Exo-metal
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Mentoneman single handedly saves rig rundown 2023. This is so killer brother?
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glpg80
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Such killer tones at disposal. The transition from 80’s chorus clean to killer blues had my jaw dropped. That egnater preamp sounds great ?
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chris lykins
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And great playing to boot!
Kapo_Polenton
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Love me the old egnater and randall preamps.. also love the fact we have an actual rig here and not as others have pointed out , a rig run down with a kemper. Digital really has made rig run downs lame. The good ones are smaller venue bands or blues guys who still like it old school. That's why I still respect Lynch so much, he brings his old Marshalls on the road and always has a cool pedalboard. He gets it..gear isn't meant to be in a museum, it is meant to be played.
mentoneman
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well thank you kindly!
us rack samurai need to protect the old analog ways before a self aware AI virus infiltrates the latest guitar miracle box and turns guitar players into slaves and robot fuel ?
my main goals are trying to preserve the encyclopedia of tones i grew up with and loved in my rig. i was cranking van halen this morning to get in the tone zone and realized i need to be very selective about which tone of his i’m going to chase next.
somewhere in this era of rhythm and lead sounds
some advice to ring in the new year…
crank these bad boys up and let the van halen brothers tear your face off!
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mentoneman
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pretty happy with the DS module for that dirty blues slot! hitting that preset with the cmatmods brownie is great for taking that sound into high gear, but i think i prefer using the bogner xtc blue pedal to steer it more into SRV land:
one of the toughest decisions for me is which tones will occupy my first 8 presets on bank 1.
based on how i typically laid things out live,
1) always a very simple fender clean
2) a second heavily affected modern chorused clean
3) low to mid gain blues jtm/bassman/vox tones
4) ac/vh crunch
5) modern marshall
6) this is a more recent one—chorused crunch
7) ej/holdsworth smooth violin fusion lead
8) experimental
one of the toughest decisions for me is which tones will occupy my first 8 presets on bank 1.
based on how i typically laid things out live,
1) always a very simple fender clean
2) a second heavily affected modern chorused clean
3) low to mid gain blues jtm/bassman/vox tones
4) ac/vh crunch
5) modern marshall
6) this is a more recent one—chorused crunch
7) ej/holdsworth smooth violin fusion lead
8) experimental
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mentoneman
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that is honestly my weakest link right now. not having to be responsible for playing live in a band with a excellent musicians had dulled my blade quite a bit!
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Nigel
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This is making me G.A.S. for a Zinky Superfly.
mentoneman
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a fractal or kemper rig rundown is pretty unromantic?
that being said i do appreciate what those things are capable of!
Little B
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Love it! Makes me wanna fire up my bradshaw too!
GreatRedDragon
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This is awesome.
I love the chaos of a rack in a roadcase on top of a cabinet.
Total madness.
I'd love to be a rack guy but the industry has left it behind in favor of massive space shuttle cockpit pedalboards. So now I'm living my dreams through pedal recreations of the old stuff. The new Boss SDE-3000 delay is sick though, I hope it sets a precedent - my pedal holy grail is the old SPX90 Symphonic patch.
Keep living it the real way!
I love the chaos of a rack in a roadcase on top of a cabinet.
Total madness.
I'd love to be a rack guy but the industry has left it behind in favor of massive space shuttle cockpit pedalboards. So now I'm living my dreams through pedal recreations of the old stuff. The new Boss SDE-3000 delay is sick though, I hope it sets a precedent - my pedal holy grail is the old SPX90 Symphonic patch.
Keep living it the real way!
mentoneman
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just got this cool new box and it’s favorably tickling my tsc itch
mentoneman
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i’m still waiting for you to teach me how to use preset B on my RST!?
mentoneman
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bobby b. and davey f. are probably dry heaving at the sight of my war torn bangladeshian wiring—i should probably mount an extinguisher back there?This is awesome.
I love the chaos of a rack in a roadcase on top of a cabinet.
Total madness.
I'd love to be a rack guy but the industry has left it behind in favor of massive space shuttle cockpit pedalboards. So now I'm living my dreams through pedal recreations of the old stuff. The new Boss SDE-3000 delay is sick though, I hope it sets a precedent - my pedal holy grail is the old SPX90 Symphonic patch.
Keep living it the real way!
but oddly enough it’s pretty quiet!!
pedals can sound sweet (gots me a fatso pb) and i too would love an evh sde, 2290p, etc. but side by side with the big brothers there is still a unique magic the dinosaurs deliver.
Exo-metal
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You tried, at least you used split loom. It's better than my rack. I have all the goods but have yet to wire it up. I really have clue about the need for midi through boxes ect...
There's a electronics store I'm going tues to buy wire/connectors/shrink wrap and probably some split loom and zip ties!!
There's a electronics store I'm going tues to buy wire/connectors/shrink wrap and probably some split loom and zip ties!!
Little B
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I hear ya!! I had to email Bob a few times on it.You can go way deeper than this,but I have a preset b button( white led) setup for a lead boost that turns on 3 boost pedals no matter what preset im in.That way when I hit the lead boost, all my w/d/w cabs boost together.
mentoneman
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the midi splitter is a good way to avoid having to daisy chain your midi connections in series through multiple devices. the general rule of thumb is 3 hops in series max to avoid lag, data corruption and faults.
but with the quad box (or bigger) you can split the midi signal closer to the source controller out in parallel, preserving the integrity of the midi data. it’s also best to use dedicated midi channels per device versus omni.
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Philhouse
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Here I was thinking my Chorus addiction was cured with my TRiAvatar. That New wave sounds tasty. ??
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tonedog
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Nice work Pat. Man of Tone. Good job on the SL and ML tunes too. Happy New Year!!
mentoneman
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it’s definitely achieving the sound i bought it for!
as far as my rack chorus sound goes, it really added the tsc warble and the tone control on it adds some missing analog sparkle without it.
