Hi all! Just settled in a new house where I have a place where I can dedicate myself to my passion (music and guitar) and to work from home from day to day...
I don't play regularly anymore, just some random jams here and there with friends and some random noodling at home but this "quiet" time has led me to sell most of my "giggable" stuff (racks pedalboard, flight cases, extra this and that etc etc) and concentrate myseflt on a "all-in-one" solution that will allow me to use all the effects and amps that I collected through out the years (and that I am gonna purchase in the future as well....) and put everything together for my home studio.
So basically I took what was left of a 7U rack + amp rig, a modeler rig + power amp, a huge midi controlled pedalboard....and scrapped EVERYTHING and put together a 18U rack that will allow me to:
- play through up to 5 amps or a modeler (axe fx 3 in this case)
- run everything either in mono, W/D/W or Stereo
- wet sides are mixed with the dry signal thx to a line mixer
- all analog and digital pedals are in dedicated loops
- attenuate the active amp via a fryette power station
- record silently thanks to an external reactive load box
- use all the pedals that I have and in case I want to experiment with a specific fx type that I don't own, I can rely on the capability of the AXE FX 3 to add that flavour to any combination of routing I am using (dedicated axe fx paths are both in front of the amps but also in the power station loop)
- everything will be accessible via physical switches in front of the rack (channel changes, amp selection, fx loops etc) for ease of use but also via midi (controlled by an RJM MM GT16 midi pedalboard - not shown in pictures yet)
- audio is STRICTLY residing in the rack and kept analog for 100% of the time, except when I engage the axe fx for amp simulation or for fx that are in series. No audio to external pedalboards etc..
I just finished selling all the extra gear that I had around and bought the last couple of missing items (some still on the way home but let's say 99% is here) and put almost everything in the big rack.
It will take me some months (I think) before everything is put together and running since I will solder probably couple of cables a day/weekend when I have some free time, but since I am doing everything as professionally as I could I need time and attention. Every cable will be cut to lenght, labeled etc. I will use cable management systems to secure everything and making it look as neat as possible. I will document the journey and post as soon as I have relevant updates.
Hope you dig it!
PS: as you can see I am using EXTENSIVELY RJM products....always had! they're the best out there...
I don't play regularly anymore, just some random jams here and there with friends and some random noodling at home but this "quiet" time has led me to sell most of my "giggable" stuff (racks pedalboard, flight cases, extra this and that etc etc) and concentrate myseflt on a "all-in-one" solution that will allow me to use all the effects and amps that I collected through out the years (and that I am gonna purchase in the future as well....) and put everything together for my home studio.
So basically I took what was left of a 7U rack + amp rig, a modeler rig + power amp, a huge midi controlled pedalboard....and scrapped EVERYTHING and put together a 18U rack that will allow me to:
- play through up to 5 amps or a modeler (axe fx 3 in this case)
- run everything either in mono, W/D/W or Stereo
- wet sides are mixed with the dry signal thx to a line mixer
- all analog and digital pedals are in dedicated loops
- attenuate the active amp via a fryette power station
- record silently thanks to an external reactive load box
- use all the pedals that I have and in case I want to experiment with a specific fx type that I don't own, I can rely on the capability of the AXE FX 3 to add that flavour to any combination of routing I am using (dedicated axe fx paths are both in front of the amps but also in the power station loop)
- everything will be accessible via physical switches in front of the rack (channel changes, amp selection, fx loops etc) for ease of use but also via midi (controlled by an RJM MM GT16 midi pedalboard - not shown in pictures yet)
- audio is STRICTLY residing in the rack and kept analog for 100% of the time, except when I engage the axe fx for amp simulation or for fx that are in series. No audio to external pedalboards etc..
I just finished selling all the extra gear that I had around and bought the last couple of missing items (some still on the way home but let's say 99% is here) and put almost everything in the big rack.
It will take me some months (I think) before everything is put together and running since I will solder probably couple of cables a day/weekend when I have some free time, but since I am doing everything as professionally as I could I need time and attention. Every cable will be cut to lenght, labeled etc. I will use cable management systems to secure everything and making it look as neat as possible. I will document the journey and post as soon as I have relevant updates.
Hope you dig it!
PS: as you can see I am using EXTENSIVELY RJM products....always had! they're the best out there...
