Some new gear. RG7321, with a Dimarzio Air Norton in the bridge an Evolution in the neck, new electronics and coil taps. And a BBE Green Screamer, just for a lead boost.
Nice score! I'd take the Air Norton in the neck position, though. I've got an Air Norton in the neck position of my RG1527 and it sounds unbelievably lush.
Ah, gotcha. Air Norton was actually originally designed to be a low-output bridge pick-up IIRC, so I thought you might have on of the rare guitars that have it installed 'properly'.
I also have Air Norton's in my bridge. Love them. EDIT: I mean neck. I think I have Blaze pickups in the bridge.
Just my Schecter C-7, which I pimp pretty regularly since Schecter have kind of a bad rep for some reason, and my Ibanez RG1527. Everything is stock on the Schecter since it came with awesome pick-ups and hardware. The RG1527 has an Air Norton in the neck and Blaze Custom in the bridge, as well as a tremol-no installed. I love these guitars to death and don't intend to ever part with them (although I hope to expand add more guitars to the collection in the future).
Not really pic-worthy, but I ordered some Mogami Platinum cables yesterday. Hooray for never needing new cables.
I'm a TRX cymbals endorsee. Is that just a regular DRK ride, or did you get that custom ordered? It just looks different from my DRK cymbals. I guess it could be an older cymbal from when they were still testing out different looks and sounds. A lot of those are still floating around. What can you tell me about it?
Also, what does your stack consist of? I'm always curious to hear about what different people are using.
These cables are fucking awesome, and worth the money! I wonder why you got four with the silent plug, though... I feel like it would be cheaper to get one and then 3 regular platinum cables.
Nice! I'm not generally a big fan of fuzz for most applications, but I've heard excellent things about those. Besides, any pedal with a "Wrath" dial has got to be good for something.
I have been trying to figure out the deal with volume pedals. Not as simple as you would think! For example Ernie Ball has one for low impedance setups and one for high impedance, which they market as one for passive guitars and one for active guitars or FX Loop of the amp. Well, I am putting mine after some true bypass pedals. So obviously that is passive when they are all off, but what about when they are on? I would guess that is active. It's made me decide to look into impedance and understand how all that is supposed to work... I know that the signal changes based on what the first piece of gear you plug your guitar into is, and that with running many true bypass pedals you may want a buffer in the chain somewhere. Getting into the details should help me figure it all out, like where to put the buffer, what pedal is best placed first from an impedance standpoint, etc.. But I am beginning to think that an active volume pedal is what I need, ie. something powers it and it has a buffer. Anyone know good resources for learning about this shit? I have tried reading forums and everybody says something different. I guess for some things there are no perfect setups, no clear rules. E.G. Mesa Boogie says to try to keep cables in the fx loop under 3 feet, but that doesn't even reach the floor!
I wouldn't bother over-thinking it to be honest. Besides, what if you have one passive guitar and one active guitar that you need to use for the same live set? Are you supposed to swap to a different volume pedal halfway through the show (or for Ernie Ball's liking, buy one of each)? A lot of it is probably just marketing hype, and the fact that there are so many different schools of thought means it more than likely all comes down to preference in the end. If it were really such a big deal, they could just as easily make one pedal and include an impedance switch on it somewhere. I expect you might notice a slight difference in the range of volume or headroom between the active and passive, but that's about the extent of it. Just try them both if you can, and go with whatever sounds best to you.
Yeah! I agree that a lot is hype and that the results are what matter. But I need to sort this stuff out anyway because in my pedal rig I have 3 true bypass pedals already before the amp, so I want to get to the bottom of it and see if I want a buffer because I hear a long signal chain with no buffer can be pretty bad. If I put a buffer somewhere before the volume pedal then the one for active systems will presumably be what I want no matter what kind of output my guitar has, or if I go with a buffered volume pedal then maybe I don't need to worry about buffers anymore. But you raise a good point about the switch, and also... if it is a big deal then why do most companies only offer one variation? Here is my current setup, except that I put the bb preamp first now, followed by EP-2, and then the Micro Chorus. I also have a Memory Man W/ Hazarai in my FX Loop. I wish I had actually thought about it a little more before getting the pedaltrain mini because there is no room if I want to put a tremolo pedal on there, but it was so cheap and I also just wanted to get started. I should have stopped and returned it when I realized there is no room for the power supply underneath it.
So the Red Witch Fuzz God sounds downright pornographic with my Damien 8. Gonna go to a dude's house in a couple weeks and plug a Les Paul into it and play it through a 1982 JCM800. Hell yeah.
It's incredibly easy to use. I haven't gotten to use it direct through our PA yet, but through some monitors, it sounds pretty great. Of course it doesn't sound quite as good as a tube amp, but the difference isn't extremely noticeable. 95% of the reason I got it was for ease of use, and that's exactly what I got, an easy to use, all-in-one device.
That's cool that it's easy to use. When I read the manual I was intimidated by HOW MUCH SHIT there is to fuck around with. Sure you can keep it simple, but I would probably be tempted to get crazy and spend weeks tweaking every effect parameter there is.
Yeah, it's possible to tweak the hell out of every little thing, but it's still simple. It's just a lot.
Yeah I hope you didn't ditch your recto... I bet the best sounds will be trying that four cable method.
OK, Guitars: '57 Strat Reissue: Deluxe Fat Strat: Schecter Diamond Series 7 String: Epiphone Les Paul (gutted and upgraded with good electronics, pickups and tuning assembly) Alvarez Acoustic: Schecter Diamond Series 5 string bass: Rack Effects and Recording Rig: Top down: Carvin Power Conditioner, TC Electronics G Major FX, Samson Headphone Amp, ART TP II Tube PreAmp, Delta 1010 Recording Interface Alesis Studio Monitors: Midi Foot Controller: Old Reliable: Carvin MTS 3200 Tube Amp (100 Watts) Fender Cyber Twin (120 Watts): Peavey 6505+ 112 (newest purchase): Crate (forgot the model) Bass Amp (200 Watts): Axiom Midi Keyboard Controller and quality beer:
Just brought it home on Sunday and I'm going to fire it up tonight for the first time. Played it for an hour at the store before I plunked down my money, though. I think it sounded pretty awesome. Great meaty tones.
