Marcus Elzey

So I’ve decided to start this once a week post dedicate to a certain person thats played a role in my life. And the honor of my first one of these will be dedicate to one of my best friends Kyle Troop.

Kyle and I haven’t necessarily known each other as long as most of my other friends from Oak Leaf, but he has with out a doubt been one of the most influential. Kyle and I met when we both were playing music in the church’s elementary school environment. He was an interesting character at least I believe I had seen him around the church, but that was the point in my life that I was very awkward, especially when it came to talking to people. Kyle and I soon became quick friends mainly by just talking about music. He’s seriously just one awesome dude who I can’t imagine not ever meeting. If you know kyle then you would probably agree with me, if you don’t then you suck. BUT if you are a musician looking for different products, Kyle is an authorized dealer for companies like SJC DRUMS, PEDALTRAIN, ELECTRO-HARMONIX, WESTONE and a few more companies. You can find all of these products HERE. CHECK HIM OUT!

Haha, so as most musicians will probably agree with me, being a guitar player is not exactly the cheapest hobby in the world. Usually the most essential items that are used in your style of playing are the ones that need replacing/modifications/repairs. Recently I was fortunate enough to get a Line 6 DL4 Delay modeler and after playing with it for a while I can’t imagine not having it on my board because of al the different sounds and effects that it can make(especially if your a guitar player that likes to make ambient swells). Here is my problem. The DL4 breaks more than just about any stomp box out there, and has an infamous volume drop when turned on. How do I fix this? There is a guy named Jack Vaughn who does a JHV3 mod on DL4’s that fixes the volume drop and also replaces the switches on the unit to ones that work much smoother and are less likely to fail. I’m also going to be sending my Fulltone Fulldrive 2 to Jack to get the switches replaced because it has been acting up on me lately. Jack has a great price for every one of his mods and fixes your pedal to be 10 times better than it was before. Although Jack has great prices for his mods, what I need to get done can also burn a hole in my pocket pretty quick! Hopefully I’ll be able to fund these essential quick fixes in the next couple of weeks. Until next time!