REVELATOR
Where Sound Reveals the Soul
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REVELATOR

by John Moran

Where Sound Reveals the Soul

MUSIC • THOUGHTS • ATMOSPHERE

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MUSIC

Songs from late nights and long roads. Blues, indie folk and everything in between.

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MY GEAR

The tools behind the tone. Every piece of equipment that shapes the sound — from first chord to final mix.

Jet JS-380 BK
Jet Guitars · Electric Guitar

Single-coil clarity with a Strat-style feel. Bright, responsive, and built for blues bends and late-night riffs.

Electric Guitar
Bacchus BLP-FMH
Bacchus · Les Paul Model

Traditional Les Paul body with a figured maple top — thick, warm humbucker tone and that classic sustain that makes every note feel earned.

Electric Guitar
Cort Action PJ OPW
Cort Action Series · Bass Guitar

Open-pore walnut finish, PJ pickups, 34" scale. The low end of the rig — punchy rock or smooth jazz tone on tap.

Bass Guitar
Arturia Minilab 3
Arturia · MIDI Keyboard Controller

25 keys of expressive control. Pads, encoders, and deep DAW integration — where melody ideas become full arrangements.

MIDI Controller
Neural DSP Suite
Neural DSP · Amp Simulation Plugins

Studio-grade amp modelling without a cabinet. Archetype series and Fortin Nameless — tone dialled in at any hour.

Amp Simulation
FL Studio
Image-Line · Digital Audio Workstation

Where everything gets recorded, arranged, and mixed. The invisible room where tracks come to life at 3AM.

Software / DAW
Fifine K688
Fifine · Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone

Warm, focused, and noise-rejecting — handles studio recordings and podcast sessions with punch and clarity.

Microphone
Arturia Minifuse 2
Arturia · USB Audio Interface

Compact, clean, and capable. Two pristine preamps bridging the guitar and mic to the DAW with zero fuss.

Audio Interface
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky
Ernie Ball · 10–46 Strings

Nickel wound, balanced tension for blues bending without floppiness — changed every few weeks to keep the tone alive.

Strings
Headphones & In-Ears
Sennheiser & Truthear

An everyday Bluetooth over-ear for travel, paired with a budget IEM for detailed, on-the-go reference checks.

Monitoring
The Full Setup

Every cable, every plugin, every pedal — documented in full detail.

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Conversations about life, creativity, philosophy and everything that shapes the mind.

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ABOUT

Some stories are written on paper.
Others live in sound, words and silence.

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04 — About

John Moran

I'm a mechanical engineer by trade — that's the day job, the serious part. But most of what I actually enjoy happens outside of that: playing guitar, recording music, taking photos, writing, making podcasts, the occasional vlog. None of it is particularly planned. It's just what I end up doing when I have time and something feels worth making.

Some stories are written on paper. Others live in sound, words and silence.

I spend most nights somewhere between blues, guitars, unfinished ideas and late conversations. Just building small pieces of atmosphere and trying to give shape to thoughts that are difficult to explain.

theRevelator Records is simply where those pieces end up.

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02 — Studio

My Full Gear List

Every instrument, interface, plugin and piece of software that goes into the sound.

Jet JS-380 BK
Jet Guitars · Electric Guitar

Single-coil clarity with a Strat-style feel. Bright, responsive, and built for blues bends and late-night riffs. The primary guitar for all recordings.

Electric GuitarPrimary Instrument
Bacchus BLP-FMH
Bacchus Universe Series · Les Paul Model

Flame mahogany top, open zebra humbuckers, set-neck construction. Thick, warm, sustain-heavy tone \u2014 the darker, heavier voice next to the Jet's brightness.

Electric GuitarLes Paul
Cort Action PJ OPW
Cort Action Series · 4-String Bass

Poplar body in open-pore walnut, bolt-on Canadian hard maple neck, jatoba fingerboard. A PJ pickup set covers punchy rock low-end through smooth jazz tones across all 24 frets.

Bass GuitarPJ Pickups34" Scale
Arturia Minilab 3
Arturia · MIDI Keyboard Controller

25 mini keys, 8 RGB pads, and endless encoder control. Deep DAW integration and a compact footprint that fits every desk setup.

MIDI Controller25 KeysUSB-C
Neural DSP Suite
Neural DSP · Amp Simulation

No cabinet, no compromise. Archetype Cory Wong, Fortin Nameless, and Tone King Imperial Mk II — studio-grade amp modelling that works at any hour.

Amp SimVST / AUNeural DSP
FL Studio
Image-Line · DAW

The main creative hub. Recording, arranging, mixing — everything flows through FL Studio. Lifetime free updates, pattern-based workflow, and deep plugin ecosystem.

DAWWindows / MacLifetime Updates
Fifine K688
Fifine · Dynamic Microphone

Dual connectivity — USB or XLR. Cardioid polar pattern, built-in shock mount, and a warm low-frequency response that cuts through background noise cleanly.

MicrophoneUSB + XLRDynamic
Arturia Minifuse 2
Arturia · USB Audio Interface

Two high-quality preamps, 192kHz max sample rate, and bus-powered via USB-C. The clean, transparent link between guitar, mic, and DAW.

Audio Interface2-in / 2-out192kHz
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky
Ernie Ball · 10–46 Electric Guitar Strings

Nickel wound, balanced tension, and a bright attack that suits both clean blues and overdriven riffs. Swapped every few weeks to maintain the sparkle.

Strings10–46 GaugeNickel Wound
Headphones & In-Ears
Sennheiser HD 458BT & Truthear Gate

An everyday Bluetooth over-ear for travel and casual listening, paired with a budget IEM for detailed, on-the-go reference checks. Two very different jobs, two very different tools.

Bluetooth ANCIn-Ear MonitorMonitoring
Cables & Signal Chain
Various · Planet Waves / Mogami

Mogami XLR for the mic, Planet Waves instrument cables for the guitar. Clean signal path from source to interface — no noise, no compromise.

XLRTS / TRSAccessories
Signal chain diagrams and photos coming soon.
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