My musical things

**Hardrock69** · 12-10-2009, 05:04 PM

Warning: Troll alert:

The garfuckle will soon show up to tell you what you must do with your gear!

**jhale667** · 12-10-2009, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by Hardrock69

Warning: Troll alert:

The garfuckle will soon show up to tell you what you must do with your gear!

Yes, and feel free to IGNORE said stupid recommendations. They're most likely Googled anyway.

Nice axes, Rev!

Almost picked up a vintage Marshall 8x10 as a kid, but didn't want to lug it around...

**jhale667** · 12-10-2009, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by Reverberator

I've only got this now .... Digitech GNX4.

I don't do much band wise these days and that was one of the reasons I got this. I wanted to do more recording and I liked it 'cos it's got loads of lights and buttons

It's got everything on it and works fine live....and fuck it , it's a multi effects and thats about all I can say about that.

It's ok and with all the amp modelling I have on the GNX you can get a half decent tone.

You'd be surprised to know, a rather well-known guitarist I teched for on a summer fly-out tour used a GNX3 running to two slaved (rented) Marshall JCM900s for the backline, and got a surprisingly decent sound...no one noticed.

**Reverberator** · 12-10-2009, 05:35 PM

Originally posted by jhale667

You'd be surprised to know, a rather well-known guitarist I teched for on a summer fly-out tour used a GNX3 running to two slaved (rented) Marshall JCM900s for the backline, and got a surprisingly decent sound...no one noticed.

I can well believe that , these newer mfx's are quite good at replicating most stompboxes and amp/cab models BUT they require endless fiddling....The good thing with the GNX is that you can download many great patches from the Digitech web site straight to the GNX and then fettle them as needed on your PC using a cool interface.

The GNX is the main reason I use a cheap solid state amp.

**kwame k** · 12-10-2009, 06:30 PM

Nice gear dude!

**jhale667** · 12-10-2009, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by Reverberator

I can well believe that , these newer mfx's are quite good at replicating most stompboxes and amp/cab models BUT they require endless fiddling....The good thing with the GNX is that you can download many great patches from the Digitech web site straight to the GNX and then fettle them as needed on your PC using a cool interface.

The GNX is the main reason I use a cheap solid state amp.

He actually used a Sparkledrive and a couple of other pedals in front of it and it still sounded decent (and was stereo, which is rarely a bad thing)...I should get off my ass and someday scan and post the schematics I did of the rigs of some of the people I worked for...oh, wait - someone would accuse me of name-dropping...

**Reverberator** · 12-10-2009, 07:55 PM

Well pm them to me then....I'd love to have a look.

**jhale667** · 12-10-2009, 09:12 PM

Will do. Might take a minute, but sure!

Originally posted by Reverberator

Well pm them to me then....I'd love to have a look.

Was thinkin' on the way home, I should probably redo them, they're currently sketched in a ledger-type book that was small enough to fit in my Anvil-briefcase/work-box (can't take a ton of shit with ya on a fly-out run), but I'll try to remember to take that to the office tomorrow and see how they scan...got a printer at home, but no scanner.

Oh, and one of my best friends currently records with a GNX4, and thought it was the shiznit until he came over and heard the sounds I'm getting with PODfarm and Recabinet...his stuff still sounds good!

**Matt White** · 12-10-2009, 09:36 PM

KEWL gear REV................

**Reverberator** · 12-12-2009, 09:33 PM

Cheers guys....I'm gonna talk a bit more here now.

**VanHalener** · 12-12-2009, 10:26 PM

Nice gear. May I make a recommendation?

Turn that shit UP!!!

**jhale667** · 12-12-2009, 10:35 PM

Awesome. Oh, and a few more specifics for the Digitech setup..lol

Originally posted by Reverberator

Cheers guys....I'm gonna talk a bit more here now.

Cool.

Oh, and as far as the excessive twiddling on the GNX/Marshall setup? Dude had like six or so sounds/presets (no cab emulations) that he'd worked up: IIRC - Clean, Clean with Reverb/slight chorus, couple of dirty/dirtier stock rhythms and two lead sounds with echoes...all accessed via a Midi Buddy.
He had a Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss CE-5 and a Voodoolab Chorus in front of the GNX3 with a Shure Wireless stuck inbetween. Right and Left outputs of the GNX went to each of the Marshall heads (full stacks but running the bottom cabs only).

Per his preference, the Right and Left outs were color-coded due to the way he set the heads up; didn't write his settings for those down because it was different at every gig, and you couldn't just run either or to either of both heads, if that makes sense...

He had them basically just running as power amps, but still did stuble tonal colorations and slightly bumped up the gain differently for each channel with the heads at soundchecks per venue to get what he wanted to hear, so it mattered which channel/head was which.

It worked -funny, because I'd recently seen the band at the ROXY here as a still-fan (but had met 2 out of 3 of them locally & becoming friends before being asked to work for 'em) and hearing his guitar sound I was like "He's getting that out of 2 JCM900s?!?" When I then saw his rig a few weeks later, I was like "Ooooh, I get it." But with that type of gig (and caliber) player where he showed up with his shit and had two unknown Marshalls provided for Backline in every city, pretty nearly consistent and workable tone. Got to personally wank through it at his encouragement and behest a couple of times (Cool dude, would hand me the guitar and go "check it out", like he wanted to hear someone else play through it plus we became post show party pals so we'd be hangin' out talking guitars), and it was something you could live with every night and do that kinda gig if like him you had it, y'know? He got tagged for a extra fees for the gear-bag and taking a backup guitar in a case in addition to the main one as a carry-on... but still pretty economic (not counting renting the Backline, just travel wise) way to do it for them...no cartage fees for amps, though...

Bassist did something similar, wireless, no back up instrument w/two SVTs. Boiled his own strings (and a backup set) prior to flying to the 2-3 night gigs, never broke one in the 3 months I was there...

And oh yeah, Rev...what kinda pickups are in the red Strat?

**Reverberator** · 12-13-2009, 11:28 AM

The pickups are the ones it came with , it's got that hotter bridge pup with that tbx? tone pot .... I had tried it out with a Duncan sh5 about a year ago , then I was playing rhythm in a covers band and wanted to fatten it up as I was competing against a LP. Now that band is 'dead' and as I'm basically playing blues now I wanted the strat tone back and put the duncan where it should be in the LP.

Actually you may remember me fitting the duncan in the strat as I posted it over at rothfans.

Now....that stuff you sent me is good reading and I think you should post it as it's interesting stuff and I'm with you on the Gary Moore thing , his rock playing was the bollox ....out in the fields took some time , still can't play it quite right even now.

As for the 'guy'

with the gnx3 ....I've got the gnx4 ...one better

but that's about the only thing that is better

I'm going to try to get my nikon working , I'll take some shots of the inputs and everything on the back of the gnx to give you some idea.

**jhale667** · 12-13-2009, 01:49 PM

Originally posted by Reverberator

Actually you may remember me fitting the duncan in the strat as I posted it over at rothfans.

Now that you mention it, stirring a memory.

Crap, where's that archive site addy when you need it? There were some cool threads there, hope RF pops back up some day.

Now....that stuff you sent me is good reading and I think you should post it as it's interesting stuff and I'm with you on the Gary Moore thing , his rock playing was the bollox ....out in the fields took some time , still can't play it quite right even now.

Will do. The one I sent you is the only "Holy Handwritting Batman" one in the bunch, 'course I started on that one first...

But none of them will scan so will be redoing them as per the example.

Funny how most hardcore guitar players know of pre "Still Got the Blues" Gary. And how many more well-known (particularly Euro, but a few US) guitarists of the day worshiped him...like on the same level as EVH, and justifiably so! I mean, Ozzy approached him after Rhoads death...monster player.

As for the 'guy'

with the gnx3 ....I've got the gnx4 ...one better

but that's about the only thing that is better

I'm going to try to get my nikon working , I'll take some shots of the inputs and everything on the back of the gnx to give you some idea.

That'll be killer. Please do.

The 'guy''s

rig would also be the simplest schematic to re-do and post. And he went for the gnx3 because it fit in a carry-on.

Could still do it anonymously...."That 'guys' rig"...

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