When my band broke up a couple of months ago I decided the musical "downtime" was a good opportunity to re-vamp my rig before rushing off to form/join another band. I'd been using the Randall MTS amps, and although I liked the versatility, playing was no longer as "inspiring" as it was when I first got 'em--perhaps because I was spending far more time tweaking than actually playing.
After selling off all my MTS gear, here's the rig I ended up assembling:
I got the idea from looking at Alex Lifeson's rig, but just scaled it down to be (a little) more practical. I typically run the Triamp (all tube) through dual 4x12's with no FX, then use the Zentera (modeling) through dual 2x12's with stereo FX added. Out in front of the amps I use a handful of pedals that are powered/buffered by a VHT Valvulator, which is a god-send for maintaining tone through long pedal chains with multiple amps at the end.
Of course, now that I have the rig together, I really need to get back into a band so I can put it to use. The whole rig is un-practically loud in my basement!
--B
PS -- My other big project of the past few weeks was replacing the wheat grille cloth on my four Avatar cabs with Fender-style silver grille cloth. That was definitely time well spent.
After selling off all my MTS gear, here's the rig I ended up assembling:
I got the idea from looking at Alex Lifeson's rig, but just scaled it down to be (a little) more practical. I typically run the Triamp (all tube) through dual 4x12's with no FX, then use the Zentera (modeling) through dual 2x12's with stereo FX added. Out in front of the amps I use a handful of pedals that are powered/buffered by a VHT Valvulator, which is a god-send for maintaining tone through long pedal chains with multiple amps at the end.
Of course, now that I have the rig together, I really need to get back into a band so I can put it to use. The whole rig is un-practically loud in my basement!
--B
PS -- My other big project of the past few weeks was replacing the wheat grille cloth on my four Avatar cabs with Fender-style silver grille cloth. That was definitely time well spent.