Well, this past weekend while in Atlanata for Outformation I got to hang out with Glenn from the Hard Truckers. Brian Brown had built some cables for me and he delivered them to my friends house. He also borught over the sister cab of Trey's. This thing is sooo nice. I didn;t realize but KOA is an endangered wood and only comes from Hawaii. You are not alowed to cut any down. You can only use it if you find it on the ground. Anyway... The Hard Truckers found a piece of KOA in the back of a shop that had been there for 75 years. They made 3 cabs out of it. 1st one they sold to someone in California. The 2nd Trey bought. Glenn said Trey wanted the last one to match but getting arrested got in the way. After I heard that story I had to buy it. Glenn gave me a great deal and now I have Trey's sister cab :D
Dude with a story like that you GOTTA post some pics! Good find!
I am in Charlotte fo rthe next 10 days but as soon as I get back I will post some pics of it. Her eis the link to treys
http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/details.asp?artistID=3&equipmentID=33
So here is my rig including Trey's sister cab.
The signal path is as follows:
(http://strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/SignalPAth.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/rig06.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/rack02.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/amp01.jpg)
This is Trey's sister cab. 3 cabs were made from a piece of 75 year old KOA. One went to a guy in San Fran. Trey got the next one and I got the last one.
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/cab01.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/cab04.jpg)
Notice the Hand Made speaker cable Brian made for connecting the cab to the amp. Just like trey's my cab is loaded with Two 12" Tone Tubby Alnico Hempcone Speakers.
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/cab02.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/cab03.jpg)
Dude! Sick set-up.....where do you live? I wanna come over and play on that thing when my custom gets here! Are you in a band? God I hope so with all that gear!
PS - what type of cables are you using to connect the pedals? Those look pretty diesel.
I'm in Birmingham, AL. I haven't played with anyone in almost 4 years. I travel about 90% of the time for my job and only make it home a couple of weekends a month. The cables with the blue ends are Live Wire Advantages series. The cables with the green ends are from Brian Brown. I will eventually replace all the Live Wire with Brian's.
Bummer....too far from Portland to get together for a jam.
And btw - that cab is fucking gorgeous, man. Congrats on getting it again, sooooo pretty....I bet she sounds like a bird. Let me know if you ever get rid of any of your gear - I'd be happy to take any of it off your hands! :D
Being that the 'Doc replica is going to be here in a month, I don't think I'll be purchasing anything in the near future, but I hope to pick up one of those HT cabs too someday.
Built a pedal board this weekend. Makes everything musch eaiser to access. I used 3/4\" particle board and 2x2's to brace the riser. The riser is not connected to the main board. It is heavy enough that it does not move. This also allows me to make different risers to accomodate more or less pedals or not use a riser at all.
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/rig06.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/rig02.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/rig03.jpg)
(http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/rig05.jpg)
Good work. Looks a lot neater, too. What did you use for the covering? A friend of mine had a buddy of his build one for him that has all the electronics on the inside, which is pretty sweet, and I've always wanted a hand-made one so I could customize it a little more than the one I have now but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe someday.
I'll try to remember to snap some pics of my gear when I get home this week (I work 2 hours away from home/gone 5 days a week).
So you say you travel a lot too? Ever make your way up to Maine? If so, get in touch, maybe we can jam!
Quote from: \"shakedown_04092\"Good work. Looks a lot neater, too. What did you use for the covering? A friend of mine had a buddy of his build one for him that has all the electronics on the inside, which is pretty sweet, and I've always wanted a hand-made one so I could customize it a little more than the one I have now but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe someday.
I'll try to remember to snap some pics of my gear when I get home this week (I work 2 hours away from home/gone 5 days a week).
So you say you travel a lot too? Ever make your way up to Maine? If so, get in touch, maybe we can jam!
For the covering I used some all purpose carpet that I found in the automotive section at Walmart. It is almost identical to the covering on the Peavey monitor wedges I have. I attached it with a can a of spray adhesive.
I do work out of town most every week. I mainly work in Charlotte and Dever. I occasionally get up to Manhattan but that's about it.
Hey Scott, quick question:
Do you know if Trey uses batteries for all of his floor pedals? The reason I ask is because in all the pics I've seen I don't see any power suppling them, so I assume he just uses 9volts for all of them and switches them out every show or whatever? Thanks.
Quote from: \"shakedown_04092\"Hey Scott, quick question:
Do you know if Trey uses batteries for all of his floor pedals? The reason I ask is because in all the pics I've seen I don't see any power suppling them, so I assume he just uses 9volts for all of them and switches them out every show or whatever? Thanks.
He has AC power built into the TS9/Wha board and power is wired to both TS9's and Wha. You can see the power cables coming out of the back of the TS9's in this pic:
(https://secure.gcwebdesign.net/strangedesign/images/rigs/3/ibanez_ts9.jpg)
You can see the AC power next to the clock on the board in this pic.
(http://www.strangedesign.org/images/rigs/floor.jpg)
Well, I boxed up both my TS9's today and sending them off to AnalogMan tomorrow for the TS9/808/Silver Mod's. Can't wait!!!
The Headrush is a delay with 3 modes: Tape Echo, Normal Echo, and Loop Recording. I mainly use the normal echo. It will also allow me to tap in the delay time. It will also do loops up to about 30 sec. and you can record infinite layers on the original loop. You can also play normal over the loops you have created. Pretty much like the boomerang. Once of the coolest features it has (and I don't use it) is the tape echo. The Tape Echo function is designed to simulate a 4 head analog tape delay. Each head has its own output so that you can send multiple signals from the Headrush to multiple amps or mixer channels. There is a Head-Gap dial where you can sync up the delay times of the heads or stagger them. When they are staggered and you use the individual head outputs, you get some cool quadraphonic echo. Maximum delay time in the Tape Echo mode is only 5.9 seconds which kind of sucks but I'm not complaining. Activation and setting of delay time is performed in the same manner as in the Normal Delay mode. There is a HF Damp function that allows you to dampen the frequency of the delay feedback. This is supposedly designed to replicate the lo-fi qualities of the old analog tape delays. It may be a useful tool but the sound quality is too good to be mistaken for old tape heads.
My OC-2 isn't moded. I put it in a true bypass loop to see if there was any difference and I couldn't tell teh differnece. I thought about sending it to AnalogMan. He said he will mod any BOSS effect but I really like the sound I get out of it.
Yep, it's got two 16 ohm Alnicos. The headrush was around $225. I got it 8-10 years ago. They have a E-2 out now.
I want one mopre pedal and I'm through buying. I want a chorus pedal. I have been looking at AnalogMan's. I would probably get the expression pedal jack installed.
http://www.buyanalogman.com/Standard_Chorus_p/am-standard-chorus.htm
(http://www.analogman.com/graphics/clone0305.jpg)
I also want to upgrade my small stone phaser. I have the cheap Russian made one. From what I read it was made as cheap as possible. Anak\\logMan said he won;t tuch them. He does sell new moded SmallStone Phasers though. http://www.buyanalogman.com/product_p/eh%20small%20stone%20with%20mod.htm
(http://www.ehx.com/ehx2/images/e_SmallStone.jpg)
My main complaint is mine looses volume when turned on. AnalogMan's mod sets the volume the same, and includes an internal trim pot so you can set the volume just where you want it. He also put a second trim pot inside to control the FEEDBACK when you have the COLOR switch up. If left alone, the pedal will feedback and whistle when the volume is increased. This allows reducing the feedback to keep the sound OK. It also allows you to make the COLOR UP sound closer to the sound of the COLOR DOWN sound if you don't like it to be so crazy. Or if you want the whistling feedback you can dial some in. I would also probably get him to add the Small Stone Exp Pedal Control Jack.
iam not that huge into phasers but i must say that the boss super phaser is a great little unit. very tweakable and easy to get modded with true bypass. maybe try one of those before you splurge on another small stone?? oh and i forgot to mention that the Octron octave pedal has three adjustable pots inside that lets you totally tweak the sound to your liking, very cool feature for an octave down pedal IMO
hmmm, I might have to check out the Octron octave.
so dude are you coming up to record with me and walker done done? i havent heard from him a couple of days, but my plans for a studio are going ahead full steam. i just bought a newer car for the move yesterday (and something is already wrong with the heater! :( ) anyway, i can see our three heads together resulting in some pretty mind altering auditory phenomenon.
ps. what do you think about my new backup axe? i paid 425 for it and its mint! 8)
pss. if you think about it, there are no three other dudes in the world that have as many common musical tastes as we do. it would be foolish not acknowledge that and use it to our advantage! hell you would have so much more fun running promotions, and managing recording projects, than traveling 247 and never jamming
I would love to come up and record. I agree we are among the few that haveing teh same taste in music. Where exaclty do you live? I come up to Manhattan every couple of months to visit a friend of mine.
That was a steal on the new axe!
Quote from: \"strangedesign\"Where exaclty do you live?
Hopefully in Maine in another month!!! :wink:
And yes, insanity would ensue if you came up. 8)
8) :lol: :twisted: :P :shock: :x :evil: :?: :roll: :oops: :P :lol:
So, has anyone checked out Pedal-Racks, Cusotm Pedalboard Systems at http://www.pedalboards.com/?
I found these guys about a year ago. They build some of the best pedalboards I have seen. They can build in as many true bypass loops as you need, all the latching switches you might need, custom A/B siwtches, onboard power for all effects, and it's all built into a custom anvil road case. I drew out a diagram of what I wanted and they gave me a qoute of $600 to $700. I thought was fair price but back then some other things came up and I wasn't able to have it built. Yesterday I updated my drawing and sent it back to Tom for another qoute and now it has gone up to $1,800. I talked to Tom today and he said he remebered this layout. He said the reason it's so expensive now is that all the parts have skyrocketed. That really sux! I would have paid $800 or even up to $1,000 but $1,800 is just too much. Here is the board I designed.
http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/myrig/PedalBoardLayout.pdf
i wouldnt give those jokers a nickel. i just found a guy that can build any true bypass looper you can think of. id get in touch with my boy curtis, get a big looper built, go up on ebay find one of the many pedal case manufacturers and get them to make a case for you thats big enough (that where i got all mine and they a rugged), go get yourself a nice hunk of plywood thats an inch thick that fits into the bottom of the board case (guerrilla glue that bitch down). drill and sand a conpartment for a power brick to power your floor boxes. get extra 2x4 pieces to elevate your whammy/ boomerang, go to home depot get yourself industrial velcro. screw down you blocks where you want them and make sure to put more guerrilla glue between the block and the board before you screw them down to make them watertight like a dolphins butt. then cover the whole thing in the velcro. cut strips of velcro to hold down your cables.
bam i just saved you 1000 bucks. ill take a jack and sprite short please . 8)
ps. if you want to pay me 800 bucks ill be happy to build you exactly what you want :0) :lol:
If I was going to do that i guess I could just have someone make a road case that my current board will fit in. I can buy any length true bypass strip from http://www.loop-master.com/ for a pretty good price. I just liked all the extras these guys did. I would love to have one power cable powering the entire board, 1/4\" jack's for all the inputs and out puts and then all custom wired. Tom did say if I already had a lot of the parts I could just send them to him. (true bypass, jacks, power supply, case and all connection). The main costs were in tehbypass/latching switches ($550), custom case ($385) and the onboard power supply ($200).
i still say thats a total rip. think about all the needless connections that can get dirty that way? or break?
this is what my board looks like without the RC2 comp and rang (they are in shop) normally the rang would cover the power brick and cables. underneath it, i have been zip tying everything up nice and tight. the little block next to my wah is for my comp to rest under and for me to tighten power cables around.
(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/eldertooth/board1.jpg)
notice my curtis built switcher
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* now looking back at your enormous board the case you would need would be as big as a damned coffin. I would stick half of that shit in a giant rack case with one of those midi control racks and foot controller. a la bob bradshaw did for trey way back when. too much stuff that you dont need to have on the floor. phaser/ 2nd overdrive?/octave/headrush all could be preset and put into the rack. still not as expensive as 1800