The Zac Brown Band formed in 2000 in Dahlonega, Georgia. They are considered a country band, with elements of jamband and Southern rock. Their current lineup includes Zac Brown on lead vocals and guitar, Jimmy De Martini on fiddle, John Driskell Hopkins on bass, Coy Bowles on keyboards and guitar, Chris Fryar on drums, Clay Cook on mandolin and steel guitar, and Daniel de los Reyes on percussion. In 2010, the band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and tour extensively, especially at festivals such as Bonnaroo.

Zac Brown is a tenor with a country, yet bluesy style. All of the members of the Zac Brown Band provide vocals, so one will need a vocal selection of musicians from bass to high tenor. For guitars, Zac plays a Taylor NS72 acoustic, and a 2008 Collings Winfield Mahogany Adirondack Sunburst. Zac does use some effects, including a Boss TU-2 tuner, a Boss GE-7 EQ, a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus, and a LR Braggs Para Acoustic DI. For amplification, Zac uses Taylor K4 and Avalon U5 DI preamps.

Fiddle player Jimmy De Martini plays an undisclosed $8,000 fiddle, and is responsible for composing much of the Zac Brown

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Alvarez Guitars was born of the convergence of artistic craftsmanship and intuitive marketing ability. In the late 1960s, St. Louis Music Company (SLM) began collaboration with the brilliant Japanese luthier, Kazuo Yairi. Previously, Yairi had been manufacturing ornate, handcrafted acoustic guitars in Japan at the well-known Yairi factory that has been in operation since 1935. As a result of the collaboration of SLM and Kazuo Yairi, the first acoustic guitar introduced in 1968 under the name

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M83 is an electronic music band formed in 2001 in Antibes, Alpes-Martimes, France. It was originally founded by Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, however, the two parted ways in 2006 and M83 is now mainly fronted by Gonzalez and his brother Yann Gonzalez.

Although M83 do use guitars, their sound is more electronically based and they use a wide range of synthesizers and special effects. Samplers that they use include a Boss SP-202 Dr. Sample and a Roland JS-30 sampling workstation. Guitars used in M83 include a 1962 American Fender Jaguar guitar, a Mexican Jazz Bass, and a Japanese Telecaster guitar. Synthesizers include a Clavia Nord Rack 2 synth, a Crumar Multiman synth, and a Yamaha CS-5 and Motif 6 keyboards with a TX-7 FM synth module. Amplification includes a 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb guitar amp.

Special effects that M83 use includes a Boss PS-2 digital pitch shifter delay, an Ibanez TS9DX Tuber Tube Screamer pedal, a Roger Mayer Octavia pedal, an MT-2 Metal Zone, and RC-50 Loop Station pedals. M83 also uses an MCI console with a Mackie 12-channel mic/line mixer.

The vocal sound of M83 is relatively simple, with tenor voices, also used with a lot of effects.

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