There’s been alot of questions about my gear and setup, and the lists that are floating around are quite out of date. Here’s what i’m currently using at church, studio, live albums etc…

Amps:
Matchless Spitfire 15
Vox Ac-15

Fender 2 x 12 Box

Guitars:
Duesenberg Starplayer TV Blue Pearl with Tremolo
Gretsch Duo Jet G6128T Black
Fender Stratocaster 57 reissue (1982 made) Tobacco Burst
Gibson Les Paul Supreme Maple Cherry Burst
Larivee C-05 Acoustic Guitar
Godin Multiac Nylon
Fender Stratocaster (Japan)

Main Pedalboard:
Timon Klein Industries Custom True Bypass Looper
Boss TU-2 Tuner
Ernie Ball Volume
Fulltone Clyde Wah

Robert Keeley Compressor
Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
Maxon OD-820 Overdrive
Jekyll & Hyde Overdrive/Distortion
Expandora

Timmy Drive (new addition)
Line 6 MM-4 Modulation
Fulltone Choral Flange
Boss DM-2 Analog Delay
Boss DD-5 Digital Delay
TC Electronic Nova Delay
Diago Power Supply
Cusom Made Junction Box

All wired with George L’s .155 & .225 cable and plugs.

Practice Board:
Boss TU-2 Tuner
Pro Analog Dual Drive
Hao Rumble Mod
Ernie Ball Jr. Volume Pedal
Boss DD-5 Delay
Line 6 DL-4 Delay
1 Spot Power Supply
All George L’s Cables and plugs.

There’s some rack gear that’s not being used…TC G Force and Line 6 Echo Pro…both sweet units, and some switching racks…and a draw full of random stuff…everyone has random stuff!

The strings I use are D’Addario 10-46 for the electrics (12-52 for the Les Paul), and Elixer Nanoweb 12-53 for the acoustic…these just work for me.

Hope this helps everyone. I’ll do a video post soon to run through the rig and show how I pull my sounds…stay tuned!

Nigel Hendroff

Here’s the most current setup of the main board.

So I thought I’d add to this and put up a list of Jad Gillies rig with a pedal board pic. We may look at creating a seperate pedal board link within this site….enjoy.

Stuff Michael is currently using

Guitars:
Gretsch White Falcon
Gretsch Black Peguin

Amps:
Vox AC30 (1962) pre top boost
Goodsell 33watt
Vox AC30 (90s re-issue)
Goodsell 17watt combo

Pedals:
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Keeley compressor
Boss TU2 Tuner
Boss DD5 Delay
Boss DM2 Delay (covered in grey with a knob as a dice, Michael was given this when he was 12, it has been through alot)
Ibanez Tube Screamer 808
Z-vex Fuzz Factory
Z-vex Super Hard-On
Cusack Tap-a-Whirl (tap tempo tremolo)
Cusack Fuzz Screamer
Divided By 13 Joyride
Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde
MXR Blue Box
Rocktron Hush

Patch Cables by: George L

Michael powers everything with the Visual Sound’s “1-spot” he uses 2 for his pedal board

The True Bypass strip at the very front of his board was made by “loooper”

Michael uses many other pedals when recording in the studio but the list above consists of pedals he uses on a regular basis

I can almost guarantee that his gear has changed since he’s been with other band’s, But that’s what he used with hillsong for awhile.

Here’s a pic of his board whenever they were recording Hillsong United WE STAND.