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.
Big thanks goes out to Matt Kennedy for taking some nice pictures of Matt Hoope's guitar rig.
These pictures were taken around December 2012 at Relient K's Canton Ohio show.
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These pictures were taken a while back, Saturday September 4th at Relient K's Akron show.
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