Current rig.

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On top
ISP Decimator
Maxon OD808

In Rack
Glorified power strip with lights on the front
Sennheiser EW 172 G2
Empty (G-Major is supposed to go here, but it is damaged)
Empty Space cover
Rackmount Recto (Check out the painted knobs, yuck)

Mesa 4x12 Slant

Jackson KV2 (custom?), black binding, EMG85... My #1, bought from Paddok I think..

I'm trying to figure out if I should just go for pedals for my effects and just forget about running anything in the loop and just do the pedal dance. Any thoughts / comments / death threats?

[Nazgul]

Give me that KV2 or I'll kill you!

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Give me that KV2 or I'll kill you!

Hahahaha...... NO!

[sl2lover]

Here's mine!

Furman M-8D
Rane PE-15
DBX 266XL
ISP Decimator Prorack G

Rivera Knucklehead Reverb 100 watt(6l6 version)
Rivera Knucklehead 4x12 w/ vintage 30's

91 SL1, and 06 KV2
Also got a San Dimas Rhoads that's not done yet, and a Rickenbacker 650 Sierra.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m184/sl2lover/Rig.jpg

[Inazone]

I just placed my rack stand order today, but the "guts" of the rig will be:

Peavey Rockmaster tube preamp
ADA MP-1 3.666 tube preamp
ART DST-4 preamp/processor
ART Tube Channel parametric EQ/mic pre/compressor
Rocktron Guitar Silencer
Rocktron Multivalve processor
Carvin T100 stereo tube power amp
Sabine RT7100 rack tuner
Furman M-8 Merit power conditioner

I might keep the Carvin in its own rack case (already have a Peavey Classic 60 in a separate case), rackmount my Johnson J-Station, and try some other stuff in the rack. I'm really looking forward to gear overkill!

[Guitardude86]

Wish I had the money to build my own rack..
I guess I'll just have to do like George Thorogood sayd then:
Get a haircut and get a real job!

[Dreamland_Rebel]

it really depends on what effects are you wanting to use? and how you are wanting to use them.

what do you want the results to be? then we can work backwards to build your chain properly

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sl2lover - I dig the Kv2!

I am really looking for chorus, reverb, delay (maybe), booster (probably 2), and the ISP Decimator + some sort of tuner.

[catzodellamarina]

I'm digging that Racktofier. I was outbid twice on one of those before the GAS finally went away. Let me know how it sounds with the G. Better yet, post tones!

[sl2lover]

sl2lover - I dig the Kv2!

I am really looking for chorus, reverb, delay (maybe), booster (probably 2), and the ISP Decimator + some sort of tuner.

Thanks! I'm in the market for a Korg rack tuner as well! Down the road I'll get a chorus pedal, but thats about as far as I'll go with any pedals! I'm not into effects much!

[sl2lover]

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In Rack
Glorified power strip with lights on the front
Sennheiser EW 172 G2
Empty (G-Major is supposed to go here, but it is damaged)
Empty Space cover
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Where did you get the empty space cover??

[Inearthed]

You know, I actually was given the space cover by one of my friends. He sold his bass rack and just went for a bass head + 2 cabs and gave me the space cover (as well as a power conditioner) for free. You should be able to find one online without much trouble.

[SpiralArchitect]

Rob

don't run anything in your loop except the delay, but I would also get a little looper unit that you run all your pedals into and can switch them on or off, tap dancing to get all fot hem on at once will be a pain in the ass, long time ago I had a raktifier, it hadted EVERYthing I put in the loop, and sorta liked flange and chorus in front of the amp.

one thing I would so, is get a BS2 buffer from www.axess-electronics.com
this thing will blow your mind at the top end and clarity you get back after running alot of cable and pedals in front of this amp.

anyhow it's what I got goin on in my interface works like a champ!

Thanks for the Engl gain by the way!

Chris

[Dreamland_Rebel]

1. ok, your easiest setup would be all pedals, all in front.

2. next would be a tad more complicated, setup wise, cost a little more in cables, but sound a little better if tweaked it right between the pre and power section of the amp: all pedals, booster in front, chorus, delay, and reverb in loop.

3. booster pedals up front, processor in loop.

tuner note: run your tuner in front of everything, unless your amp has a "tuner out". decide this between your tuner's ability to mute, verses your amps, and set it up accordingly.

4. or you could get a midi switcher (pedal and brain) and hook it all up in the most ideal was that each individual component can be hooked up to each other, and control it all from the midi pedal board.

5. you could get a modeling pre/processor like the boss gt-8 or pod xtl or similar modeling procesorros, and a power amp or use the recto as a power amp.

no matter how you look at it, your not getting out of the pedal dance.
i'd go with delay pedal up front that has a temp tap and call it a day.

[Inazone]

no matter how you look at it, your not getting out of the pedal dance.

This sentence is the key. I was so pumped about switching from a pedalboard/head setup to a rack rig, and when all was said and done, it became apparent that there was no escaping the pedal dance. I decided to just keep using my existing live rig, and set up the rack gear for studio use. Besides, I have a smaller equivalent of every rack device that I use on my pedalboard.