Slaving a Plexi Project

[Gainfreak]

you guys have any links to youtube clips of rockstah playing live?

that would be cool to hear/see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-mFR5LCWo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[rockstah]

oh boy - 100+ degrees- sub bass player. 12 days on the road... (a soundman that doesnt understand how guitar should sound or where it should sit in the mix).... and fried.... yeah thats me.

[rockstah]

Rockstah -- Since you have "the" sound and are a working musician, I have to ask: Will you be using that rig, or a version of that rig live? Recording? I would be curious to hear both/either.

the only reason i wouldnt bringiong any of my amps is the airlines would destroy them. we fly comercial everywhere. i use a pod pro xt out on the road.... i wish i could use my amps out threre...

Mark

[rgalpin]

oh boy - 100+ degrees- sub bass player. 12 days on the road... (a soundman that doesnt understand how guitar should sound or where it should sit in the mix).... and fried.... yeah thats me.

the very end of the solo - i can SEE that chhhheeeraaawwwwwnngggggg slide - if i could only hear it!

wow - MT has still got the vocals - incredible - must be a fun gig.

we played with 38 Special a few years back - dude used a pod. sounded good.

[bmf5150]

you guys have any links to youtube clips of rockstah playing live?

that would be cool to hear/see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-mFR5LCWo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

awsome mark,your great!!!

[cary chilton]

Cool clip Mark! But I just gotta have more cowbell! hehe

[Gainfreak]

oh boy - 100+ degrees- sub bass player. 12 days on the road... (a soundman that doesnt understand how guitar should sound or where it should sit in the mix).... and fried.... yeah thats me.

yeah, You were getting hammered in the mix but ya still kicked ass


On another note, since you using a POD xt pro to gig with, if you ever wanted something that feels and sounds better IMHO, I can HIGHLY recommend the Fractal audio AXE-FX. I'm totally blown away by the thing using it with a poweramp and cabs!!

[rockstah]

oh boy - 100+ degrees- sub bass player. 12 days on the road... (a soundman that doesnt understand how guitar should sound or where it should sit in the mix).... and fried.... yeah thats me.

yeah, You were getting hammered in the mix but ya still kicked ass


On another note, since you using a POD xt pro to gig with, if you ever wanted something that feels and sounds better IMHO, I can HIGHLY recommend the Fractal audio AXE-FX. I'm totally blown away by the thing using it with a poweramp and cabs!!

thought about getting one for sure.. wonder they would up being flown around via comercial airlines.. in 5 years ive been through three pod's. at 500 it aint so bad replacing the pod's. at the cost of the axe-fx... hmmmm

[Gainfreak]

oh boy - 100+ degrees- sub bass player. 12 days on the road... (a soundman that doesnt understand how guitar should sound or where it should sit in the mix).... and fried.... yeah thats me.

yeah, You were getting hammered in the mix but ya still kicked ass


On another note, since you using a POD xt pro to gig with, if you ever wanted something that feels and sounds better IMHO, I can HIGHLY recommend the Fractal audio AXE-FX. I'm totally blown away by the thing using it with a poweramp and cabs!!

thought about getting one for sure.. wonder they would up being flown around via comercial airlines.. in 5 years ive been through three pod's. at 500 it aint so bad replacing the pod's. at the cost of the axe-fx... hmmmm

Yeah, Im not sure how they would hold up getting shuffled around but Im sure time will tell!! I just pulled the trigger on one and Im blown away by it!!

[rockstah]

which model did u get?

[Gainfreak]

which model did u get?

I got an Ultra!

I liked the extra processing it offers and it seems as if the unit is still evolving and that versions seems like it has room for updates where the standard might not. I didn't want to be dead ended.

Check this out, You might find this funny!
I was asked to play in a coverband and I had to learn Starships Jane! I was checking out youtube and I saw you playing the tune!! That's why I posted the link!

All the best!!

Ralph

[rockstah]

i hear ya on the ultra

jane jane jane!

[Gainfreak]

i hear ya on the ultra

jane jane jane!

Awesome tune!

I really wanted to catch you guys when you were here in NY but I had a wedding to go to

Next time for sure!!

[JJGray]

Always loved this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgqXGuOQxo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nice job Mark.

[leadguy]

Anyone seen this about EVH amps sold to Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby.
Interesting stuff about the effect loops and master volume and oversized transformers. I think Ed mentions these mods in a early interview about amps taken on the road and Rudy Leiren http://marshall.redpt.com/amp_pics/EVH%20Stuff/text.txt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

"On Van Halen's second Japan tour in '79, there weren't any apparent changes in the effects rig, but he brought a larger scale amp/cabinet system. "This time we brought the exact same sound and lighting system as we used in the States. It's probably at least five times as big."
"My rig is mostly the same as last year ('78), but the speaker cabinets are different. They were designed by myself and Rudy Leiren, my guitar tech and built by Flagg Systems. They have 12 inch Celestions in a closed cab so they're like Marshalls, but they're built with considerations to cartage and ease of wiring, so they're great for touring with."
"The heads (pic P-5) are Marshall, but the internals are pretty different. Me and Rudy customized them doing this and that. By using the amps in various combinations, we can go from 50 to 1,200 watts of power."
"

http://www.marshallforum.com/marshall-a ... -tone.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Robbin Crosby my old guitarist at the time in 1980 bought four stacks
from him Eddie after a tour (Ps thats a great time to by equipment by the
way! lots of touring bands will totaly sell half thier equipment aftet a tour for
dirt cheep). The amps were Plexis that had been rewired and had oversized
transformers, and added master volume and effects loops in back, some were
metal faces some plexi."


Also check out Mick Mars and bi amping and Rudy Leiren.

http://www.guitarworld.com/article/mick ... page=0%2C3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"MARS Well, Theater of Pain was the beginning of my using the Kramer and Charvel Strat and Tele-style guitars, and that continued on through Girls and Dr. Feelgood. Also, around that time I was working with Eddie Van Halen’s old tech, Rudy [Leiren], and he came in and set me up with this bi-amp system that changed a lot for me. I started to combine a lot of different amps, mixing and matching Hiwatts and Marshalls and Vox AC30s—all this different stuff. So I’m always open to trying new things."