Hamer of the gods Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Mini Rig!That Paul is all kinds of killer.Thanks! It used to belong to J Isham! Just added the Vibramate and Bigsby, which I highly recommend.
veatch Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 "Stage" fer me is "church gig", so it has to be small and mean.Small pedalboard (small hardshell Gator thingy) with:Ernie Ball Vol JrTU-2 TunerFullTone Choral Flange (rarely used - keep in case i go out of tune mid song and need to mask it...)Boss DD-20 Giga-Delay (After reading Mitch's Echo thread - now i wanna Strymon El Capistan... :/ )TimmyEgnater Rebel 20 head -> Lopo 1x12I could probably get away with just a tuner and the Timmy for a good boost for the solos (can't trust the sound guy to bring me up on time - he usually makes his way to the slider about the time i'm packing my stuff for the car...). I'm stuck with the delay, though, 'cause seems every song ends up being a tribute to the musical stylings of the edge...
anotherfreak Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Solo set up:Guitar Duotone/Godin Flat FiveElectric side->TC Nova System->pocketPOD->Bose StickAcoustic side->Boss Loopstation->Bose StickBand set up:GuitarElectric side ->Wah->TC Nova System->Genz Benz Black Pearl 112Acoustic side ->Boss Loopstation->Bose Stick
hardheartedbill Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 I do all kinds of gigs so it can be any combination ofPedalboard w wah OD phase trem and delayLine 6 HD 400tophat club royale 112Bruno UG 30 headBoogie MKI headEpiphone valve jr comboDeluxe reverbBruno 412 w celestion bluesBogner 410 w Kendrick black framesTubeworks 112 cabMost of the time its the pedals and tophat
hamerhead Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 I'm attempting a serious downsizing - from 2 amps (Vibrolux and Motion Sound) and a pedalboard with 10 pedals (in a big Anvil case) to a Champ XD and a Boss GT-3 (in a small keyboard case). I'll still have 2 or 3 guitars (my LP and assorted Hamers), but it goes from 4 trips to 2, and half the set up and tear down time. I love the sound of the Vibrolux/Motion Sound/pedal array, but our 'it's-too-loud' drummer says 35 watts on 2 is too much. Weener. The XD makes the compromise much easier. And lighter.
diablo175 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Keep it fairly simple- choice of ax ( Hamer Cali's, Les Paul Axcess, Charvel cs Star) thru Morley Bad Horsie II Wah - Boss ME 50- Kustom HV/100hd w/ MXR 10 band EQ, on a Kustom Coupe 4 x 12 slant cab. Badda-Bing, Badda-Boom.
jisham Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Keep it fairly simple- choice of ax ( Hamer Cali's, Les Paul Axcess, Charvel cs Star) thru Morley Bad Horsie II Wah - Boss ME 50- Kustom HV/100hd w/ MXR 10 band EQ, on a Kustom Coupe 4 x 12 slant cab. Badda-Bing, Badda-Boom.My tattoo artist plays guitar as well and he's got FOUR of those Kustom heads and cabs. But he doesn't have an LP Access -- what a cool axe! (Well, all of yours are but I'm partial to LPs).
RCM78 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Various Guitars > Tuner > Compressor > Boost > Chorus > Delay > Flanger > Phase > Bogner XTC > 2X12 with V-30's
Feynman Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 1963 Strat... What...no Hubers any more??? Beat me to it. Maybe the Hubers are too precious to gig with so he takes some old Strat instead? - Austin The Vintage Bug is a bitch... And, though it is undoubtedly informative and entertaining to try every fine guitar in the world, eventually you're just going to end up at the Stratocaster.
RichRS6 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Nice rig, but I like the fact you carry your own stock of booze to the gig !P.S. Are you missing a string ?
tobereeno Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 a decade ago, it was:two Soldano Sp-77 preamps, Boss rackmount multieffect, Mesa 50/50 poweramp, 2 Mesa 4x12sthe rig was far too big for the basement-level clubs in Seoul Korea. I downsized first to a Laney Chrome-O-Zone, then finally to just a Valvulator and a Pod XT Live.Now back in the States, I'm expanding again. Valvulator is still my first plug-in point. One output goes to a Marshall 2x10 bass combo. The other to a SSL Rock Block, then into a Marshall 40w Haze 1x12 combo. This biamp setup is killer with my B12L bass. It's hard to describe the thunder of a 12 string bass running through both a bass amp and a guitar amp. It's huge. HUGE.At church, it's an SWR Workingman 12, with volume set to about 1.5 (not a very loud church band). Tomorrow, I'm going to bring my MicroCube and biamp. Won't be loud, but it'll sound broad and expansive.For guitar, I need to get an ABY box to switch off the bass amp feed. I thought about using it for cleans, but it's just not getting the sound I want (not surprisingly). I'll get around to running the XT Live as a multieffect in the effects loops of both combos, or I might pull out my old Boss rack unit. I thought I could live with guitar-cable-amp, but I really love effects too much.
HSB0531 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Nice rig, but I like the fact you carry your own stock of booze to the gig ! P.S. Are you missing a string ? I know, it looks that way. For some reason you only see one of the G octave strings. Carry my own stock of booze: , no that was a gig at the Macari Vineyards.
velorush Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Like Veatch, my 'stage' means church = me + keyboard + singer. Lately I've two situations going:1. I review the song list the week before and determine a guitar would help mostRed Snapper > either the getto board with Nova Delay + Nova Modulator orRed Snapper > Flashback Delay (surprisingly versatile)> Reeves Custom 12PS with Celestion Alnico Blue [bliss]2. I review the song list the week before and determine a bass would help mostDeluxe P Bass (active) > cable > PAAs the Bass is so simple, I generally am inclined to grab it and go. This week I played guitar (PunkAvenger's Special FM) for the first time in about two months and had a huge time - but it was weird that playing guitar felt weird (if that makes any sense at all).
Mindseyes Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 since back surgery 6 weeks ago this has been my living room rig.......cant really play for more than 10-15 min. at a time though.
RichRS6 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 "I love vagina" ! LOL. Where can i get a sticker like that.Edit. Can I say "vagina" on here ?
veatch Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 "I love vagina" ! LOL. Where can i get a sticker like that. Edit. Can I say "vagina" on here ? We should start a thread on stuff we have on our amps. I like Chris's "BUY ME" logo on the head, and "A BEER" on the cab.
kevinbower1959 Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Being the guitarist as well as the keyboard player has its downsides; Hamer Standard Floyd Rose bridge Sperzel locking machine heads Seymour Duncan & Michael Amott pickups InTune Gripp-X picks 0.88 w/band logo D'Addario XL strings .009-.046 Planet Waves clip-on headstock tuner 2 x Hughes & Kettner Coreblade heads Hughes & Kettner MIDI foot controller 4 x Randall XL ultra cabs 2 x Hughes & kettner RedBox speaker emulators Sennheiser wireless system Failsafe hardwire radio bypass switcher Voodoo labs power supply Morpheus Droptune Danelectro Coolcat Vibe Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer Roland NF-1 Noisegate Boss NS-2 tuner Motif XS7 digital sampling workstation synthesizer Roland MSQ-700 digital MIDI sequencer Nord Wave synthesizer Jaspers-ALU custom keyboard stand/rack Custom-built 19" 6 into 2 line mixer/splitter BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer Lexicon MX200 digital multi-FX 2 x dbx 160A compressor/limiters dbx 215 stereo monitor EQ BSS ASS 360 active monitor crossover Samson Servo 600 power amplifiers 2 x Martin Audio 10200 MF/HF monitors 2 x TA18 18" LF 500w active subs 4 x Yamaha FC5 foot controllers/sample triggers Floor-mounted guitar killswitch FCW ATA touring flightcases
cynic Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 since back surgery 6 weeks ago this has been my living room rig.......cant really play for more than 10-15 min. at a time though. I folded and grabbed an Axe-FX II when it was my turn. I had been running it thru the FX return until yesterday when I tried it on a cheap pair of powered 5.25" monitors. Holy Cow! Who knew something so small could sound so big and full. Long story short, I'm keeping the Axe and after a few weeks of "making sure I'm sure", some nice amps will be making their way to the FS board.
Mindseyes Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 since back surgery 6 weeks ago this has been my living room rig.......cant really play for more than 10-15 min. at a time though. I folded and grabbed an Axe-FX II when it was my turn. I had been running it thru the FX return until yesterday when I tried it on a cheap pair of powered 5.25" monitors. Holy Cow! Who knew something so small could sound so big and full. Long story short, I'm keeping the Axe and after a few weeks of "making sure I'm sure", some nice amps will be making their way to the FS board. Yea I really dig mine, especially since I've been off my feet from surgery......can't wait to get back on stage with it because I got my MFC 101 the day before I got cut on so I'm really looking forward to using it live now that I have total control over it!
Mindseyes Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 "I love vagina" ! LOL. Where can i get a sticker like that.Edit. Can I say "vagina" on here ?My drummer gave that sticker to me a few years ago, I could ask him were he got it but most times he can't remember what he ate last night so I'm pretty sure he can't tell me were he got it...lol
burningyen Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 I haven't been on stage in over a year, but last time it was:57AVRI StratAmSeries Strat (now replaced with a Reverend Gil Parris)Variax 700 AcousticNYCpedalboard loaded withRP355 (with RP155 as backup)Peterson StrobostompBoss VE20Voodoo Lab PP2Tech21 Power Engine 60 (now replaced with a QSC K10)
Stevieconlon Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Two rigs:70s vintage Fender Precision, Music Man Sting Ray or Gibson Bicentennial Thunderbird (classic rock)Alembic, Spector or Fender 5 string bass (hard rock, metal or dance rock)Sennheiser UHF wireless (2)Snark Tuners on bassesAmpeg SVT-II or Peavey VB-2 tube bass headAmpeg 6x10 SVT cabinet
RobB Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 One or two (depending on venue) Mesa Boogie .50Cal+ heads ( both have been modded significantly to be louder) Scott, when running both heads, how do you hook them up? Slave out from the first to FX loop return of second? Do you need to ground-lift one of the heads? Also, do you have both channel-switch pedals on the floor? Or do you use one amp only for volume boost? Reason I ask is that it took me some time to figure out the ground-loop thing w/my two-amp/cab rig. The ISP Decimator has ground-lift buttons on the back which are a godsend. Additionally, using ground-lift adaptors (3-prong to 2) into the Furman power supply on all but one piece of my rig (Soldano head) seemed to help, as well. Next move is to use nylon, 10-32 rack screws/washers on all the rack units to totally isolate the metal housings from the rack rails. One crisis at a time... BTW, I think the .50cals are some of the best Mesa amps produced to date. These were Mesa's first attempt to compete with Marshalls; very UN-Boogie like in that they were not so HiFi-sounding as Mark-series amps had a rawer sound with EL84s. You can make these amps sound FILTHY, unlike most of their other amps.
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