MartinCliffe
Well-Known Member
I've been looking at expanding my guitar rig for a while, and with the new year came the time to do it. It's still a stereo rig using my two Tweaker heads, and my pedalboard with Morley Bad Horsie, Morley Little Alligator and RJM MasterMind, but it's the rack where the changes have happened. I've gone up to an 8U rack, with a couple of sliding shelves, and a whole lot of cable - just had to order another 12m as I've used up the 20m I'd estimated I would need (excluding balanced patch cable etc, but that's a whole other story).
Pics will follow, but the way it's set up is as follows:
Guitar > Wah > Pedalboard interface > modified Pedalsnake > front rack interface panel > MXR Noise Clamp input.
MXR Noise Clamp send > RJM Mini Effect Gizmo # 1:
Loop 1 = Sweet Sound MoFaux Vibe
Loop 2 = Fulltone Catalyst
Loop 3 = Fulltone OCD v4
Loop 4 = Marshall ED-1 compressor
Loop 5 = MXR EVH Phase 90
Mini Effect Gizmo # 1 Out > Korg DTR1000 rack tuner
Mini Effect Gizmo # 1 (CS Out) > Mini Effect Gizmo # 2:
Loop 1 = Keeley modded DS-1 Ultra #1
Loop 2 = Keeley modded DS-1 Ultra #2
Loop 3 = Xotic EP Booster (white ltd. edition)
Loop 4 = MXR Micro Flanger
Loop 5 = MXR Micro Chorus
Mini Effect Gizmo # 2 (CS Out) > MXR Noise Clamp return.
MXR Noise Clamp out > RJM Y-Not
From there, the two outputs go via the rear panel interface to two Egnater Tweaker heads.
Tweaker FX sends > rear rack interface > Palmer Duetto mini mixer > MXR Smart Gate > front rack interface <> volume pedal (via Pedalsnake) > Mini Effect Gizmo # 3:
Loop 1 = Custom Audio Electronics MXR MC401 boost
Loop 2 send > Palmer Y-box buffered splitter > 2 MXR Carbon Copy analog delays > RJM Mini Line Mixer (in stereo)
Loop 3 send > TC Electronic G Major 2 > Mini Line Mixer (in stereo)
Loop 4 send > Mini Line Mixer dry input (mono)
Loop 5 = spare for possible future expansion
Mini Line Mixer stereo outs > rear rack interface > Tweaker FX returns
The Tweakers feed two matching 1x12 cabs with Celestion G12H30 speakers.
Also on the front interface are patch points for the other two Pedalsnake channels for the pedalboard, carrying two isolated 9VDC power signals (for the MasterMind and for the Morley pedals) and MIDI; an XLR microphone passthru and two TRS balanced jack passthrus to the rear panel for my vocal mic and monitors (using another Pedalsnake), along with a 5-pin XLR that isn't yet connected up but could carry power and/or audio to something in the future; and two mic inputs for guitar cab mics, which feed through to a 5 pin stereo XLR output on the back.
Power is distributed by an ART PB4x4 power distribution unit, and pedals etc are powered by a Burkey Flatliner Pro, giving 7 9vDC 200mA outputs to pedals etc, plus a 15vDC 200mA output for the CAE boost, and 9VAC to one of the Mini Effect Gizmos; the rest of the pedals etc are fed from a Custom Audio Electronics MC403 power system, which gives me two 9VAC outlets (one for a MEG, the other not in use), 4 18VDC outlets (one not in use, the other three for the Xotic EP booster and the two Fulltone pedals) and 10 9VDC outlets, for everything else. I'm using 23 separate isolated power outputs in total in the system.
Power inlet is via a (blue) Powercon input on the rear panel; there are also two (white) Powercon outputs on the back for the two heads. The PB4x4 and the CAE MC403 are mounted on the rear rails of the rack, to save space and to make it possible to fit the whole thing into 8U. There is one rear-facing unit of rack space left - if I expand it with another rack unit I can move the rack tuner to the rear panel and put the other processor on the front in its place.
Pics will follow, but the way it's set up is as follows:
Guitar > Wah > Pedalboard interface > modified Pedalsnake > front rack interface panel > MXR Noise Clamp input.
MXR Noise Clamp send > RJM Mini Effect Gizmo # 1:
Loop 1 = Sweet Sound MoFaux Vibe
Loop 2 = Fulltone Catalyst
Loop 3 = Fulltone OCD v4
Loop 4 = Marshall ED-1 compressor
Loop 5 = MXR EVH Phase 90
Mini Effect Gizmo # 1 Out > Korg DTR1000 rack tuner
Mini Effect Gizmo # 1 (CS Out) > Mini Effect Gizmo # 2:
Loop 1 = Keeley modded DS-1 Ultra #1
Loop 2 = Keeley modded DS-1 Ultra #2
Loop 3 = Xotic EP Booster (white ltd. edition)
Loop 4 = MXR Micro Flanger
Loop 5 = MXR Micro Chorus
Mini Effect Gizmo # 2 (CS Out) > MXR Noise Clamp return.
MXR Noise Clamp out > RJM Y-Not
From there, the two outputs go via the rear panel interface to two Egnater Tweaker heads.
Tweaker FX sends > rear rack interface > Palmer Duetto mini mixer > MXR Smart Gate > front rack interface <> volume pedal (via Pedalsnake) > Mini Effect Gizmo # 3:
Loop 1 = Custom Audio Electronics MXR MC401 boost
Loop 2 send > Palmer Y-box buffered splitter > 2 MXR Carbon Copy analog delays > RJM Mini Line Mixer (in stereo)
Loop 3 send > TC Electronic G Major 2 > Mini Line Mixer (in stereo)
Loop 4 send > Mini Line Mixer dry input (mono)
Loop 5 = spare for possible future expansion
Mini Line Mixer stereo outs > rear rack interface > Tweaker FX returns
The Tweakers feed two matching 1x12 cabs with Celestion G12H30 speakers.
Also on the front interface are patch points for the other two Pedalsnake channels for the pedalboard, carrying two isolated 9VDC power signals (for the MasterMind and for the Morley pedals) and MIDI; an XLR microphone passthru and two TRS balanced jack passthrus to the rear panel for my vocal mic and monitors (using another Pedalsnake), along with a 5-pin XLR that isn't yet connected up but could carry power and/or audio to something in the future; and two mic inputs for guitar cab mics, which feed through to a 5 pin stereo XLR output on the back.
Power is distributed by an ART PB4x4 power distribution unit, and pedals etc are powered by a Burkey Flatliner Pro, giving 7 9vDC 200mA outputs to pedals etc, plus a 15vDC 200mA output for the CAE boost, and 9VAC to one of the Mini Effect Gizmos; the rest of the pedals etc are fed from a Custom Audio Electronics MC403 power system, which gives me two 9VAC outlets (one for a MEG, the other not in use), 4 18VDC outlets (one not in use, the other three for the Xotic EP booster and the two Fulltone pedals) and 10 9VDC outlets, for everything else. I'm using 23 separate isolated power outputs in total in the system.
Power inlet is via a (blue) Powercon input on the rear panel; there are also two (white) Powercon outputs on the back for the two heads. The PB4x4 and the CAE MC403 are mounted on the rear rails of the rack, to save space and to make it possible to fit the whole thing into 8U. There is one rear-facing unit of rack space left - if I expand it with another rack unit I can move the rack tuner to the rear panel and put the other processor on the front in its place.
