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Almost finished wiring. I've isolated all the vintage gear in a separate rack. It ties in with the main rack and the power rack via rear patch panels. It is all controlled by MIDI---no audio signal runs to/from the board; only control cables for amp/channel selecting/switching, wah & volume (which control the Cry Baby rack unit & MIDI Expression (which is assignable to various pedals and effects. Here's a photo of the rigs:

Sounds and wiring diagrams please!

mk

mkaufman wrote:Sounds and wiring diagrams please!

mk

Sounds will be forthcoming. Wiring is insane. Here's the signal path:

Guitar->
SMS Input-> (Rear Tuner Out->StroboRack Tuner In)
SMS Front Effects send->
GCX Front Feed Thru->
GCX Rear Feed Through->
ISP Decimator Tracking In->
ISP Decimator Tracking Out->
ISP Decimator Noise Reduction Channel 1 In->
ISP Decimator Noise Reduction Channel 1 Out->
Cry Baby Rack Wah-Wah In/Out->
GCX Channels 1-5 (EQ Pedal, Whammy, Compressor, TS-9, O/D)->
Cry Baby Rack Volume In/Out->
1x4 Splitter->
4 Pre-amps->
GCX Channels 6-8 (Pre-Amps)->
ISP Decimator Channel 2 In->
ISP Decimator Channel 2 Out->
Rane PEQ->
Strymon Mobius->(mono in/stereo out)->
Rane Mixer-> (Sum with PCM 81 L/R)->
Power Amp In L/R->
Power Amp Spearkers L/R->
Palmer PGA 05 Speaker Sim In L/R->
Palmer PGA 05 Speaker Sim Thru-> (Palmer XLR L/R Rear Panel, Palmer ¼” Out L/R ->Rear Panel/Palmer ¼: Out L/R 2->Behringer Headphone Amp L/R Main In)
Palmer PLB 2x8 LoadBox In L/R

As a proud GASaholic, that Sir, is an impressive array. I like how you've got both vintage and new, not either/or. Although with your chops, I'm sure you would make my rig sound right. You gotta know that there are a lot of husbands that are gonna 'git some' tonight after their wives see that picture. "Yeah, he spends some money, but not that bad."

Mind boggling. But nice.

Don't you have a simplified rig just using the upper right case?
mk

mkaufman wrote:Don't you have a simplified rig just using the upper right case?
mk

I'm having a custom combo amp made using state of the art transformer that will allow me to rack a preamp and effects unit and I have a smaller pedal board that will give me the basic effects I need (plus I can pull things off the rack shelf in my main rig).

Back to my original question:

Rather than all pictured, aren't you pretty much just using the IVP, AD230, UE400, SC50 for your Bobby sound?

mk

mkaufman wrote:Back to my original question:

Rather than all pictured, aren't you pretty much just using the IVP, AD230, UE400, SC50 for your Bobby sound?

mk

Sorry, Michael. I didn't understand the question! Yes, for Bobby sound, I use that + the PCM 81 for reverb & an EQ pedal that Yogi made me that uses the Artist Active EQ system (kind of like your pedal) since my guitar doesn't have that. It makes a difference. I also run it all through the power rack below the vintage rack. But I plug the guitar into the SMS Revelation preamp to hit Brad's Steel Guitar Black Box buffer. There's also some noise reduction in the signal path, too.

Got it!

Would love to hear new recordings since you added the AD230 & UE400.

mk

mkaufman wrote:Got it!

Would love to hear new recordings since you added the AD230 & UE400.

mk

Soon. Still have a bit of wiring I need to do but should be finished by end of the weekend. I'll send you some clips. Looking forward to your opinion.

Can't wait!

mk

Stunning!!!