Bio
Andrew Goldring began blowing audiences away as an 11-year-old blues-rock guitarist. He's moved on from guitar contests, blues jams and barbecue joints and has matured into a formidable songwriting talent. Taking influence from many great songwriters - Dylan, Lennon/McCartney, Ryan Adams (to name a few) - Now, at age 17, Andrew is a seasoned performer with an advanced guitar technique and strong songwriting skills. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin and Hendrix to Django Reinhardt and Miles Davis, Andrew's well-informed roots lead him to travel a wide musical road. Folk, rock and blues make up much of his original music, although he ventures everywhere from jazz to heavy metal. He's equally comfortable playing his original folk songs at a coffee house as he is soloing on electric guitar for festival audiences in the thousands. He's opened for blues legend and Woodstock alum Johnny Winter and performed to a conference crowd of 10,000.
Gear
Andrew Goldring Plays Fender®, Gibson®, and Martin®, guitars through Mesa Boogie® and GRAmps® custom-built tube amps.
Main guitar(s):
WD Music Kit Stratocaster with Fender Texas Special® hot rodded single coil pickups
'99(?) Fender Big Apple Strat® w/ double humbuckers
Charvel Floating tremolo
Electric Guitars:
Epiphone® Les Paul Standard w/ DiMarzio pickups
Hohner® GT-3 Steinberger headless
Acoustic Guitars:
'08 Martin 00-15M with Fishman pickup
'71Martin® 000-18 w/ Fishman® Rare Earth pickup
Baby Taylor®
Saga® Gitane D-500 Gypsy Jazz
Main Amp:
Custom built copy of Matchless® Lightning Class A 15 Watt tube amp, built by GRAmps (GoldRing Amplifiers - Andrew, Jim & Steve Goldring) combo cabinet by Trinity Amps loaded with 12" Celestion Greenback
Other Amps:
Mesa Boogie® Subway Rocket 15 Watt Class A/B tube amp
Crate® GX-15 practice amp
Effects:
Ibanez® TS-9 Tube Screamer overdrive Analogman modded to TS-808 specs
Digitech® JamMan Looper pedal
Digitech® Hendrix Experience pedal
Dunlop® Crybaby Wah modded w/ Fasel inductor
Digitech® Bad Monkey distortion
Line-6 Tonecore Tap Tremolo
Line-6 Delay
Boss® TU-2 pedal tuner
Misc Instruments:
Ibanez® bass
SWR® Bass amp
Ludwig Drum Kit
Givens Legacy A-style mandolin
Hikare Model CU Ukulele
Other Stuff:
PedalTrain® pedal board
Digidesign ProTools® DIGI002 Rack
MacBook 2GHz w/ 120GB FW Harddrive running Protools LE®
Boss® DR-670 drum machine
Mackie® 1202 VLZ sound board
Main guitar(s):
WD Music Kit Stratocaster with Fender Texas Special® hot rodded single coil pickups
'99(?) Fender Big Apple Strat® w/ double humbuckers
Charvel Floating tremolo
Electric Guitars:
Epiphone® Les Paul Standard w/ DiMarzio pickups
Hohner® GT-3 Steinberger headless
Acoustic Guitars:
'08 Martin 00-15M with Fishman pickup
'71Martin® 000-18 w/ Fishman® Rare Earth pickup
Baby Taylor®
Saga® Gitane D-500 Gypsy Jazz
Main Amp:
Custom built copy of Matchless® Lightning Class A 15 Watt tube amp, built by GRAmps (GoldRing Amplifiers - Andrew, Jim & Steve Goldring) combo cabinet by Trinity Amps loaded with 12" Celestion Greenback
Other Amps:
Mesa Boogie® Subway Rocket 15 Watt Class A/B tube amp
Crate® GX-15 practice amp
Effects:
Ibanez® TS-9 Tube Screamer overdrive Analogman modded to TS-808 specs
Digitech® JamMan Looper pedal
Digitech® Hendrix Experience pedal
Dunlop® Crybaby Wah modded w/ Fasel inductor
Digitech® Bad Monkey distortion
Line-6 Tonecore Tap Tremolo
Line-6 Delay
Boss® TU-2 pedal tuner
Misc Instruments:
Ibanez® bass
SWR® Bass amp
Ludwig Drum Kit
Givens Legacy A-style mandolin
Hikare Model CU Ukulele
Other Stuff:
PedalTrain® pedal board
Digidesign ProTools® DIGI002 Rack
MacBook 2GHz w/ 120GB FW Harddrive running Protools LE®
Boss® DR-670 drum machine
Mackie® 1202 VLZ sound board
