Stage Trix Pedal Riser Winner – Matt Heaton

So with these give aways I love it when the winners send some photos (usually of themselves with their prize). Today, I received an email from Matt Heaton, the winner of the Stage Trix Pedal Riser give away, and he wrote what he thought of the prize.

just got around to playing with the stage risers. these thing are great! attaching  some pix. #1, below, is the before picture. As you see, I don’t use a ton of stuff, and a compact setup is really important to me. it doesn’t show well, but getting to the blue bird tremolo was especially a pain in the ass.

Shot Before the Risers

voila! after installing the stagerisers, I don’t bump stuff while going to the second row. also neatened up the cables. I especially like that they aren’t permemantly installed, since I use a couple different setups depending on whether I’m playing acoustic or electric (this would be the “surfboard!”)

Shot After the Risers

I’m going to play around with them for my acoustic rig as well. thanks so much for the fun toys!

They are a simple and elegant solution to a pervasive problem. Makes me wonder why I didn’t think of it, but I’m sure glad someone did!

Matt Heaton

Matt and Shannon Heaton: Traditional and Updated Irish Music
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Thanks Matt for sending this… and I’m glad the risers are coming in handy! I also want to thank Stage Trix for sponsoring this give away!