Finally finished my amp rack - Marshall 1959HW and friends...

[bjm007]

Finally got my recording rack put together.

Now if I could only squeeze a 2x12 cab with some blues in there somewhere......

[Blast9]

Wow!

Hey, how are you using the ZVEX booster pedal? Are you getting your MArshall to distort, or are you using pedals to get there?



And how would you decribe the Tim's distortion characteristics?

[orange]

nice... thumbsupare the marshalls/vox reissuses ?

[DonPedro]

Really really nice thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup

Germino is new to me though. What? Why? How?

[Fletcher]

Where did you get the shelving? That is like exactly what I'm looking for!!!

[Ziggy!!]

What are you doing with the two rock on the top shelf! put it on the bottom! I'd be using it more than the others...


Nice stuff!

[covert]

Originally Posted by Fletcher

Where did you get the shelving? That is like exactly what I'm looking for!!!

You can get that type of shelving at most Home Depot type places, also Sam's club type things.

[retropete]

Dig the shelving myself. Found it at the Container Store -- the brand is InterMetro, available in black or chrome. Planning on doing the same thing only with my preamps, compressors etc that are in racked SKB cases or lunchboxes. www.containerstore.com

P

[max cooper]

If you want the 'higher end' shelving, try

http://www.metro.com/

[Blast9]

Originally Posted by Fletcher

Where did you get the shelving? That is like exactly what I'm looking for!!!

LOL... Are you gonna re-badge it and do a Mercenary edition? thumbsup

SO whats the deal with teh two-rock amps? "Too Rock" for the faint-hearted?

Anyone notice the Marshall near-fields?

[beechstudio]

Nice Rack! I'm sure you're digging the Marshall!! How do you like the Germino? Like to get my hands on his new Monterey Classic!

Info on Germino here:

http://www.germinoamps.com/index.htm

[Tibbon]

Greg is an awesome guy. The last studio I worked at had two or three of his amps (from when he was first starting to sell them commercially). Neat, but loud as hell (even against an AC30).

The guy REALLY knows his marshalls better than anyone else I have met. And the prices of the amps are SOOO reasonable.


On the side of things that aren't cheap... I REALLY want a VOXAC30HW amp.

[biggator6]

You can find it at Target as well - same stuff, half the price..
I bought a 6-foot, 5-shelf black unit on sale for like 45 bucks... each shelf will hold like 150lbs... strong stuff.
"-)

[bjm007]

Thanks guys for all the input...

Originally Posted by Blast9

Wow!
Hey, how are you using the ZVEX booster pedal? Are you getting your MArshall to distort, or are you using pedals to get there? And how would you decribe the Tim's distortion characteristics?

There's no Zvex pedal in there... There's an Axcess buffer, Analogman KOT and a Tim pedal in there among other things, but no Zvex...

As for the Marshall - I crank it most of the time, but it cleans up really well if you back off the guitar volume. The Two Rock cleans are so much better though I try and use it for cleans. The Tim is more of an overdrive pedal. Not so much distortion, but more like your amp - only louder. Like a boost. If you really turn it up it will overdrive very well.

Originally Posted by orange

nice... thumbsupare the marshalls/vox reissuses ?

Yeah, the marshall and the Vox are reissues, but they are the hand-wired point-to-point ones, not the PCB reissues. The Marshall is a killer. Really sounds like the vintage plexi I used to have back in the day

Originally Posted by DonPedro

Really really nice thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup

Germino is new to me though. What? Why? How?

Greg Germino Builds some of the coolest boutique Marshall clones you'll ever find. Hell of a smart guy. Very creative and his attention to detail is amazing. He'll build you whatever you want...

Originally Posted by Fletcher

Where did you get the shelving? That is like exactly what I'm looking for!!!

The shelves came right out of Home Depot...

Originally Posted by beechstudio

Nice Rack! I'm sure you're digging the Marshall!! How do you like the Germino? Like to get my hands on his new Monterey Classic!

Info on Germino here:

http://www.germinoamps.com/index.htm

The Germino just might be my favorite of all of them. The Marshall is a 100 watter. The Germino is a 50. They are very different. The 100 has got more grit, bite and girth. The 50 will sing a bit more. Ya need 'em both......

[bjm007]

Originally Posted by Fletcher

Where did you get the shelving? That is like exactly what I'm looking for!!!

Did you notice your Great River MP2-NV in the rack on top?

Hell of a great piece of gear ! There's alot of your stuff in there but most of it's out of view....

Thanks Fletcher........

[cdog]

Looks nice man

How do you have them all hooked to to one cab?

I didn't spot an amp/cab switching box.

Those HW reissue Vox's are butter.

[Blast9]

Quote

There's no Zvex pedal in there... There's an Axcess buffer, Analogman KOT and a Tim pedal in there among other things, but no Zvex...


Ah OK... I was referring to the purple pedal with4 knobs and 2 outputs(next to teh deja vibe): What's that?

[Musiclab]

Originally Posted by bjm007

Thanks guys for all the input...



As for the Marshall - I crank it most of the time, but it cleans up really well if you back off the guitar volume. The Two Rock cleans are so much better though I try and use it for cleans. The Tim is more of an overdrive pedal. Not so much distortion, but more like your amp - only louder. Like a boost. If you really turn it up it will overdrive very well.

you can get more gank by getting a short jack and running it from the bottom jack to the top of the next channel and cranking them both. Hiwatts were so clean it was the
way to get them to break up.

[bjm007]

Originally Posted by cdog

Looks nice man

How do you have them all hooked to to one cab?

I didn't spot an amp/cab switching box.

Those HW reissue Vox's are butter.

I had a Weber 4-HEad switcher but it caught on fire........... I'm not kidding. The fumes that came off that little meltdown damn near gave me black lung!

I'm now using an Ampeg 4 in 4 out switcher. It's very cool. No load in it, just a switch box so it's only good for recording - not live, but that's the way I use it anyway. It's not available to the public, but dealers can get 'em........

[bjm007]

Originally Posted by Blast9

Quote

There's no Zvex pedal in there... There's an Axcess buffer, Analogman KOT and a Tim pedal in there among other things, but no Zvex...


Ah OK... I was referring to the purple pedal with4 knobs and 2 outputs(next to teh deja vibe): What's that?

That's an Analogman King of Tone. One of the best OD boxes I've run across in a long time.

Here's a pic of one in Brad Whitford's board......

[preben]

Great stuff..!!! Heard a lot of good things about the Geronimo. Given that you like you 100watt Plexi reissue (and I totally agree on that one) what do you feel the Geronimo gives you that you wouldn't get from say a 50watt reissue Marshall (Plexi or JTM45)..?

[Blast9]

Analogman King of tone: Is this a low-gain pedal like the Tim?

Are you using an attenuator in your recording space?

[bjm007]

Originally Posted by preben

Great stuff..!!! Heard a lot of good things about the Geronimo. Given that you like you 100watt Plexi reissue (and I totally agree on that one) what do you feel the Geronimo gives you that you wouldn't get from say a 50watt reissue Marshall (Plexi or JTM45)..?

IMO, there is a HUGE difference in tone between the Marshall point-to-point handwired amps and the PCB reissue amps. They don't make a 50 watt handwired p-t-p head yet.

The Germino sounds like an old plexi 50 to my ears...

[bjm007]

Originally Posted by Blast9

Analogman King of tone: Is this a low-gain pedal like the Tim?

Are you using an attenuator in your recording space?

No, the ANalogman KOT is a mid gain pedal more in the range of an old Tube screamer on steroids

[preben]

OK - it makes more sense to me now. I'd forgotten about the ptp 1959 and thought it was just a regular reissue. I'm with you now - thank's for clearing that one up..

[crypticglobe]

Hey bro. Very cool! Do you actually record those cranking guitar rigs right there in your control room???? Holy Cow!! Do you do the ole' record then listen trick to get it right and always cut with headphones???

[RoundBadge]

Germino rules!
got a LoVo lead 55 here thumbsup

[84K]

Originally Posted by RoundBadge

Germino rules!
got a LoVo lead 55 here thumbsup

Greg's a good friend. I have (3) of his amps. The stand up with the real ones.

[dub3000]

wow, some sweet gear in that photo
congrats

[Jeff16years]

Originally Posted by Blast9

LOL... Are you gonna re-badge it and do a Mercenary edition? thumbsup

HAHAHAHA!!!


Fletcher if you do i'll be first in line to buy one!!!!!!