John Bohlinger

The Lush Puppy is a killer two-in-one combo pedal. It really is a lush tone. - John Bohlinger

John Bohlinger, Montana native and former Ivy League Honors student is best know for his work in television. John lead the band on NBC's hit program "Nashville Star" as well as the 2009 CMT Music Awards, CMT Larry the Cable Guy Christmas Special, the GAC Network's "Next GAC Star", and several PBS specials including "The Outlaw Trail" and "Legends and Lyrics".

The consummate Nashville sideman, John has accompanied over fifty major label artist throughout his tenure in Nashville including Bret Michaels of Poison, Sara Evans, Leann Rimes, Miranda Lambert, Tanya Tucker, Trace Adkins, Hank Williams Jr., Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Randy Owen of Alabama, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues and many others. A versatile multi-instrumentalist, John has recorded master sessions on electric and acoustic guitars, bass, pedal steel and mandolin. John was recently cast as Gwyneth Paltrow's bass player in the her new film "Love Don't Let Me Down" staring Tim McGraw.

Mark Karan

Mark Karan is best known for performing with the extended Grateful Dead family. For the last twelve years, he has anchored the lead guitar slot in Bob Weir & RatDog, playing hundreds of shows to thousands of fans year-round. Before crossing over into the land of the Dead, Mark worked his guitar and vocal voodoo for the likes of Dave Mason, Delaney Bramlett, the Rembrandts, Paul Carrack, Huey Lewis, Jesse Colin Young and Sophie B. Hawkins.

Mark also tours with an array of amazing musicians on his own, where his soulful blues-based vocal stylings and inspired guitar work meld with the remarkably creative and responsive playing of his friends in a passionate delivery of the psychedelicized sounds of Americana. This is where rock meets R&B and country and mixes with the soul of New Orleans, with healthy portions of reggae, folk, funk and whatever else the muse might bring. In addition to his originals, as well as those of songwriter friends, Mark covers a range of eclectic songs from Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "You Can Stay (But the Noize Must Go)" and Peter Tosh's "Don't Look Back", to the Kinks' "Lazin' on a Sunny Afternoon" or Joe Jackson's "Fools in Love" - his unique musical taste and song choices are the hallmark of these shows, and always crowd pleasers for his nationwide, loyal fanbase.

The vibro-man pedal may be the most truly unique pedal in the Kilpatrick line. It offers both true pitch oriented vibrato and amplitude tremolo... unique in a single pedal to begin with... but what I REALLY love is the vibro-man's ability to combine and blend the two effects for totally unique sounds. - Mark Karan

The echo centric is a really fun take on the classic delay pedal. It sounds clean and musical, is very quiet (not true of all echo/delay pedals), offers a good amount of delay time and does a nice job w/the tape echo style runaway feedback effects. The addition of the syncopation and timing (quarter note or triplet) options adds another sonic and rhythmic dimension to the pedal and had me going deeper and deeper creating interesting textural and rhythmic soundscapes. I got totally lost in this pedal... nicely done. - Mark Karan