Matt Hoopes is the lead guitarist (and backing vocals) of Relient K, a Christian rock band that was formed in 1998. Besides playing for Relient K, Hoopes has also done backup vocals for certain Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes songs, and has been a guest guitarist at concerts for the band My Red Hot Nightmare.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Matt's Relient K guitar rig.
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Guitars
- Fender Telecaster, White with maple neck ('67 Reissue Closet Classic) (67 relic pic below)
- Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster Special
- Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with P90 pickups
- Gibson Les Paul (black)
- Fender Special Edition Jaguar HH (black and chrome)
- Gibson Les Paul Custom, wine red (his has mini humbuckers)
- Fender Tele, black with maple fretboard
- 70s Fender Telecaster Deluxe
- Gibson Hummingbird
- 1962 Silvertone 1420 model (in black)
Amps and Cabinets
- Top Hat Amplifiers (head, Vanderbilt 33) and 2x12 cabinet
- Marshall JMP amplifier head
Effects and More
- Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo Reverb (replaced his Holy Grail Plus)
- Way Huge Swollen Pickle pedal (swapped it out with his Cusack Trap-A-Whirl)
- TC Electronics Polytune (replaced his KORG Pitchblack)
- Zvex Fuzz Factory pedal
- MXR Phase 90 pedal
- Fulltone Full-Drive 2
- Boss TU-2 pedal
- Ernie Ball Volume VP Junior
- Line 6 Echo Park pedal
- Cusack Tap-A-Whirl pedal
- Pedaltrain board (PT-2)
- Cusack Screamer Fuzz
- Fulltone OCD pedal
- Keeley Compressor (4 knob version)
- Diamond Memory Lane pedal
- Electro Harmonix Micro POG
- Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Plus pedal
- Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Boost
- Korg Pitchblack tuner
- E-Bow electronic bow
- Sennheiser e609 mic on cab
Checkout the next page to see awesome pictures of Matt's guitar rig.
