I'm not a leader but there is a lot of good information here for electric guitar players in worship

I also often lead with the electric. That tone you get with fingerpicking and large reverb is beautiful.

After letting the ol' electric gather a thin film of dust over the last few years of playing acoustic and bass at church, I had an accident and hurt my ribs, so mostly because of this video, I decided to get the duster out and a new set of 9's.
Some things I learned -
1. Electric guitar doesn't have to make those screeching sounds that made your mum grab a brush and hit the ceiling until you turn the volume down to just above zero while using headphones. You can achieve a nice rounded tone using the right pick-up selector position while avoiding sounding like Soundgarden.
2. Your amp may sound good at home or when you practice without a congregation but skip using it as your main source of sound if you intend to use it as a monitor for what you're playing and for filling the room with sound, there are probably easier ways to go deaf. If possible go through the main mixer and trust the sound guy to give you a good mix in the monitors and main mix.
3. Once you haven't deafened yourself, electric guitar with a nice long reverb can be played less vigorously, you may not burn as many calories as usual but you have a lot more space to worship yourself (not yourself, you know what I mean).
Thanks for the video.

I love these types of videos. I am a beginner guitarists and finding videos with detailed and clear information is hard. Most are more concerned about showing their own skills. Thank you for sharing your gift and helping us improve in the worshipping of God. 😊🎉

This vid is a gem, felt way more competent approaching my electric for church after this!

You sing very well, too! Thank you for sharing your gift with the family of God! I have a lot to learn once I am competent playing and leading worship with the acoustic

I stumbled on this and you invited comments…. I played churches for near 30 years… from mega churces to small to in between and the switches were for the big part not of my doing. I’ve never understood this “formula” for Christian music. Either you have a gift form the Good Lord or you don’t. Play what’s in your heart and don’t worry about the setup you have. If the pastor fires you… in my experience you’re doing something right. You’re playing for God Almighty, He gave you the gift. Anything apart from that doesn’t matter. If you feel you are part of a weekly Sunday show… get out! This is just an old guy giving his opinion.
This is not trying dissuade anyone from playing a church, just to let you know that your gift is far more important than any “formula “  ❤️🙏🙏❤️

Thanks, man !  I wish to play in a worship band again. One day and I used to  play bass christian rock band.  Over the last year or so, I have learned to play worship on guitar.  I  love this video  !

So good when its about Him, not us..thankyou...

This series is worth watching multiple times, I am picking things up each time.  Like the settings for when you leave delay on all the time.  Awesome info, thanks so much!

Matt, thank you so much for these videos. This is by far the best help for leading from electric I've ever found. I've lead worship for 15+ years from acoustic (I'm in my early 30s), and picked up electric two years ago to add some texture and variation to our sound. It has been a huge rabbit hole of mixed blessings and frustrations, and recently I've been feeling lost in my way and the "why" for pursuing electric and out of frustration have just been leading from acoustic again. Your definition and differentiation of  rhythm guitar vs lead but also NOT playing it like an acoustic is incredibly helpful and has brought some clarity. I am like you in my primary passion being showing people Christ through the lyrics and pastoring them by example in HOW and WHY to worship the king with our voices and bodies fully engaged, and electric has sometimes made that harder to do as I'm thinking too much about tap dancing and nailing parts as a mediocre electric player. There's plenty more I could say, but thank you brother. God bless your ministry, your church is super blessed to have your solid heart leading them to the throne room.

I'm a worship leader of a small youth group in South Korea, who's switched from acoustic and been struggling on an electric guitar for a few months. This video just has tons of golden nuggets you can benefit from, and it helped a lot. Thanks Matt.

PTL, Matt, I found this series! Just what I need! I lead from a Strat with no amp. I have much to learn from your lessons. Thanks so much! Be blessed ( don't quit teaching, please!)

Have played a lot of lead and a lot of acoustic but never much rhythm so haven’t been sure exactly what to do, especially when singing as well. So thanks, this was super helpful!

He turned the knobs with his feet!
Now that’s a good one I haven’t seen that before lol👍

Thank you for sharing your wisdom here, i really appreciate you taking the time to help others.

God bless you brother, Thank you! Super helpful Love this Video ❤ Great info

This is so helpful. Thanks!

Lots of great ideas

Gr8  tips and sounds gr8. Thanks!