Mack and his Elliott Halocaster // Blue Amber Photography about the nights, I know they are going to be special. I’ m also excited about leading some new songs from the record that I haven’ t done live in the way that they were recorded. I’ m looking forward to just trying new things and experimenting and seeing what works.
[ WM ] Will you be leading from electric on this tour?
[ Mack ] Yes.
[ WM ] What guitars will you be using? when I’ m traveling.
[ WM ] You launched the @ MackBrockMusic Facebook account on December 20 th, 2017. That must have been exciting and weird at the same time. Can you tell us about that?
[ WM ] With the exception of the“ Heart Wide Open” video, these days you are mostly seen playing a Gibson acoustic. But, in looking at your Instagram feed it would appear that you are a bit of a pedal fanatic – tell us about that?
[ Mack ] It’ s kind of funny, I’ ve always led worship with an electric guitar. I’ ve always preferred that. I think traveling by myself; it’ s a lot harder to lead when you’ re on an electric. So, I’ ve just had to get more accustomed to playing acoustic these days, which is a little out of my comfort zone but I enjoy it. My preference, if I were just to do everything the way I feel most comfortable, I’ d rather stick with electric.
[ Mack ] Elliott Guitars is a really killer guitar company based in North Carolina and I’ ve become very close with them over the years. I have two Elliott guitars. One is the 357 which is the James Duke model, and then I’ ve got the Halocaster, which is almost like a Tele with P90s in it. I’ ll be bringing those out.
[ WM ] What else will be in your rig?
[ Mack ] When I travel I keep things pretty light. I might just have the Boss reverb, and then maybe the Strymon Timeline or something. I’ ll keep it pretty simple, I don’ t do a lot of crazy things on electric when I’ m leading but I also just want to keep it pretty chill
[ Mack ] This whole year has been full of exciting and weird things. A lot of stepping into something I’ ve never done before and I don’ t know what I’ m supposed to do. Even growing up I was always in bands, and I’ ve always done the group thing. Just releasing an album as Mack Brock is a little bit funky to me. But at the same time, I’ m super grateful for it and excited about where the Lord has been leading me, and leading my family. We’ re taking it one step at a time.
[ WM ] In one of your posts, you are actually leading worship at Facebook. How did that happen?
32 October 2018 WorshipMusician. com