My Diezel powered touring rig is almost complete, CHECK IT!!

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Been working on this for a couple weeks, just finding all the gear, waiting for it to arrive, and getting everything setup, power cords cut to length....blah blah blah...
I've got a Crybaby Rack Wah, and a 2 space Rack Drawer on the way and she will be complete, we are hitting to road soon and I've literally wanted this exact rig for quite some time, and now it's finally coming together.

The VH-4 is just MEANT to be in a setup like this, with all the loops and switching options, other heads you would literally have to buy other rack gear just so they could do what the VH-4 does completely stock, love it. This is the Diezel forum so of course I have to take the time to thank Papa once again, the VH-4 is an absolute masterpiece, it's taken a long time and many thousands of dollars, but I can safely say I will never own any other head than a VH-4. It is my sound, plain and simple :)

List of gear:
2010 Diezel VH-4 :rock:
Furman Power Conditioner /w LED display
Line 6 Relay G90 Wireless
Korg DTR2000 Tuner
ISP Pro Rack G
TC Gmajor II

The piece of gear that surprised me the most out of the entire rig is actually the Line 6 wireless, for the price it is absolutely incredible, sounds strange but I swear my rig sounds MUCH more clear with it, I have the cable emulation running at 21 feet and it's perfect, with brand name batteries I am getting 7+ hours with 2 AA's, and with Lithium Batteries I'm pushing 10 hours, and that's no bullshit.... they advertise 8 hours and it's definitely accurate.

On the flip side, the Pro Rack G is a pain in the ass, I haven't found the sweet spot on it yet and it's driving me insane, I just have to keep toying with it but I'm ready to burn it and dance around it in some type of naked Native American ceremony.

I was going to go all crazy and make my own cables and have everything nice and need, but after getting everything in the rack, it really just seemed a bit overkill, I'm completely OCD and want everything to be perfect, but being able to utilize the 3 patch cables for a lot of the connections just made custom cabling seem a bit silly. I did cut all the power cables to length though, they look really sharp and have LEDs in them that change difference colors if the grounding is messed up.

Anyhow, I'll post some updated pics when everything gets here, and will make a video as well, as for now here are some low light iPhone4 pics, I snapped a couple pics of the back so you guys can check out the wiring, I know I love looking at that stuff.

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Lastly, and sorry for the plug, I really need to pick up a Ground Control Pro, that's the last piece of the puzzle, so if anyone is selling one shoot me a PM :thumbsup:
 
I can't tell from the pic.. Do you have a Pro rack g stereo version?
Also, do you have it before the g major in the signal chain.
I was having trouble getting mine dialed in the beginning but can't imagine not having it now.
Once it is set up right you'd never know it's there, the dead silence between playing is great especially on these high gain heads.

Have you got the g major dialed in yet?
 
base341":freqqdkh said:
I can't tell from the pic.. Do you have a Pro rack g stereo version?
Also, do you have it before the g major in the signal chain.
I was having trouble getting mine dialed in the beginning but can't imagine not having it now.
Once it is set up right you'd never know it's there, the dead silence between playing is great especially on these high gain heads.

Have you got the g major dialed in yet?
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Definitely still messing with it, going back and forth between running it in the series loop all the time, and the parallel loop on KILL dr, and yes I am going to the pro rack g first. It's the stereo version, also, PM'd you n
 
Nice rig. Just wondering why you didn't go with a power regulator over just a conditioner. I always wonder this when people run such expensive amps. I think the gm2 is great, very under rated.
 
great rig!! congrats!
I like it! It will be a nice touring with this setup!!
 
Thanks guys!!!

The rack wah came in today, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet, and I finally found a good 2 space rack drawer for it, since it's only 12" deep it was a huge PITA finding a decent drawer, everything was either WAY too big, or was perfect size but had no locking system, the rack door didnt lock shut, it would just flop open at anytime.

I finally stumped on ProAudioStash.com they have tons of stuff there, if you are ever looking for some cool rack gear at a good price, check them out.

As soon as I get everything up and running, I'll make a video... and I'm still fussing with the Pro Rack G, and deciding on whether or not I want the Gmajor in the Series or Parallel loop.

I'll update the thread when she is 100%, but I'm super proud and I know you guy s dig looking at this stuff, so I wanted to post something now!

Edit: Still looking for a newer model Ground Control Pro, I literally have money ready to send, just can 't seem to find a used one at the moment, thx fellas!
 
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