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Page 1 of 2 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
 
- 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
 
Amps and Cabinets
- TopHat Amplifiers (head, Vanderbilt)
- Marshall JMP amplifier head
Effects and More
- 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
Checkout the next page to see awesome pictures of Matt's guitar rig.
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Comments
Right on, bro. The only thing is, thats not a wine red LP Custom-its acctually a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (he took the pickguard off). Thats what he told me when i emailed him about it...
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And i also know he uses a LR Baggs pickup for his acoustics that arent electric as well. i believe this is the one
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hope this helps!
EHX Holy Grail Reverb
EHX Micro P.O.G. (Polyphonic Octave Generator) Synth
Creation Audio Labs MK 4.23 Boost
Fulltone OCD Overdrive
Korg Pitchblack tuner
Ernie Ball Volume Jr. volume pedal
E-Bow electronic bow (plastic thing above vol. pedal)
Now back to the left, on the bottom.
Diamond Memory Lane 2 Delay
Full-Drive 2 Mosfet from Fulltone Overdrive
Cusack Tap-A-Whirl Tremolo
Cool to see he has a lot more boutique-ish stuff on his board now.
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The white Tele isn't his only one either. He has a black Tele with maple fretboard that has either a Seymour-Duncan Mini-Jazzbucker or Mini-'59 installed in the bridge position. This was primarily used before MMHMM, but he and Schneck still use it live occationally.
He also has a mid/late 70s Fender Telecaster Deluxe. You know, the Teles with dual humbuckers and a Les Paul-style control layout. As far as I know he just recently started playing this, probably not too long before they recorded "Forget and Not Slow Down."
As for the sunburst LP mentioned before, I'm not sure if that guitar is his or Schneck's. They seem to trade/borrow each others guitars quite frequently, both live and in videos, because Jon uses the same LP in the Be My Escape video.