Jon: Vocals, Guitar

Jon Hettinger, Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar

I started playing guitar when I was 14. I started with two different teachers showing me the basics and playing some songs from the hair band era and I was instantly hooked! I never became a shredder like my idols C.C. Deville, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads but I learned to be a great rhythm guitar player. I never played in any bands until I co-formed S.O.S in 2003. My skills have improved ten fold since the start of S.O.S and my love for music has expanded to all genres.

I have two daughters, Mackenzie and Sydney who love to hear us play and I try to have them come to shows when possible. They're both talented singers in their own right.

I love playing music and get such a great feeling when we play live and the crowd gets up and moves around and sings along with us. S.O.S has gone through some major changes over the years. I feel the current lineup is the strongest and most talented group of guys I could ever have the pleasure of working with. I expect S.O.S to be rocking the South-Central Pennsylvania area for years to come!

Gear

My gear consists of all Gibson guitars for my electric work. They run through either a Hughes and Kettner duotone 100 watt head or a 40 watt Fender hot rod deluxe limited edition into a Mesa Boogie 4x12 cab with Celestion vintage 30’s.

My pedal board consists of a Morley Volume Pedal, Morley Bad Horsie wah, T-Rex reverb, small clone chorus, Mxr line booster, and Korg blackout tuner running through pro co lifelines cables. I also use a sennheiser wireless system on stage.

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How did we come up with name S.O.S?

The name of the band was originally "Something Special." We settled on that name simply because we had no idea what to call ourselves and a friend at that time said it's gotta be something special. Our original bass player Puliti created the older version of our logo using the subscript symbol with the circle around it.

Jon H. thought it kind of looked like S.O.S so we changed the name. We constantly get asked what it stands for and we always respond with "What does it mean to you?" As you could imagine we get a lot of good responses!