Re: Setup of the day

crazyzeke · Post by **crazyzeke** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 am

hulakatt wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:58 am
I thought Rivers used a MKII Boogie through that 8x10 sized 4x12 cab? Was it a MKI? I forget.

In all fairness could be a MKII but I remember a MKI, this was years ago when I read up on it though, and I know this because Guitargeek was still a thing and sadly now it's been offline for years and years. Nothing is permanent on the internet, for better or for worse...

crazyzeke · Post by **crazyzeke** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:37 am

New pedal on there (Jamman looper) and some rewiring done as of yesterday. The looper is post-delay but pre-chorus which is important - it kinda has to be too as it's mono and my chorus turns the signal path stereo so the looper being before them should help avoid phase cancelling issues. I think the Jamman Solo XT I had years ago was stereo but it wasn't the good kind particularly, just left and right inputs and outputs which were hard panned in both cases, so it's no loss.

I'd hoped the original owner hadn't factory reset it so I could pick through previous loops left on there, but it was blank, so I just did stuff like play the chords of Get Lucky and drop loops in and out over the top to make funky hooks.

What I love about the Jamman pedals is how easy they make loop sync. You know that problem where loopers make it hard to get a perfectly in time loop repeating, or you can do that but you have to be super precise about when you stop recording otherwise it'll slowly go out of time, which isn't always possible to accurately judge when it's a new riff and you're not used to it? Gone. It's the first hassle-free looper series I ever used, much easier than working with a long delay time style looper or Boss Loop Station, which now feel a bit clunky in comparison.

Only caveat is, it's one of those "digital pedal adds high pitch whining noise to signal path when connected to a daisy chained power supply" pedals just like the goddamn Lester G on my organ sim board, so I've had to use a shielded EHX one that's spare to fix that issue, meaning the tidy one-plug pedalboard solution is now two wall warts, neither of which line up. UK plugs are a pain in the arse.

hulakatt · Post by **hulakatt** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:21 am

crazyzeke wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 am

hulakatt wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:58 am
I thought Rivers used a MKII Boogie through that 8x10 sized 4x12 cab? Was it a MKI? I forget.
In all fairness could be a MKII but I remember a MKI, this was years ago when I read up on it though, and I know this because Guitargeek was still a thing and sadly now it's been offline for years and years. Nothing is permanent on the internet, for better or for worse...

Weezer has/has their own insanely detailed gear database online somewhere that goes through everything from pre-blue album, through every recording and tour and was current last time I checked but haven't checked in a while. It even had the lowdown on the Black Ice mods inside the blue strat.

Dr Tony Balls · Post by **Dr Tony Balls** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:43 am

hulakatt wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:21 am

crazyzeke wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 am

hulakatt wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:58 am
I thought Rivers used a MKII Boogie through that 8x10 sized 4x12 cab? Was it a MKI? I forget.
In all fairness could be a MKII but I remember a MKI, this was years ago when I read up on it though, and I know this because Guitargeek was still a thing and sadly now it's been offline for years and years. Nothing is permanent on the internet, for better or for worse...
Weezer has/has their own insanely detailed gear database online somewhere that goes through everything from pre-blue album, through every recording and tour and was current last time I checked but haven't checked in a while. It even had the lowdown on the Black Ice mods inside the blue strat.

At some point (maybe still) Brian Bell was using one of my distortion units. I know that some pics of the pedalboard surfaced but I wonder if its in the database.

*edit* it isnt!

hulakatt · Post by **hulakatt** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:04 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:43 am

hulakatt wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:21 am

crazyzeke wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 am

In all fairness could be a MKII but I remember a MKI, this was years ago when I read up on it though, and I know this because Guitargeek was still a thing and sadly now it's been offline for years and years. Nothing is permanent on the internet, for better or for worse...
Weezer has/has their own insanely detailed gear database online somewhere that goes through everything from pre-blue album, through every recording and tour and was current last time I checked but haven't checked in a while. It even had the lowdown on the Black Ice mods inside the blue strat.
At some point (maybe still) Brian Bell was using one of my distortion units. I know that some pics of the pedalboard surfaced but I wonder if its in the database.

*edit* it isnt!

Boo!

Post by **zhivago** » Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:52 pm

Today was a fun day...

JSett · Post by **JSett** » Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:00 pm

My kinda setup right there

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:29 pm

Is that the hand-wired bad cat? What a perfect minimalist setup

If I were honest with myself, 3 pedals is all I’d ever need: tuner, prince of tone, dd-2/dmm

crazyzeke · Post by **crazyzeke** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:41 am

zhivago wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:52 pm
Today was a fun day...

Is it just me or are these pictures now dead links with

where the image should be?

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:32 am

crazyzeke wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:41 am
Is it just me or are these pictures now dead links with where the image should be?

All good here

crazyzeke · Post by **crazyzeke** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:07 am

GreenKnee wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:32 am
All good here

Thanks dude, I just worked out what it is - I'm running macOS Catalina and Safari, both of which are getting on a bit now and I think Safari is starting to lose compatibility. I know I'll have to upgrade to Ventura/Sonoma soon enough but Catalina is literally like a pair of worn jeans or shoes you know you should throw away but want to wear to death, and upgrading breaks certain apps I use like Final Cut Pro X and the version of GarageBand I'm supremely comfortable with.

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:52 am

crazyzeke wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:07 am

I took the plunge in December upgrading my 2013 MacBook Pro, started a MSc and couldn't really risk using an outdated machine anymore.

I got to grips with the new OSX pretty quickly, Logic took a little longer but it wasn't so bad in the end. Totally worth the upgrade imo, the battery lasts me multiple days at work now, before it was multiple minutes

Post by **zhivago** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:50 am

Hey thanks guys!

The amp belongs to fellow forumite CS...it is a very early BadCat, if I remember correctly. and it has some Matchless parts.

Safe to say it sound incredible...especially an hour in when the amp gets real warmed up.

This simple setup covered all sorts of sounds.

CS · Post by CS » Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:52 pm

2001 bad cat with matchless components. It has a neo 30 and alnico tone tubby. Beast of an amp in sound and weight.

Sounded great

sal paradise · Post by **sal paradise** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:09 pm

CS wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:52 pm
2001 bad cat with matchless components. It has a neo 30 and alnico tone tubby. Beast of an amp in sound and weight.

Sounded great

That’s one cool af noise machine.

On a semi-related note, I’ve been double-tracking guitars in stereo: plexi on the left, bassman with built in ambient verb on the left. It’s got some limitations, but it sounds near perfect for edge of breakup & feels like so much less hassle than playing my head through the two notes torpedo.