LA Sound Designs Hectic Watermelon Ego Rig

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I had some time this past week to drive up to Satan’s promised land and have my rig re-wired by Dave Phillips and Martin Golub at LA Sound Design in Burbank. They re-did the George L mess I had in there and replaced it all with Mogami. Yes, you can hear a subtle difference in several ways. The rig is a little quieter, and more importantly, it feels like there is a quicker attack on the low end. Of course, I am very pleased to have a nice, neat internal wiring. I can’t thank Dave and Martin enough! I had a great time at my gig last night running it full-bore. There was where I noticed a smoother top end.

While waiting impatiently in LA, I had the chance to free-load and hang with some buds. Alex Machacek just got a cool new Port City 2x12 OS cab that sounds absolutely sick. I liked the 2x12 at LA Sound Design, but I liked Alex’s even more. So, I am probably going to try one of those and two of the 1x12s for a W/D/W. BTW, it is really easy to switch my rig back and forth from two main configurations:

DUAL STEREO: Guitars and FX in stereo mix using the 2 Egnater power sections as L and R. Synth and peizo to full range cabs via the Rocktron power amp. FOH mics 2 cabs and gets 2 DI outs with the piezo/synth.

W/D/W Guit & STEREO Synth/Piezo: Dry guitar to one cab and guitar FX to two cabs via Rocktron power amp. FOH mics 3 cabs and Synth/Piezo to FOH only and I just have to get it right in the monitors. This is only for gigs where I have more time to set up.

More details about the rig, internal design, schematics, videos, etc at:

http://www.hecticwatermelon.com/machines.cfm
 
Great rig AND it's neat & clean. :thumbsup:

BTW - I really like Machacek's playing. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks gents. ;)

PeteLaramee":3iodeezk said:
Great rig AND it's neat & clean. :thumbsup:

BTW - I really like Machacek's playing. :thumbsup:
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Yeah, even though we know each other well, I still get self-conscious playing in front of that guy... I love how smoothly he is able to make that esoteric harmony flow. Yikes! We are having a blast on this Normalizer 2 project with German drummer Marco Minneman to be released when all the composers' version are done. I started first and am just now done, so we are still waiting for Alex, Mike Keneally and maybe Trey Gunn to finish writing over Marco's 51-minute solo.
 
Man that rig is something!! :rock: :thumbsup:

I bet it sounds huge!

Martin does fantastic rack wiring, not to mention just about everything else.. David is a real top notch guy too! i'v sent emails to LA Sound Design before and they've always got back to me fast and been very helpful!
 
MrDan666":b35qjwau said:
Man that rig is something!! :rock: :thumbsup:

I bet it sounds huge!

Martin does fantastic rack wiring, not to mention just about everything else.. David is a real top notch guy too! i'v sent emails to LA Sound Design before and they've always got back to me fast and been very helpful!
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Yeah, those guys are super pro and super chill. I was amazed they were so patient with me as I was tripping about getting back to San Diego for a rehearsal gig - which all went off on schedule.
 
John Czajkowski":2d9yku9p said:
Yeah, those guys are super pro and super chill. I was amazed they were so patient with me as I was tripping about getting back to San Diego for a rehearsal gig - which all went off on schedule.
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Thats the impression i have gotten from many other people who went with Martin and David to put together their rigs. Very pro and very patient and helpful to meet the customers needs!

If i have the money oneday to have a pro rig built for me, LASoundDesign would be the place for me to go. Either that or Dave Friedman at RackSystems. Another fantastic rig builder and very cool guy!
 
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