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into consulting and artist management. From [Rick] My main bass is a 1964 Fender there in 2005 I became Pastoral Care Pastor Precision with DiMarzio pickups both in the at Grace Chapel in Franklin, TN where I still am original P-bass position and also at the bridge [Rick] I love being a Pastoral Care Pastor today. A lot of new things but I loved them all. where a Jazz bass pick-up would go. My travel at Grace Chapel. Caring for folks is truly a Shifting my passion has served me well and its bass is a mid-80’s PRS (Paul Reed Smith) both privilege. I started part-time and now we have something I love to teach to others along the with D’Addario EXL165 Nickel Wound strings. a staff of five with a few hundred volunteers. way. Throughout all of these changes my bass I also have a Washburn AB 20 acoustic bass My wife Diana and I are both on staff. She playing remained constant. with D’Addario ETB92 Nylon Tapewound does Biblical Counseling and I am a Pastoral about being a Pastor? strings that feel great. I use a Gallien Kruegger Counselor. We also do marriage and pre-marital [WM] Now you play with one of my favorite 1001RB head with a 4-10 NEO cabinet. I also counseling, I officiate marriages and celebration bands… have a Boogie 400 tube head that I love. I love of life services, make hospital visits, lead our the sound of a bass and chord direct to the prayer team and prayer chain, benevolence, amp. Not a big pedal guy although I love the Celebrate Recovery and generally try to help [Rick] Blues Counsel! There are six of us in sounds my pals get with their pedals. Oh, wait, hurting people. What do I like best… seeing that band, all long-time friends and killer writers, I just bough a Polytune3 tuner pedal. One step God change people’s hearts and minds singers and players. Some of our wives call it at a time… through counseling, kindness and love. Plus, I Blues Counsel. Tell us about that band? our men’s fraternity. Ha! I have played with our can’t leave out the joy I get as a bass player percussionist, Emedin Rivera since the mid- [WM] Another season of your life has been in in rotation on Grace Chapel’s worship team. seventies and guitarist Will McFarlane since my ministry. And you are an Associate Pastor at Worshipping as I play always fills me back up! first CCM record recorded in 1981. I have even Grace Church in Franklin, TN. What are your played with the newer guys, Tom Lane, Tony pastoral duties there and what do you like best [WM] With such a wide bandwidth of Hooper and Anthony Morra, guitar, guitar and drums respectively, for well over 20 years. We just celebrated 10 years of recording with the release of our 5 th project, Love Infusion. We also have a bunch of videos on YouTube with Blues Counsel & The Guitars of Grace Chapel having over 315K views. We also created a Spotify Playlist from our five releases. Playing bass with these guys is inspiring and challenging at the same time. Always a new lick or line to stretch my muscle memory! [WM] What is your go to bass, pedals and amp you are using? May 2020 Subscribe for Free... 117