“That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.” – Dave Grohl, lead singer for Foo Fighters.
I currently own a Mexican made Fender Telecaster, it has a black glossy finish and a white pick-guard. The knob on the pickup selector has gone loose and falls off every now and then which usually causes a panic as I look around trying to find it. Up until a few weeks ago the only amp I owned was a tiny 15-watt Peavey Blazer 158, which has served me well over the years as a practice amp. The amp is old and beaten up, so sometimes I need to give it a kick for the wiring to fall into place, otherwise the amp would fall short of its one and only purpose.
I’m now the proud owner of a 50-watt Vox AD50VT, and man does it scream.
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A few weeks ago I was helping out at the Regional Youth Conference here in Montreal. I try my best to never go into an event having any expectations on how the Lord will reveal Himself to me, and this RYC was no exception.
I was asked to help out with the morning setup, the Awake Fair photo booth, and to be responsible for posting to the the cfcyouthcanada Instagram feed.
I did my duties.
During the time slot for competitions the main hall was empty, so naturally I, having a long history and current desire to serve for music min, picked up the lead guitarists Fender Stratocaster (without permission… sorry Raphael!). I turned on my Vox AD50VT — which was being used for RYC — set the output to about 45-watts, selected the UK Modern amp model with a ridiculous amount of gain, and just went to town.
Within minutes two brothers from Montreal, Jon Eric and Gio, picked up the bass and drums respectively and started to jam with me. It had been so long since the last time the three of us played together in that capacity, and there was just something so right and so raw about how it played out.
Tone & timbre was on point.
The Lord chose to speak to me speak to me in very specific way during that mini jam-session, He affirmed in me that our desires will always lead us back to Him. And although Jon Eric, Gio and I may have been reciprocating our love back to God musically for different reasons, we were — the three of us — playing the same song.
Jesse R.
“I Am, and We are Missionaries”