What are plugging your TAG into?

[sean]

Here is what I am using.(left to right)1971 Fender Champ,Two-Rock Amethyst Special combo,Two-Rock K&M Custom 50 watt on a Two-Rock 112 cab and a Two-Rock 18 watt Ruby on a Two-Rock 212 cab.Both cabs have Two-Rock Tr12-65 speakers.Guitars are:1990 Hollow T Classic(swamp ash)and a 1999 Cobra Special.Soon,I hope to add an Atom.Let's see what ya'll are cranking your TAG guitars through.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f121/1957gold/TAGsandTRs001.jpg

[jisham]

Here's my Randall RM100 rig and I have a Framus Cobra coming next week:

http://hometown.aol.com/jdigear/images/img_0484.jpg

[sylvanshine]

http://www.sylvanshine.net/IMG_1111.JPG

[Son of Anderson]

http://www.roland.com/products/com/PM-3/images/top_L.jpg

[tom]

very funny. i bet the crowdster sounds pretty good, but not the cobra.

[schofnsteen]

Marshall 1974X with HO1's.Very vintage humbucker sound!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dannopelli]

DrZ Maz 18 2x10 and DrZ Maz 38 1x12.

For larger (Loud required) gigs Fender Evil Twin and Mesa 1x12.

[shadco]

Just these.

I'm a Simpleton

http://www.pbase.com/shadco/image/51505081.jpg

[michaelomiya]

http://www.members.cox.net/eddyrox/marshalls.jpg
(Andys in cases in the music room...excuse the 68 Historic RI and FMIC CS...BUT I make no excuses for the Wolfgang!! :D)

[ctoddrun]

What is that little doo-hickey between the Strat and the LP on the floor?




Here is my main rig.

http://images16.fotki.com/v272/photos/7/720803/2869528/BoogieforSale018-vi.jpg

[morty]

http://www.freewebs.com/mortensgitarside/IM00086945.JPG

http://www.freewebs.com/mortensgitarside/IM00087045.JPG

I like to keep it very simple!! A Koch multitone 3ch amp with modded with 6L6. matched with a TC Electronics G-Force, only two florboard all effects and sounds are stored no tweaking on stage!!!!

3-Channels: Clean, Drive and Gain
4x 12AX7 and 2x(50W) or 4x(100W) EL34 tubes
Speaker Damping switch
Penthode / Triode switch
Serial and Parallel FX-loop
Solo / Rhythm facility
Accutronics spring reverb
2x Koch VG12-90 speakers (Combo)
Recording output

[Yngve]

My main rigg that I use most is fairly simple. It's a Matchless DC30 loaded with only NOS tubes (Mullards and Teslas) with a Hotplate. I use a GCX loop switcher to choose either channel 1, 2 or both at the same time. Some presets with different combinations of pedals, channels and a PodXTPro (for FX only, no simulation), but I also have full instant access to each of the loops and effects. One thing that's really cool is that I run a stereo jack into the rack, and one of the signals carry the piezo from the Fishman bridge. This signal is put to one of the loops and goes directly to the PA, so I can switch between magnetic and piezo signals (or even combine them) with a single preset recall. I mainly (80% of the time) use the pentode channel of the Matchless with effects bypassed and sometimes throw the OCD in.
http://www.nordlyd.no/LiveRigg.jpg

[olectric]

Man, what great looking rigs. Yngve, that Matchless looks awesome.

Right now, my main amp is a Groove Tubes Soul-O 75, complete with bright red tolex and knobs and red swirlies on the grill. I've got EL-34s in it for the time being, but it can take about everything out there with the same socket and even EL-84s with special adapters. I'm probably going to get an Intellifex for the extra rackspace. This thing as a combo weighs 70 (!) lbs., so I'm also looking to put it in a rack box. Any suggestions for who to go through for this? Here's the amp:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/olectric/IMG_0976.jpg

I'm running it through a Bogner Cube for most shows and for church. It sounds great through the Cube, and with it I can control my volume (or at least which direction my volume goes).

I also just picked up a VHT Pittbull 45, and I'm liking it more and more. Don't have a pic of it by itself. It's a quad-EL-84 amp, and sounds great for on-the-edge-of-breakup tones. I don't like the higher gain settings on it; I find them to be a little fizzy on top.

[Yngve]

Man, what great looking rigs. Yngve, that Matchless looks awesome.
Thanks! It sounds fantastic! I find myself more and more just plugging the guitars straight into channel 2 with nothing in between and leave the rack at home. Oh, I forgot to mention: The back of the rack that doesn't show holds a complete in-ear wireless monitoring and multi cable for all signals (piezo, mag, 2 mics for the combo, 1 vocal mic, 2 lines of monitoring for the in-ear and a PodXt line out for emergencies). It's really quick to set up on shows.

[michaelomiya]

What is that little doo-hickey between the Strat and the LP on the floor?


that'd be a variac. drops the voltage hitting the PT to whatever you want. on the vintage, non-MV guys, it's good to be at 105-110v. EVH used to drop it to 85-90V. some folk claim that causes "cathode stripping". I say maybe, but the TONE.....!! :eek:

BTW, NICE Herbert. I'm gonna pick me up one soon!
mike.

[tom]

i heard from a friend who would know that ed would turn the voltage down till the pilot light would go out, then turn it up just a bit.

[ctoddrun]

Eddie is one of my fav's.


And after ALLLLL these years reading about his Variac I'd never even thought to wonder what it was or looked like.

I guess I just assumed that it was like a cap or resistor he had modded into the amp.

Learn something new everyday.


You'll like the Herbert. I've only had it for a short while and when I first got it I was using some of the factory settings for a starting point on figuring out what I wanted it to do.

Its way more versitile than I expected. WAY. And compared to the Mark IV I was using prior to that, the volume is SO much more user friendly.

Its 180 watts which the thought of made me :eek: , but since the sweep of the volume knob is so smooth and effective you can go from whisper to RAGE with ease.

By comparison, the Mark only had a range of about 1/4" and talk about HARD to dial in a decent volume level. It was either ON LOUD or buzzy low. Nothing in between.

...still in the honeymoon stage though, so things are blissful for now.

[John Price]

I'm plugging into a Mesa LoneStar Head with an early 70's Marshall 4x12
And believe it or not for gigs I'm using a Roland Cube 60........

;)

[shadco]

I have coveted a Dr. Z Carmen Ghia for a loooong time. Very reasonably priced back home, not so in Japan :(

How do you like your Mini Z?

I love my MIni Z. I use it a lot around the house. As it ages and gets broken in I find I get quite a lot of varied tone from it a low levels. Amp Knob at 12 and vary the volume on the guitar. A recent retube has just mad it sweeter.

[michaelomiya]

Its 180 watts which the thought of made me :eek: , but since the sweep of the volume knob is so smooth and effective you can go from whisper to RAGE with ease.

By comparison, the Mark only had a range of about 1/4" and talk about HARD to dial in a decent volume level. It was either ON LOUD or buzzy low. Nothing in between.

Thanks ctoddrun!

See tom, there IS life after 18W! :eek: :p :D

BUT...I cannot address the weight issue. Those trannies and 6 pwr tubes weigh in at a hefty 60lbs! :rolleyes: bummer.
mike.

[Suriel Zayas]

See tom, there IS life after 18W! :eek: :p :D

nirvana at 11 watts ;) ;) the buck stops there for tom.

[olectric]

Those trannies and 6 pwr tubes weigh in at a hefty 60lbs! :rolleyes: bummer.
mike.

My Soul-O 75 combo (which has 1 12" Celestion) weighs in at a morbidly obese 70 lbs. It's brutal. I think the chassis alone is 45 lbs or so. And it only has two power tubes! I think the trannies are made of tungsten or something...

[Yngve]

I always need help to carry my Matchless. 85 lbs, not including the flightcase :mad:

[Stys]

I'm all Mesa - F-30 head in to a 1x12 Thiele or a Lonestar special. Also, back in action is my old Subway Rocket.

[michaelomiya]

nirvana at 11 watts ;) ;) the buck stops there for tom.

ahhh..got it! Is that the output of a Rambler?
thanks Suriel!
(and we missed you this year at Anaheim!)
mike.

[Suriel Zayas]

ahhh..got it! Is that the output of a Rambler?

nahhhhhhhh....close, but no cigar. it's the special carr hammerhead mk2 tom anderson edition, running at 11 watts :eek:

no namm for me this year, was laid up nursing torn acl & mcl, but there is always next year.

[michaelomiya]

Jeez Mike...I'm wondering...do you like regularly have Judas Priest over to your house for informal jams? The second question I have is how often do you have the handyman over to fix the walls after you, K.K., and Glen get done jamming? :p

Tom, I'm telling ya (contrary to what everyone says about 100W amps), w/ the proper mods, you CAN have great tone at decent volume. Mark Cameron here in LA does wonderful work. The 3 heads on the right are all modded (78 JMP2203, 81 JCM800 2203 and the frankenhead 2203). We use them for cover and corporate gigs. Best part? A Cobra or DT through a modded Marshall is ear-gasmic!:eek: :D

Regarding the OTHER heads, those NEVER leave the house. TOO loud, TOO valuable, and TOO heavy! BTW, Hellion/Electric Eye sounds good through ANY Marshall.

[Whitehouse]

Plug my Andys and Ruokangas in to a Bog Xtacy Classic into a 2x12 V30 Cab for dirty and plexi type stuff. A/B'd to either a fender vibroking or vibrolux for the clean stuff. I love it!

how do you get the pictures to show up in the post? Sorry for the dumb question~ :o

[sylvanshine]

Bog Xtacy Classic into a 2x12 V30 Cab

how do you get the pictures to show up in the post? Sorry for the dumb question~ :o
I like the cut of your jib sailor. I have two Classics and love the V30s also.

In order to post pics, you need to have a host somewhere (they need to "live" on a web site or server). Then you can click on the little yellow mountain with the sun image in the tool bar above, paste in the address of the pic and your done.

http://www.sylvanshine.net/IMG_0778.JPG is an example of the address where one of my pics lives. There are lots of free hosting services.

[Whitehouse]

Hey thanks sylvanshine! Thanks for the tutorial! I've never seen a forum like this where you need to use your own server. I guess I'll just use mine. Thanks man! BTW Nice Trans Amber (thats what it looks like on your site).

Marty

[sylvanshine]

That's my Lt. Tigers Eye Cobra. We rely on fans for most of our pics, so you get what you get. I posted this in another thread, but here's the whole collection. I run through the Classic and a California Blonde...
http://www.sylvanshine.net/IMG_1926.JPG

[nickdahl]

I use a Custom Audio OD-100. Its proper model number is OD100SHSE. Sounds great!

http://home.twcny.rr.com/drnick/OD100%20Pedals.JPG

Nick

[RGN]

I am using a the Bogner 2X12 OS with V30s for everything. The heads change depending on my mood.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/RGN/bognerxtc.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/RGN/DSC00093.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/RGN/DSC00083.jpg

[sylvanshine]

I am using a the Bogner 2X12 OS with V30s for everything. The heads change depending on my mood.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/RGN/bognerxtc.jpg

That's my old Ecstasy. Got it at Charley's, right? Glad it went to a good home. It's a good one.

[RGN]

Yes, I really like it. Brian ordered me a regular cane front so it matches my cab. Did you get that different covering to match a cab?

[sylvanshine]

Yes, it's Marshall salt and pepper cloth. The 4x12 earlier in this thread is it's match. I just got tired of the cane. That amp sounds best with the Chinese 12ax7s and Svetlana winged EL34s.

[BrianH]

What a small world!
Great looking rig's. I guess if you spend the time and coin on a guitar like Anderson you spare no expense on the amp.
And speaking of expense - Jay, I owe you big time. I'm glad you left the shop when you did so you didn't have to see me blubber.
Thanks is not even close to enough.

As for what I pug into? A Microcube and a 5ft. cable is all I need........

[wreckfan]

Ok - here we go.......I am currently playing a Kendrick built Trainwreck/Climax amp. One of the more controversial amps ever made - I have been really happy with mine. Based on a modified Deluxe Reverb that Ken Fischer had modified for a friend, it has a nice BF Fender Channel and a useless "Express" channel. It is a really consistant amp - always sounds the same regardless of the venue - loves pedals and goes from clean to "my amp is going to blow up" sounds with a tubescreamer (and sometimes adding a Fulldrive II).

A good friend and fellow bandmember had ordered one and the day he got it he plugged in - tried it out and ordered a second one (which I bought from him). I was able to bypass all of the "press" the amp was getting and try it out for myself.....I've never had my checkbook out faster !!

[Mondoslug]

Well here's a little vid of this:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/mostlyslim/HollowTClassic.jpg
through this:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/mostlyslim/Lightning.jpg
Pretty much straight in except for some Line 6 Delay...really fun guitar to play. Happy. Camper.
http://media.putfile.com/Hollow-T-Gumby

[toneman]

http://home.comcast.net/~grittar/headnrack.jpg

[Wbb]

I'm plugging this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/MadisonB/Andy.jpg

Into this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/MadisonB/Stingray2.jpg

[shadco]

I'm plugging this...



Ah Ha the elusive Stingray

Nothing like having something unique now is there?

[BFC]

I'm partial to these...

http://www.lilypix.com/photos/data/85422afb467e9456013a2a51d4dff702/2332_p52089.jpg

[Stys]

BFC, where did you purchase your Barber amp and cab? I'm thinking of trying new amps and I've read great things about Barber.

Thanks,
-MS

[Sixx]

Cool Bonehead! I just picked up a Knucklehead Reverb that I am running through a Mesa 2 x 12 Recto with V30s. I am also running a G-Major through the loop. I had not spent much time with any Rivera stuff before. Built like tanks!

Waking up the neigbors! Good times good times!

[BrianH]

So the G Major is still with you?
Hope you had no problems with the other thing.
And yes, Rivera's are built like tanks.

[dannopelli]

I'm plugging this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/MadisonB/Andy.jpg

Into this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/MadisonB/Stingray2.jpg
WHEN DID YOU GET THAT YOU DOG!

[Wbb]

Hey Danno, DT didn't tell you? This thing is the real deal man, check out my clips:

Stingray (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=346841)

[BFC]

BFC, where did you purchase your Barber amp and cab? I'm thinking of trying new amps and I've read great things about Barber.

Thanks,
-MS

I got mine through The Perfect Note. Barber only made twenty Echelons with no plans to do anymore. I think the cabs are on hold indefinetly too. Killer amps. They just never really took off.

[thecaleb]

Here is my humble set up.
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/thecaleb1/7e18db87.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"></a>
I recently got the Boss BD-2 Mod, and i am loving it. I found the link for it on the "compressor junkies" thread. I sent mine in and they had it back in a week and a half. all around impressed.

[guitarzan]

Here is my humble set up.
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/thecaleb1/7e18db87.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"></a>
I recently got the Boss BD-2 Mod, and i am loving it. I found the link for it on the "compressor junkies" thread. I sent mine in and they had it back in a week and a half. all around impressed.

I modded my BD-2 as well. I'm not as crazy about that one as the compressor mod, but it's still way cool. How do you like the Pitbull? Is that Olectric's old one?

[thecaleb]

I modded my BD-2 as well. I'm not as crazy about that one as the compressor mod, but it's still way cool. How do you like the Pitbull? Is that Olectric's old one?

I haven't gotten the compressor mod yet, but i have been thinking about it. I like the BD-2 for some clean and low gain stuff, but i found that if i push it, it will get crappy pretty fast.And i love the pitbull, i got a sweet deal on it, thanks to olectric and i haven't looked back, its got all the power and tone a guy could ask for.

[MEP]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/bigmichaelp/DSC00175.jpg

I'm lovin' the Dr Z Maz Jr 18. This is a great sounding amp with a couple of great guitars. :D

[Janine Doubly]

Love that Metallic Amber Classic! If it came from Mass Street, I put the features together. Probably my favorite Classic I ever played. Best color and HUGE tone!

[MEP]

The metalic amber classic came from Mass Street. It really is a sweet guitar.

Janine Doubly I've sent you a PM

[billyguitar]

Dr Z Maz 38 senior with one 12" alnico Tone Tubby. Great all around amp. I also really like my Evans jazz amp. I've got a ton of vintage amps and plug into them now and then just to remember what they sound like. The Z and the Evans are really better amps than all of them except my old Tweed Bassmans which are a thing of their own.
After using the Evans for a couple of years I bought a VHT Pittbull 45, really couldn't get along with it. After that I bought a Randall RM50 with the interchangeable preamps. Pretty nice amp, liked it better than the VHT. After I got the Z I just use the Randall for rehearsal. I need to sell it now.
I got out my 1976 Gibson L-5 CES this weekend and restrung it. Played it around the house for a couple of days and then put it away again. For some reason it has better action than my Anderson but I still prefer the Anderson. Now if Tom would only make me a 25-1/2" scale Atom!

[tom]

what makes you think i haven't ;) i have been doing a lot of making funny guitars lately to try different materials with the "wrong" scale length. it's funny how if the guitar shape and materials are familiar, people don't even notice that the scale is "wrong". you probably won't be seeing any longer scale atoms any time soon. one of the hard things about being a manufacturer is that you have to keep focused on what you like, which is of course totally subjective. i feel like if we offered every shape with every bridge and every pickup, and every scale and every wood combination, it would be even more confusing than it already is for people to decide what they should get. it would also be more confusing when you see or even play someones guitar to know what you were really seeing or playing. someone's got so set some boundries, and at least for us it will be me for now.

[billyguitar]

I'm a believer in following one's own path and I salute you for it. Guitars, amps, music and life designed by committees would be very dull and bland. We need the individual to do what he thinks is right. Your success is a perfect example.
Okay, I won't hold my breath for a long scale Atom. I'm perfectly happy with my Drop Top T with the '62 Roundback neck. For me it's the most perfect guitar I've ever had or played yet!

[GaryMcT]

I've heard at least one person rave about a mahagony drop top. Maybe that'll get you a little closer to a long-scale Atom?

[billyguitar]

Thanks for the tip. About 10 years ago I switched from 24-3/4 scale guitars to 25-1/2 and now I can't go back. Different tension and harmonics. I've got a lot of guitars that i don't use anymore partly because of that. the other reason is they aren't as good as my drop top T!

[dannopelli]

Hey Danno, DT didn't tell you? This thing is the real deal man, check out my clips:

Stingray (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=346841)

Bill,

AWESOME! I sent the link to everyone on my mail list!

[northern1]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/IIDW/CopyofTASLOAX.jpg

[bluesman69]

Either
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/bluesman69/Guitars/My_TAs1a.jpg
or
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/bluesman69/Amps/MesaMkIV1a.jpg
or
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/bluesman69/Amps/59BM1a.jpg

[Yngve]

I have just bought a Victoria Victorilux as well, so now I'm plugging either
http://www.nordlyd.no/public/Blondie3.jpg or http://www.nordlyd.no/public/Sheriff1.jpg
into one of these:
http://www.nordlyd.no/public/Blondie.jpg

[West]

Swamp ash Hollow classic,va1 va1r va1/2 or drop top classic maple/bass sa1 sa1r h3 through either,

Mesa nomad 55 1x2 combo + 1x12 widebody cab, or just got a FUCHS ods slx 50 head with fuchs 2x12 cab loaded with eminence wizards which sound fantastik !
The Nomad still has it's uses thats why i hung on to it,the fuchs is more sophisticated,and less forgiving playing wise,but sounds sooooo sweet. ;)

Also heritage 535,and Buscarino arch top/clarus 1r.

cheers West.