Gal's regular studio and on-stage equipment for music production, songwriting and touring
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Gal uses Audix 11 for main LIVE vocal microphone, through a Neve 1073 preamp.
For his main guitars and dulcimers for live and studio purposes he uses Canadian Godin (Quebec) products: electric Montreal Premiere A/E in indigo blue, electric 5th Avenue Night Club in dark indigo blue, 5th Avenue in Natural Maple, acoustic Art & Lutherie guitars and spruce and mahogany top Merlin plucked Seagull dulcimers.
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He also uses Gibson acoustic guitars: super jumbos SJ 300, Montana Gold Flame Maple Custom Shop and J-200 Walnut Gibson and Gibson Southern Jumbo dreadnought, as well as acoustic Melodija made guitars from the 50's and 60's, Chicago USA made Thornward acoustic (from the early 1900's), Gold Tone tenor guitars, Eastman mandocello, Castalia bugarias, bratschs and other tamburitzas, Cuban Tres, Spanish Laud, European made upright basses (Italian 1826 & Melodija 1952), ukulele uke-bass, different cellos & violas, Gretsch resonator guitars, various jaw harps and harmonicas, Gibson's Mastertone banjo (from 1981), Weissenborn slide guitar and Melodija and Hohner accordions.
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For additional electric guitars Gal uses Fender series Ultra, American Pro II, Vintera, Vintera Custom and Player Plus. Various models of Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Meteoras, Stratocasters, Mustangs, Telecasters. From Gibson: Les Paul Goldtop LP-295 limited edition, Les Paul Standard Cherry Burst, customized Les Paul BFG, Gibson ES 330 Custom Shop with Bigsby or ES 135 for open tunings, 1961 Gibson SG, Gibson Explorer Natural and Gibson Firebird Olympic White). Gretsch Electromatic, Harmony guitars and Squier Baritone and Custom Telecasters are not excluded.
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Gal George Gjurin uses various Canadian serial and hand made guitar pedal effects such as UNION More, Shiny and UNION EverMore (Vancouver, British Columbia), Empress phasers and delays (Ottawa), custom MayFly phaser (Ottawa). He also regularly uses experimental Latvian/USA Gamechanger effects, such as Pedal PLUS and Gamechanger Bigsby. Otherwise his pedalboards consist of California USA handmade Fulltone effects (wah, tremolos, various drives, MDV-3), Strymon effects (El Capistan, Brig, Flynt etc.), Electro Harmonix (POG, Freeze, choruses), EarthQuaker (delays & reverbs), Walrus pedals (M1, D1), JHS pedals and many other hand made, custom made and regular brands.
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For LIVE purposes Gal George Gjurin uses paired 1968 Fender Princeton Reverb amps, stereo VOX AC30's, stereo Marshall JCM 800, JCM 900, 1959HW or JVM 410H heads with various 4x12 (1960 lead and 1960BX and 2x12 cabinets (Silver Jubilee), two 5 Watt small Marshall amplifiers, Fender Bandmaster, Fender Bassman 70 amps for mono and Roland Jazz Chorus 40 for stereo combo.
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Other frequently used gear: AKG and Line 6 wireless systems for guitars, Mauriat natural finish Alto Sax, Armstrong tenor sax (1960), Yamaha soprano sax, King trumpet (1925), King and other slide and valve trombones, Irish tin whistles, Slovenian žvegla and shepherd flutes, healing glass bowls, Koshi bells, native American chrystal, wood flutes, European baroque flutes (alt & tenor recorders), various concert and smaller glockenspiels.
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Gal's main studio gear for recording: Neumann U47 FET, Shure SM7B and Blue Cactus tube microphone for vocals, Neve 1073 dual EQ preamp, Neve 33315 preamp with EQ's, AMEK Neve preamps with EQ, SSL-G stereo compressor, Neumann TLM-49, KMS-105 and paired Neumann 102's microphones, paired Beyerdynamic ribbon M 130's, Aston "Spirit" condensor microphones, AudioTechnica condensors, Senheiser 421's etc. for acoustic instruments, room, ambient and amp miking.
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For LIVE and studio purposes he also uses a Hammond organs B3 (1956), M3 (1959) and A-100 with 251 and H22 Leslie speakers. For upright Yamaha upright pianos U2 (1974) and U1 (1980). ​Fazioli or Steinway grand pianos for LIVE and studio, Stage Rhodes Mark VII (white) or Stage Mark II (black) in stereo amp setting, Mellotron M-4000, Italian B3 Hemicord with 251 Leslie, Casio GP-500 Grand Hybrid Piano, MOOG Grandmother synth, MOOG Little Phatty, vintage KORG Micropreset synth (1975), Roland RD, Casio Privia, KORG Micro-Synth & vocoder, Access TI2 Polar Virus synth, VC340 Vocoder.
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For drums and percussions he uses LIVE and in the studio Pearl Masters Custom set and Pearl President Deluxe set (personal set from Grayson Nekrutman (Sepultura/Suicidal Tendencies)), Simon Phillips's personal Tama snare drum, G. Hidalgo LP congas 3 piece set, various 14" and 13" snare drums, Zildjian (K and Constantinople series) cymbals, various Canadian Sabian cymbals, African made balaphones, steel drums.
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For studio purposes: Focal, Dynaudio and Avantone near and middle field monitors, Apogee 16x AD and 16x DA converters, SPL Mixdream summing, Canadian Radial re-amp boxes, paired Orban 672A EQ's, UFX II RME soundcard etc. Gal George Gjurin records, mixes and does mastering, preferably with Steinberg Cubase or ProTools programs.