know that gear well . Just like leading worship , there ’ s a relational or familiarity component to the instruments and tech we use . No matter how good or expensive the gear is without that component it ’ s unlikely to work . Also I like to keep it simple !
[ WM ] Tell us how we can stay connected with you ? Your website , FaceBook , and Instagram ?
[ Brenton ] You can find me on Instagram taking pictures of beautiful things
@ unclebrentonbrown or brentonbrownmusic . com
[ WM ] For your acoustic , what pick-up system is on your guitar ?
[ Brenton ] I use a Fishman on my acoustic guitar . But honestly , I had to borrow a guitar a couple weeks ago with an L . R . Baggs Anthem in it and it blew me away !
I ’ ve been using a Tone Dexter pedal by Audio Sprockets as a mic modeling DI with some pretty good results . It remains my go-to .
[ WM ] What brand capo do you use ?
[ Brenton ] Kyser capo every time .
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