i have many ways of setting up my gear but i'll give 2 of them...

first the "all my gear" setup
Ibanez DTX120 -> DOD FX82 Bass Compressor -> George Dennis Wah-Wah Switch -> Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive -> Boss DS-1 Distortion -> Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal -> DOD FX86b Death Metal Distortion -> Danelectro DD-1 Fabtone -> DOD FX68 Super Stereo Chorus -> (2 outputs)

out1 -> Fender Sidekick 10
out2 -> Digitech RP100 -> Peavey TNT100

second the "other way to use 2 amps" rig
Ibanez DTX120 -> Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive -> Fender Sidekick 10 -(throuh amp's line out)-> Peavey TNT100

with the second rig the fender amp has it's volume and master volume knobs both at 10 and an extra 6" cable in the headphone jack to mute the speaker and i use the SD-1 as a boost to get more distortion from the fender ... basically i end up using the fender as a preamp and the Peavey for EQ and power

photos of my gear here (I don't have the HM-2 yet it should be here in a few days)

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wang is within all

ESP LTD M-252 Guitar -> Peavey 5150 MkII head and quaddie -> Boss GT-3 through effects loop.

Amps:
1. Peavey 900 watt 1976 tube full stack
2. Fender Super Reverb 1972 200 watt tube amp
3. 10-watt marshall practice amp

Geetars:
1. 1965 Fender Stratocaster all american all original
2. New Gibson Les Paul (2003)
3. Ibanez GIO crap guitar
4. Ibanez S series, better than above (friend borrowing, possible buyer)
5. Yamaha cheap acoustic
6. Fender american jazz bass.

Effects:
1. 1970 Cry-baby wah
2. 1970 Phase 90
3. GNX3 Guitar Multi effects processor
4. Boss DS-1 Distortion
5. Delay pedal (friend borrowing, possible buyer)

here is a pic with everything minus the pending sale items,





my uncle is the one who gave me the Peavey stack, and hopefully hes about to give me his 1972 Gibson SG.

[This message has been edited by drizzt2k2 (edited March 27, 2004).]

yay for ESP

okay, so my rig is nothing all that complicated, but I'm gonna put it as a pictorial =P

first, the Baby:



ESP-LTD-Deluxe Horizon-1000 guitar, the 2002 model, before they switched from neckthru to setneck, and from the covered Seymour duncan JB'59 to the Zebra Seymour Duncan jb'59.

then, The sound, well, I really like my me-50 pedal, and I keep discovering more and more ways to tweak my tone. I'll take BOSS' stuff over a POD anyday.



And of course, my big mutha.



Behringer BG412H 4x12" Cabinet, mounted with a Peavey Supreme head, on the rythm channel, Vintage transistor setting (requires a bit more volume than the Crunch or Modern setting, but really has the Old School Metal sound I strive for =) )

I ditched my MT-2 METALZONE distortion for a little more Vintage style distortion on my pedal, mainly the Modern DS setting. I think it emulates the DS-1, but with a lot more midrange punch, while keeping out the muddy mids.

Anyway, that's my rig.

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depends... the more common one:

Martin Acoustic/Electric --> DI Box --> PA system. haha that's kind of cheating huh?

ok...

Fender American Stratocaster ---> VOX Wah ---> VOX AD120 Combo (I use the VC-4 footswitch when it works, I think I need a new cable)... basically the amp has the best distortion on it, so why bother with anything else?... and by best I mean, for my sound...

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please *

Squier Strat and a Fender Deluxe 90 200 Watt amp which doesn't belong to me. Woohoo!

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the Deluxe 90 is 90 Watts...

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wang is within all

Guitar -> Amp.

Yay for me.

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Typical guitar setup:
Ibanez RG550 --> Crybaby --> 'ol Orange box --> A/B box --> Hughes & Ketner Silver edition (distortion) and Fender CyberTwin (clean)

Bass setup:
Yamaha BB604 --> Digitech Bass Squeeze (compressor) --> Digitech Bass Driver --> Yorkville 100W amp with 15" speaker and separate tweeter

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When guitars are outlawed, only outlaws will have guitars.

Same here.

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well my HM-2 came in today...



it's just so beautiful... my first MIJ Boss pedal

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wang is within all

My Crate 15W Amp Than a cheap Strat from "Cort" and than a Boss GT6 that costed more than my amp and my guitar together. Sometimes I go from the GT6 in my PC and than into the amp cause I usualy use it as speaker for my computer. Than I can play with other bands and have some drummachine running, record my guitar and so on.. great! Now I should learn to play guitar

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Actually, I was joking.

Squier Stratocaster -> Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator -> DOD Grunge -> Toneworks AX1G Processor -> Home-made signal splitter & converter -> Sound System & Amp
Usually, I leave the AC-2 and Grunge out, since I don't have power supplies for them. Replacing batteries constantly gets expensive.

In the rare instances when I play bass, it's just bass -> amp, with the amp mic'ed.

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[This message has been edited by DogSRoOL (edited March 30, 2004).]

here is an interesting thing to try if you already haven't... run the grunge INTO the AC-2 and have both on... if it sounds anywhere near like what i get when i run a distortion into my rp100 with the acoustic model selected then you will get some interesting buzzy noise guitar sound

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wang is within all

You mic your bass amp? I`ve never seen anyone do that, it usually sounds 10 times better to DI into the console, go from the DI box to your amp... unless you have a crappy bass, then it doesn't make much difference I guess.

I can't remember where, but I read somewhere that the sound wave for a low E on a bass takes something like 30 feet to fully develop, so to properly mic a bass amp, you'd have to place a mic 30 feet away along the speaker axis



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not everyone has a DI box... plus if micing sounds like crap why do so many bassists mic their amps in the studio?

new setup option i found while playing around with my new toy...

guitar -> SD-1 -> HM-2 -> amp

SD-1 and HM-2 on at same time... SD-1 using settings seen in the photo, HM-2 using settings seen in it's photo only with the dist. knob turned all the way down....

the 2 pedals work well together like that

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[This message has been edited by DrkJedi82 (edited March 30, 2004).]

here's an image to explain what i was talking about...



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wang is within all

It doesn't matter, provided the mic you use works in the lower frequency range. Whoever told you that didn't really know much about audio physics. The frequency is what creates sound pitch, not it's wavelength (although the two are dependant on one another). All sound will pass into a mic at the same speed, regardless of it's frequency and wavelength. It just depends on what frequencies the microphone can respond to.

Furthermore, if bass sound did not develop until after 30 feet, you wouldn't be able to hear the sound either, unless you were 30 feet away.

(On a related note, the lowest frequency perceivable is 20 Hz, with a wavelength of around 17 feet at room temperature. I'm not sure who wrote the article you read, but... yikes. )

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