Members Zachman Posted July 3, 2007 Members Share Posted July 3, 2007 Zachman, I checked your page out and that is the monster of racks! Thanks, I hope you find some helpful and entertaining info there. Specifically on the FAQ/Manuals/Documentation page. Cool videos and articles, manuals etc... That rig has been in the design stage and through many different variations over the past 20+ years. I got my 1st TC 2290 back in '87 and was running a stereo setup using the TC 2290, TC 0144 foot pedal as the live controller floor board, DBX 160X compressor, Yamaha SPX-90 II, 2 Rane SM26 splitter mixers, Rocktron Hush Noise Supressor, wireless and a few other things I am sure I'm forgetting, and a couple of Boogie amps. I felt fortunate that I had come to a point that I was able to design and build the "Rig of my dreams", meaning: I wouldn't have any compromises anywhere, yet retain the ability to upgrade as I see fit without much of a hassle at all, and be able to control everything in real time, instead of re-patching everything when I wanted to switch amps or pedals, and have the most efficient signal routing chain available. I just wish it was less expensive, and large. Most importantly, I am able to get pretty much any tone I want now, simple or wildly complex, making the expensive, heavy and large con side of having this huge beast, ENTIRELY WORTHWHILE for me. I got a lot of the routing ideas, and based equipment choices from seeing/hearing what worked for me in previous versions and avoiding what didn't work and observing what others like: Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau and others were doing. I still use many different approaches depending on the situation. ex combo amp and pedals, head/cab and pedals and/or processors mixed or a mix of both pedals and rack processors, W/D mono rig using pedals and also using just rack processors or using a combination of pedals and rack processors, stereo rig, and W/D/W. I am leaning toward the next project (A much smaller one) consisting of an Fractal Audio Axe-FX, stereo power amp, power conditioner, and a tuner with an Axess FX-1 footcontroller with (2) 1x12 Boogie Cabs, as my main live gigging rig (for small and regular size rooms). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClassicAxe Posted July 3, 2007 Members Share Posted July 3, 2007 I would personally try and go for a used 2101/2112/2120 by digitech. I use the 2112 upgraded to 2120 specs and have been absolutely thrilled with it these past years. You can get them with a control one 10 switch foot pedal for anywhere from about 175-300$ on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrt Posted July 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2007 I played through a digitech, I always liked it, but after about 4 months it just quit? took it back, got a new one same thing... I wont own anything digitech again. by the way I traded the G-fore for the G-system.. I cant tell the difference, the chorus sounded better on the G-force, but the flexibility with everything on the floor in 1 unit is TITS:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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