steve_k
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I put this Mesa/Marshall rig together and and it is shit hot, simple and sounds bloody awesome.
Input is into the Mark V which is going to the Mesa Recto cab. Slaving out of it into the FX return of the Gower modded Marshall. The Marshall is running to the HW cab with H30's. With only one input and slaving to the back end of the Marshall, there are no ground loops to mess with or phasing issues to be concerned about. The Mark V is running dry, except for the wah up front and all the wet is being fed to the Marshall.
In the rack is a Furman Power Conditioner, Korg tuner, Dunlop Rack wah, Intellifex, and a GXC. Signal chain is:
Guitar -> Rack wah -> Mark V. The GCX only takes the Intellifex in/out of the signal chain. On the back end, Slave out -> GXC loop in -> Intellifex -> GCX (send/return) -> GCX loop 2 send -> Loop Return of the Marshall. The Intellifex is controlled by the GC Pro and it and the pedal for the rack wah is the only thing on the board.
It is big, wide, and bad ass. The Gower mod has some post-preamp EQ controls to dial up the wet signal from the Mesa. It just sits there and grunts. The Mesa is on the channel 3, IIC+ mode, through the GEQ with the deep smiley settings. Gain 2:00, all other controls about 10:00, including the channel master, and bright on. Main master usually runs about 10:00 as well. The loop on the Mesa is engaged and set about 75% which really gets the Mesa cooking. There is nothing in the loop though. The slave level to the Marshall is about 70% and the FX return on the Marshall about the same. The master on the Marshall about 12:00. The cool thing about the master on the Mark V with is that it will control the overall levels of everything, including the signal to the Marshall.
Some pics. May actually do some clips tomorrow at practice.
Input is into the Mark V which is going to the Mesa Recto cab. Slaving out of it into the FX return of the Gower modded Marshall. The Marshall is running to the HW cab with H30's. With only one input and slaving to the back end of the Marshall, there are no ground loops to mess with or phasing issues to be concerned about. The Mark V is running dry, except for the wah up front and all the wet is being fed to the Marshall.
In the rack is a Furman Power Conditioner, Korg tuner, Dunlop Rack wah, Intellifex, and a GXC. Signal chain is:
Guitar -> Rack wah -> Mark V. The GCX only takes the Intellifex in/out of the signal chain. On the back end, Slave out -> GXC loop in -> Intellifex -> GCX (send/return) -> GCX loop 2 send -> Loop Return of the Marshall. The Intellifex is controlled by the GC Pro and it and the pedal for the rack wah is the only thing on the board.
It is big, wide, and bad ass. The Gower mod has some post-preamp EQ controls to dial up the wet signal from the Mesa. It just sits there and grunts. The Mesa is on the channel 3, IIC+ mode, through the GEQ with the deep smiley settings. Gain 2:00, all other controls about 10:00, including the channel master, and bright on. Main master usually runs about 10:00 as well. The loop on the Mesa is engaged and set about 75% which really gets the Mesa cooking. There is nothing in the loop though. The slave level to the Marshall is about 70% and the FX return on the Marshall about the same. The master on the Marshall about 12:00. The cool thing about the master on the Mark V with is that it will control the overall levels of everything, including the signal to the Marshall.
Some pics. May actually do some clips tomorrow at practice.
Still, the idea of a W/D or W/D/W rig has had me intrigued for years!
