so i finally had some free time to ake some decent pics of the new rig..

it's still far from finished... but pretty sexy.. i get a boner everytime i see it.

head:
hughes & kettner triamp mkI with midi module.

cab:
vintage oversized crate 4x12 loaded with 2 vintage 30's and 2 g12t-75's.

*i love this cab and would not trade it in even for a marshall or mesa*

guitars:
ibanez rg570
ibanez pgm30

floorboard:
rolls midibuddy(using as a footswitch and eventually for fx control as well when i get a new fx unit)

rack:
furman powerconditioner
boss ns-2(in the back and always left on)
boss tu-70
cables:
custom cut mogami 2524 with switchcraft right angle ends..

(some of the highest quality cables and ends made... i make them myself, let me know if you want to buy some. i'll make it to the exact length you want and for almost half the price of the mogami cables at guitar center)
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signal:
guitar-->ns-2--> triamp-->cab

the tuner is fed from the fx send on the ns-2 so it doesnt degrade my signal.

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now for the pics:

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	another family photo..JPG (85.9 KB, 257 views)

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That is sexay! Nice rig xdx! I might try changing speakers in my own cab.

get some cool as flightcase for the whole bunch, would make it way easier to transport! and next time put on the fucking neon for the pics!!

the triamp is retardedly hard to get a photo that does it justice... with the flash you can't see the glow of the tubes, same with just having the lights on. maybe i'll try with the lights off...

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or how about you send it to my house so i can get a better look and i never give it back? :P

Damn, I have to change my undies

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dont put the flash on, or just cover it up

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speechless

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I need to take a picture of my rig soon. Because I'm proud of it.

my rig doesn't fit in a picture

keep in mind i also have two (insanely huge/heavey) peavey vtm 4x12's... and the fender rocpro 1000. and a bunch of left over rack shit... and a PA, and a bass stack, and a drum set, and a synth, ect...

this is just the main guitar rig i'm jamming right now... the peavey cabs arent ideal for being moved arround alot, where as i can carry this bad boy all by it's self... though the peavey's are easily some of the best sounding cabs i've ever heard, provided they have the right speakers in them... more of a studio/big gig/sit at home cab setup.

and the triamp is retardedly better at everything than the rocpro.

which i only bought because it's cheap, light, small, dependable, loud, and doesnt sound to bad... my idea of a good backup/lone to friends/take out and jam head because i don't care about it very much.
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jesus this thing has 13 tubes... 4 el34's and 9 12ax7's...
i'm getting handpicked jj's from eurotubes, except a pair of sovtek 12ax7lps's for amp2(medium gain) and a pair of mullard 12ax7's for amp1(clean).
bob says he has some 12ax7's with about 10% more preamp gain than the average 12ax7, so those are going in amp3(BRIUTELL!!!1qa). and then i'm getting 4 el34's picked for good hearoom(for el34's anyways ) and then just standard 12ax7's for the buffer/phase inverter tubes.

then i'm getting it rebaised and looked over by a local tech...

total damage is going to be about $200 for the tubes + biasing & cleaning.

that's also pretty far down the road. the tubes in it are fairly new and still sound fine.

and then i'm also chatting with jerryp about some light modifications to fix some of the kinks in it. i.e. amp2b is extremely bassy and muddy whilst amp2a has very little bass, and since they share an eq that limit's me to only one or the other.. plus maybe a couple other subtle changes here and there.

that's a couple more hundred..

but i'm trying to make an amazing amp into an amazinger amp.

i'm working on it.. i'll find a way...

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hey, why put lps's in the medium gain thing? they work best in the hi-gain channel, they allready have more gain then a normal 12ax7!!

I got some selected in my savage and they rip everything to shreds, they are more sensitive though!

Man XDX.. your going to make the Triamp even better than it is

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just some minor adjustments.. more usable gain(though it has tons anyways), less hiss(though it doesnt have much).

the most important mod is the bass mod though... the one thing that is very frustrating about shared eq setups, when the two channels assigned to that eq are voiced completely differently. you being a 5150 user, i'm sure you can understand the greif with shared eq.. except you only have two measly channels assigned to one eq... i have 6 channels assigned to3 eq's.
basically some channels are bassier than the others.. and some can get a little mucky..

i talked to the dudes at voodooamps... but he wants $400+shipping(which would be like another $100 total from both trips + insurance) plus i'd need to supply a schematic. and you know how they do, i'd send a triamp, and they'd send me, well, something that sounds nothing like a triamp(might be better or worse, but completely different)

eff that... so then i thought what the heck, and gave jerryp an e-mail... he said he's never worked on a triamp before, but he has a schematic and the mod's i described he said he could handle. and for much less than voodooamps.




because i want the more agressive tone of the hand picked super gain jj's in amp 3.... and i love the way sovteks sound on medium gain amps, especially the lps's, i want more gain on tap from amp2 aswell so that's where the lp's come in..

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nice!

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fuck.

xDx Dude, you must have a good paying job.

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Yes, shared eq's should be illegal.




Its called selling old gear, and spending most of your money on important things.. like amps

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I had specially selected JJ's too in my savage, no way they had more gain the my selected lps's had!!

I'de rather get EH's in the medium gain amp for that trashy sound and some sovteks for the shred

Also, refer to an earlier thread where we discussed various means of obtaining funds through the trafficking of illegal substances.

haha, score. we all know those damn straight edgers sell the largest quantities

Oh, its a brilliant guise : kids with "x"'s on their hands will be nabbed last by the police in a drug bust.


A fun thing to do is get five of your friends, and mark an "o" on each of your hands. Show up to a club where straight edgers with "x's" are sure to be present. Act threateningly. Activate a tug of war. That will fuck with their heads.

Exactly.

I still haven't got a job but i have 5 guitars and a half stack plus more

however if i wish to get a Powerball i will definatly have to be working very much this summer

trust me, it'll be more then worth it!

I don't know how the hell you can afford 5 guitars without a job though. I never got any shit for free, it's all earned with hard work. it's all good though, everything I bought was worth the money so far. Except maybe some fx pedals. hehe

well

ive been playing for 3 years

my parents bought me my first ibanez, and got an an acoustic for X mas

i bought my bc rich and jackson

and we managed to permantly borrow a classical guitarfor free


thats how you afford 5 guitars without a job

Unfortunatly the jackson and the classical are the only ones i can stand playing now

Ive got practically all my shit except for my rockmaster and some small shit from my uncle.

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as far as money goes... bls hit the nail on the head. i sold a bunch of shit and collected a couple debts. that worked in with the small amount of shit i saved up on the side, barely enough to buy the triamp.

heres a tip... if you have any doubts of whether or not you'll be reselling an item later down the road.. buy it used, you wont lose much (if any) money that way.. i.e. i sold my psa-1 for $20 more than i paid for it.. and the jmp-1 for about as much, and the classic 50/50 for $50 more, ect..

i have alot invested in my gear...


i had those sovteks in my bogner/hafler triple giant and jmp-1... in the jmp-1 i liked the sovteks more, but the jj's made the triple giant sound much more metal...

when i buy the tubes i'm sure i'll do a swap and decide, but that's how it's looking right now.

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I like EH preamp tubes.. JJ's sound too muddy imo.

But for poweramp.. JJ ALL THE WAY

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Thats nice, you make me jealous.



bastard

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Sell 3-4 of those guitars and whatever your "plus more" quantity is, and you'll be very close to that Engl, especially in addition to your summer job. I envy your position.

well id like to sell my acoustic

but i need all the others mang!


but yes i will be getting a powerball by the end of the summer

i have about 500 dollars saved right now, then i sell my crate head, hopefully get 200 for it, then sell my line 6, i think i manage 200 for that too, then maybe my acoustic for 200 or 300
then i work for 5 days a week in the summer so that should be plenty enough money.

I just hope i'll like the powerball, im sure i will, its just im loosing my faith in all gear......

what crate head do u have?

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agreed. I have EH's in my Savage now, though I like the LPS's too. I've got JJ powertubes in all my amps now.

xDX, you lucky bastard...


I'm worse off than everyone here. I have 1 guitar and a randall/marshall cab stack. That's it.

However, I should be getting a really bad summer job (selling hot dogs, biatch!!) that pays about $35 for a day's work.

I'm aiming for the ENGL E530 preamp. Not the powerball, but it's a FUCKING ENGL!!! >_>


By the way, anyone think i could get $250 off ebay selling my Randall RH100? (fuck if anyone wants a decent backup SS amp...)

Gx 130c

so xdx hows the light up pics coming man

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fucking impossible i tell you.... sorry guys... maybe if i were a pro photographer i could do it.

i tried and tried and tried...

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eh, dont worry about it. I'd just get more ravenous and eventually figure out who you are through my ub3r 1337 (read: nonexistant) h4ck1ng skillz and like steal your stuff or something.


Yeah, watch your back, son.

>_>

you'll never get into the bat cave... and if you do, you'll be leaving without your testicles..

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Yeah cuz like... xdx is weird and likes to keep peoples testicles in jars...or something...\m/

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one time on a adam west episode of batman they had to drug two people so they could bring them to the bat cave without revealing its location

Oh, you think that's an olive in his martini ...