Folks Still Running Huge Racks And Two Cabs |
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Folks Still Running Huge Racks And Two Cabs |
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Sep 23 2016, 10:33 PM |
This rig is impressive and sounds killer It's the type of "Bob Bradshaw" rig that every touring musician wanted during the 80's-90's before modelling became a thing. The switchable soldano x88r preamp (Later produced by Bradshaw as the CAE 3+preamp) was the forerunner to all of that. We can thank Mike Soldano and Bob Bradhsaw for coming up with this idea for STEVE LUKATHER so that Steve didn't have to lug a Marshall head (for rythm) a Vox Head ) for cleans and a Soldano Head (for lead). Instead, they built him a single unit that had 3 preamps in it that replaced all three amp heads. Run that to a power amp and put some fx in, and bam! Riggage of the Stars. The delay was it's own unit. It cost a couple thousand bucks. Takes up a rack space all by itself. There was a chorus unit that did the same. Then you need a switch box to control all the fx loops. This was run in stereo to a stereo power amp to two 4x12 cabs. This was "The Rig" of the day.
It's still in use and here is a great example of one QUESTION: Are we better off now or then? Here is a guy using the CAE Preamp (same basic idea as the x88r) with an AXE FX and MATRIX POWER AMP. The AXE FX/MATRIX POWER AMP is the "Rig of the Moment" for current Touring Stars. But, the tone of this tube preamp is just so darn good that this guy has one in his fx loop. This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Sep 23 2016, 10:49 PM |
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Sep 28 2016, 05:58 AM |
Funny I watched this today and thinking of sharing about modern tech benefits, watch the first 3 minutes I've been thinking about getting a Replicator. -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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Oct 13 2016, 05:43 PM |
hehehe and this is affordable!!
its really about the wanted detail, here's something interesting like a reverse example; http://www.strymon.net/brigadier/ This is the strymon Brigader, its using a SHARC DSP and all that power is used to simulate bucket brigade tone. One can buy 2 mxr carbon copy pedals (the most popular bucket brigade delay) instead of this, go figure This post has been edited by Mertay: Oct 13 2016, 06:20 PM |
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Oct 13 2016, 06:12 PM |
I guess a Strymon would be a little more affordable, but that doesn't change my mind about wanting a Replicator
FYI, you're confusing Sharc with TigerSharc chips. -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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