Just a little update on the rig as it is and has been.
Been playing most every weekend between 2-3 gigs the past year and a half and the rig's been great. Running direct to FOH the past year and a few months running with IEM's (64 Audio A-3) and it's been stellar. Very satisfied.
It's been 2-3 years now with the Fractal Audio AX-8, just still loving this box. It's everything I need and nothing I don't. I do miss some of the more esoteric stuff I used to have available on the rack units effects wise but none of that is necessary for the gigs I do. I primarily use Fender Twin, Vox AC-30TB, Plexi and JCM800 tones with OwnHammer IR's. We do rock, country, pop covers from the '60's to now. I also do P&W weekly. You can see the effects blocks I favor. Expression pedals are (from left to right): wah, 'gain' (amp input gains; also solo boost gain); Wet/Dry for effects and the final pedal on the right is for delay wet/dry mix) Double duty for pedal 3 is as a volume pedal when I use that.
Pedalboard is the massive and dependable Pedaltrain Pro; carrying case is a Mono (expensive but worth every penny). Power is supplied by the Pedaltrain Power from a long time ago, still working. Note the LED light strip that slowly rotates colors RGB style. Still cool IMHO. LOL.
Had the Shure GLXD Wireless for 3 or 4 (?) years - almost flawless across the whole time. When I bought it, I bought an extra battery and still swapping those same two batteries to this day. They still last a week or two each. Not bad. I've worn out one cable from the guitar to the transmitter pack now; on the second one.
Just updated the board with the Boss EV-30 expression pedals. Dave Torn was demoing in the Fryette booth with them at NAMM; good enough for David, good enough for me. Gigged two shows with them now and they are great. I added a 4th pedal and shaved 4lbs from the board versus my old setup with Mission Expression pedals (3 of them). These EV-30's are smooth, have a great sweep and I dig the cam design inside it. Smart, sturdy and the right size. I added the red reflective tape; IMHO that was a smart move. We played a new place last week Friday and Saturday and they were great.
Here's what the board looks like now:
Been playing most every weekend between 2-3 gigs the past year and a half and the rig's been great. Running direct to FOH the past year and a few months running with IEM's (64 Audio A-3) and it's been stellar. Very satisfied.
It's been 2-3 years now with the Fractal Audio AX-8, just still loving this box. It's everything I need and nothing I don't. I do miss some of the more esoteric stuff I used to have available on the rack units effects wise but none of that is necessary for the gigs I do. I primarily use Fender Twin, Vox AC-30TB, Plexi and JCM800 tones with OwnHammer IR's. We do rock, country, pop covers from the '60's to now. I also do P&W weekly. You can see the effects blocks I favor. Expression pedals are (from left to right): wah, 'gain' (amp input gains; also solo boost gain); Wet/Dry for effects and the final pedal on the right is for delay wet/dry mix) Double duty for pedal 3 is as a volume pedal when I use that.
Pedalboard is the massive and dependable Pedaltrain Pro; carrying case is a Mono (expensive but worth every penny). Power is supplied by the Pedaltrain Power from a long time ago, still working. Note the LED light strip that slowly rotates colors RGB style. Still cool IMHO. LOL.
Had the Shure GLXD Wireless for 3 or 4 (?) years - almost flawless across the whole time. When I bought it, I bought an extra battery and still swapping those same two batteries to this day. They still last a week or two each. Not bad. I've worn out one cable from the guitar to the transmitter pack now; on the second one.
Just updated the board with the Boss EV-30 expression pedals. Dave Torn was demoing in the Fryette booth with them at NAMM; good enough for David, good enough for me. Gigged two shows with them now and they are great. I added a 4th pedal and shaved 4lbs from the board versus my old setup with Mission Expression pedals (3 of them). These EV-30's are smooth, have a great sweep and I dig the cam design inside it. Smart, sturdy and the right size. I added the red reflective tape; IMHO that was a smart move. We played a new place last week Friday and Saturday and they were great.
Here's what the board looks like now: