Toyota Corolla – if you listen carefully at the beginning of the spot where the guy is in the coffee shop, you can hear the Hendrix trills I put in there on acoustic guitar. After he leaves the shop, Phil Bennett’s drums kick in. The main guitars are my Yamaha Pacifica 812w and the cleaner guitar is my Fender Bullet. The beginning acoustic guitar is piezo direct, the middle acoustic is miked.

The other commercial is a Taco Bell spot where there are fast cuts and sound of the spot is people crunching and eating. All I did was try to enhance the sound that was already on the spot. This was all done with software synths in Logic.

Hmmm I managed to make a mistake at the beginning of “sailing”. Like someone once told me “Aron, you hardly make mistakes, but when you do it’s a BIG one!”

Well, you too can make huge mistakes if you try hard enough!

until I improve it.

Suhr strat->preamp (either JFET booster or op amp booster)->Shaka Pedal->Chorus->Memory Man->Verbzilla.

I love this chain. Occasionally the wah goes before the Shaka.

Position 4 is killer on the Suhr!

Pearl has an interesting stage. You play above and behind the bar. John Tsukano on Gtr, Stacey Tangonan on drums and Mike Times on Bass. Sunway on vocals along with Timmy.

Just played with Ben and Maila @ KCC supporting the Kidney Foundation.  Rod Esteban played drums. It was a fun, short gig.

It was really fun to play guitar with a great band! We played a mixture of instrumental originals and Jazz standards. Joy Waikoloa was the featured singer and she sounded great!

The band was some of Honolulu’s finest:

• Dayton Arima – Bass
• Hal Mita -Synthesizer
• Phil Bennett – Drums
• Robert Shinoda – Guitar

Here’s a pic of my guitar and amp at the club:

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