Ventanaman
Inspired
I posted this over at TGP and thought you all might be interested:
I just revamped my gigging rack and thought some of you may be interested in my setup.
First, I am a weekend warrior guitarist/singer in a modern rock band that does mostly covers and a few originals in bars and private parties. I also do some side production work for audio books and radio spots and my day job is completely unrelated to music or production.
I need a wide variety of high-quality tones that is (relatively) easy to transport. So, here is my latest iteration of my gig rig.
The signal chain is guitar -> G90 wireless -> split with tuner side into the Vocalist Live Pro and the main out into the AxeFX front input -> AxeFx then split with Out1 going to the PA and Out2 going into the Matrix and then to my Scumback M75-loaded cab (Stagecraft diagonal 2x12). All is controlled with the MFC-101 and a pair of Mission expression pedals.
I did all of the wiring myself (except the power cables) and it sounds fantastic. I always get other players coming up after shows wondering how I am getting so many great tones out of the system.
The best part of all - the entire rack weighs only 50 pounds.
It was a lot of fun putting it together. The previous version contained a VHT 2/90/2 as the power amp, but I really wanted to add the G90 unit (which works as advertised) without going to a 8 space rack, and despite my reservations, took the plunge on the Matrix power amp. I plan on having an extensive review posted on the Matrix in a week or 2 after I have a few more rehearsals and a couple of gigs under my belt with the unit.
The rack case is just the standard Gator 6-space rack.
The most challenging part of the build was routing the inputs to the Vocalist and the AxeFx from the rear of the G90 to the front of the rack. I drilled a couple of holes into the upper aluminum bezel of the rack and the covered the bezel with black gaffer tape to streamline the look and somewhat hide the holes. I then soldered a strait connector on each of the cables and threaded them through the bezel holes, made sure I had the proper length, and then had to solder then right angle ends after the cables were pulled through. Getting the right angled end through the handle on the AxeFx took more effort than I expected.
Covering up the XLR jacks that go unused is very helpful when setting up quickly in a dark environment.
I just revamped my gigging rack and thought some of you may be interested in my setup.
First, I am a weekend warrior guitarist/singer in a modern rock band that does mostly covers and a few originals in bars and private parties. I also do some side production work for audio books and radio spots and my day job is completely unrelated to music or production.
I need a wide variety of high-quality tones that is (relatively) easy to transport. So, here is my latest iteration of my gig rig.
The signal chain is guitar -> G90 wireless -> split with tuner side into the Vocalist Live Pro and the main out into the AxeFX front input -> AxeFx then split with Out1 going to the PA and Out2 going into the Matrix and then to my Scumback M75-loaded cab (Stagecraft diagonal 2x12). All is controlled with the MFC-101 and a pair of Mission expression pedals.
I did all of the wiring myself (except the power cables) and it sounds fantastic. I always get other players coming up after shows wondering how I am getting so many great tones out of the system.
The best part of all - the entire rack weighs only 50 pounds.
It was a lot of fun putting it together. The previous version contained a VHT 2/90/2 as the power amp, but I really wanted to add the G90 unit (which works as advertised) without going to a 8 space rack, and despite my reservations, took the plunge on the Matrix power amp. I plan on having an extensive review posted on the Matrix in a week or 2 after I have a few more rehearsals and a couple of gigs under my belt with the unit.
The rack case is just the standard Gator 6-space rack.
The most challenging part of the build was routing the inputs to the Vocalist and the AxeFx from the rear of the G90 to the front of the rack. I drilled a couple of holes into the upper aluminum bezel of the rack and the covered the bezel with black gaffer tape to streamline the look and somewhat hide the holes. I then soldered a strait connector on each of the cables and threaded them through the bezel holes, made sure I had the proper length, and then had to solder then right angle ends after the cables were pulled through. Getting the right angled end through the handle on the AxeFx took more effort than I expected.
Covering up the XLR jacks that go unused is very helpful when setting up quickly in a dark environment.