Guitar Geekery!

[Doctor Rock]

Ok, I'm posting this here again, for two reasons: because I love guitars and because I want to be able to show my stuff to fellow guitar geeks.  

2002 Rickenbacker 330 six strings and 1977 Ampeg VT-22 (with a master volume).

The amPIG is great for clean sounds.

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[Doctor Rock]

1981 The Paul Firebrand Deluxe



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My other amp, a 1966 Traynor YBA-1 Bassmaster (50 Watts, great for overdriven sounds).



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And finaly, my pedals:





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My rig, these days, goes like this:

2002 Rickenbacker 330/1981 Gibson The Paul Deluxe/1966 Harmony H-19 Silhouette --> Ernie Ball Volume --> True Bypass Vox 847 --> Boss TU-2 -->Vox Valvetone --> Keeley Mod. Vintage Rat Reissue --> Akai Intelliphase -->Boss DD-3 --> Akai Headrush --> Mid seventies Ampeg VT-22 (2x12" eminence speakers) or 1965 Traynor YBA-1 Bassmaster head into sixties Sunn 2x12" cab

Other FX: Jap. Boss HM-2, Boss GE-7, Aramat Mojo Fuzz, Guyatone TZ-2 Fuzz, Alesis Nanoverb, Boss CS-3 compressor, Morley A/B/Y, guyatone FL3 flanger, one loop Loooper bypass pedal, Mod. by Effector13 Boss OS-2, DOD FX90 analog delay, Dunlop Tremolo

[shabbadoo]

ok Danny here ya go, Here's the Shabbadoo equipment setup.  the rig on the right is Drewbie Shabbadoo's and I'm using the Marshall and my SG for now:

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and here's my pedal setup:

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So we got 1967 Gibson SG Special-->Boss TU-2 (this one's Bobby's, but I'm getting one)-->Danelecrtro Tuna Melt tremelo (thanks again)-->Boss Acoustic Simulator AC-2-->Boss OctaveOC-2-->Danelectro Daddy-O distortion-->Akai Intelliphase-->DOD DFX91 Delay/Sampler-->Bobby's Marshall JCM 800 head-->funky Marshall style Fender cabinet.
Sometimes I plug in my Cry Baby Octave Wah, but I seldom use the "Octave Tone Distortion" feature, just the wah.
I want to get one a them Line 6 delays someday and maybe even one of the filter processor pedals as well, but they aint cheap.  I also should get a volume pedal at some point.  I've been playing with Drewbie's Ebow recently and I'm probably going to have to get one of those too.
The whole pedal board is powered off the TU-2 and a daisy chain cable.  I made a battery clip jumper for the DOD, I may fix up another one for the Octave Wah since there's one jumper left on the daisy chain...  Course then Id have to put it last in line instead of first...  unless...  If I make my jumper long enough, I can put it first...  OK, I gotta go to radio shack now.

[shabbadoo]

and while I'm at it, here's a few shots of the current studio setup, I have a really old Tascam reel to reel deck on it's way and we just bought a digi 001 to add to the setup, but they're not in the picures yet.

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that's my new Marshall MXL V57M large diaphragm condenser mic in the foreground (it's not the same company as the amps, Jim Marshall USA, it's made by Marshall Electronics which is not connected) It is a kick ass mic for the price I paid ($69.95 from AMS!!)  I'm using it with Drew's Behringer B-2 Pro condenser as stereo room mics/drum overhead mics (they're both also good on vocals and acoustic guitars).  My beautiful AKG D-112 is in the kick drum, and there's Shure SM57s on the snare and tom toms.  Here's a view from behind the drumset showing the current placement of the condensers in the room.

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Drew is playing a Tele through a big muff and a volume pedal and is using a Fender Twin with a homeade cabinet.  He also uses an ebow sometimes.  Tripp is playing guitar through his Rat pedal, that funky Bi-Phase 9 phaser, and the Johnson analog delay.  (I know you didn't recommend it, but I think it's pretty good).

The keyboard setup is: #1-Casio MT-600(through an Octave OC-2 and an Ibanez PH 7 Tone Lok Phaser), Realistic MG-1 by Moog, and Korg Electribe Rythm Production Sampler; #2-Wurlitzer EPiano, and Prophet 600 synth.  There's a crappy old Yamaha REX-50 in the keyboard fx loop that I sometimes run the Wurli through for echo, and sometimes we plug a mic into the back of it to get some echo on the drums.

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You can also see Tripp's bass rig (Ampeg cabinet, Sunn head) in that picture with my AT Pro-25 mic on the cab.  Another fine sounding large element dynamic mic like the D-112.  I got a deal on it, too.

This last picture is of the upstairs of Minivan Studios, the lounging around/smoking area.  I angled the shot so you can see my SG and Bobby's amp downstairs.  The acoustic on the chair is my Takamine and the one behind the couch is Bobby's Alvarez.

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[Doctor Rock]

Fucking sweeeet, Joey!  That made my day!  I took some pictures of my new Fender Jaguar, and of my new pedal board that I will post soon.  I recently got a zoom UF-1 ultrafuzz pedal, which is a sick cool sounding versatile fuzz pedal.  I know, zoom is renowned for their crappy multifxs units, but I think they tried to improve their reputation with these pedals.  It can go from Big Muff to squealy sixties nasal buzz.  It also can self-oscillate!  I love it.

Concerning delay:  look also into the Boss DD-20, which is a very cool unit, I like it better than the DL-4 (but they're different beasts with different capabilities).  There are only three settings in the DL-4 that I would use (reverse delay, static looping i.e. sampling, low-fi delay), since I don't like their delay simulations, while the DD-20 is better for sound-on-sound, dynamic looping (like an inifinite delay similar to the old Digitech PDS-8000 delays) and weird noises.  It also has a pretty good analog delay simulator.  But if you only want an analog delay sound, get an Ibanez DE-7 or a DOD FX-90, both relatively cheap  and pretty good.

[Doctor Rock]

Man, it feels good to know that you're putting my old trem pedal to good usage!  I'm glad I gave it to you.

And your SG looks really cool, I like the way how you have it set up, with that bridge/tailpiece conbination, just like Pete Townsend's SG.

If you're going to get an ebow, you'll absolutely need a volume pedal.  I have an ebow too, and they're hard to control without a volume pedal.  I have a mono (there are stereo models) Ernie Ball volume: it's indestructible, smooth and the swivel part that you push around with your foot stays were you leave it.   I think that's what Drew's using too.

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Shabbadoo School of Rock!

Because you're not hardcore
(no you're not hardcore)
Unless you live hardcore
(unless you live hardcore)
And the Legend of the Minivan
Was way hardcore!!!!!!