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singtall
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I have been really enjoying my eleven rack (as everybody knows). i recently made some presets that took the 11R to a new level for me. so why the GAS? i made a winger pull cd preset that i really liked...a lot...and it got me thinking "how much better would the actual rig he recorded with sound if i could play it?"
some research lead me back to the Kittyhawk Quattro preamp that several guitarist used around that time. i looked into getting one of these in the past few years, but they were scarce and plagued with overheating issues (flawed design). well, i just happened to be looking at the evilbay doing a general search for "preamp" in the guitar section and i ran across a preamp by Soho called a "QTR1". turns out that the Kittyhawk guys split up and one of them in america started up Soho and made the Quattro preamp (minus the issues from overheating). of course, like all good things...that came to an end over copyright issues. Soho stills make some good (and expensive) gear. so i went ahead and bid on the preamp just for fun.
turns out that no one besides me knew what that preamp was, so i won it! oh yeah!
hmmm, good thing i didn't sell off that 12 space rack i have. but this preamp only takes up 2 spaces? might as well think about what else i might need to go with this preamp.
BBE? sure, why not...they were used A LOT during that time period. that's 3 spaces in the rack.
gotta have a noise gate of some type.....right? why not stay true to that time period and get a Rocktron Hush IIC? that's 4 rack spaces taken.
now i got a nice clean, dry signal. maybe get a Tung Sol 12AX7 for V1 right? mo money! done.
gotta have at least a decent reverb/fx unit right? how about a Lexicon MX300? done. that's 5 rack spaces filled.
wait a minute....how about a power amp? gotta be able to hear it. i went this far, gotta finish the rig. after checking into several big tube power amps, my aching back decided that it just wasn't worth the pain to have the extra tube tone. so i looked at some small amps for awhile. then i happened to be staring at my rack and noticed a Crate power block sitting up there. there's my solution; i already own that one and it is a nice stereo power amp with the added bonus of having a decent sounding preamp section (should my preamp go south). so it's not a rack head, a bunch of velcro could solve that problem.
so far, only the Hush and Lexicon have come in....but the rest should be in by early next week.
stay tuned for the rest of the GAS adventure!
some research lead me back to the Kittyhawk Quattro preamp that several guitarist used around that time. i looked into getting one of these in the past few years, but they were scarce and plagued with overheating issues (flawed design). well, i just happened to be looking at the evilbay doing a general search for "preamp" in the guitar section and i ran across a preamp by Soho called a "QTR1". turns out that the Kittyhawk guys split up and one of them in america started up Soho and made the Quattro preamp (minus the issues from overheating). of course, like all good things...that came to an end over copyright issues. Soho stills make some good (and expensive) gear. so i went ahead and bid on the preamp just for fun.
turns out that no one besides me knew what that preamp was, so i won it! oh yeah!
hmmm, good thing i didn't sell off that 12 space rack i have. but this preamp only takes up 2 spaces? might as well think about what else i might need to go with this preamp.
BBE? sure, why not...they were used A LOT during that time period. that's 3 spaces in the rack.
gotta have a noise gate of some type.....right? why not stay true to that time period and get a Rocktron Hush IIC? that's 4 rack spaces taken.
now i got a nice clean, dry signal. maybe get a Tung Sol 12AX7 for V1 right? mo money! done.
gotta have at least a decent reverb/fx unit right? how about a Lexicon MX300? done. that's 5 rack spaces filled.
wait a minute....how about a power amp? gotta be able to hear it. i went this far, gotta finish the rig. after checking into several big tube power amps, my aching back decided that it just wasn't worth the pain to have the extra tube tone. so i looked at some small amps for awhile. then i happened to be staring at my rack and noticed a Crate power block sitting up there. there's my solution; i already own that one and it is a nice stereo power amp with the added bonus of having a decent sounding preamp section (should my preamp go south). so it's not a rack head, a bunch of velcro could solve that problem.
so far, only the Hush and Lexicon have come in....but the rest should be in by early next week.
stay tuned for the rest of the GAS adventure!
