Post your rig!

**rico mando** · Jul-07-2011, 8:26pm

Figured i would upload a picture of my new amp rig and see if we can get this thread going for a little bit again for the new members

its my mesa mini stack , its a bit over kill but i like it

**Ben Milne** · Jul-07-2011, 9:46pm

Rico, how are you utilizing the tone-destroyerPRO in your rig?

**rico mando** · Jul-08-2011, 12:37am

Originally Posted by Ben Milne

Rico, how are you utilizing the tone-destroyerPRO in your rig?

come again ? whats killing my tone ? you will have too fill me in on this one as i have lots of tone killing gear laying around that comes in handy for gigs where good enough is good enough ,especially if its light to carry and gets me from one sound to the next easily .

**Ben Milne** · Jul-08-2011, 1:17am

What is the beringher unit/ how are you utilizing it?
Most beringher units are something-something-PRO and generically I have a habit of referring to them as signal-destroyer Pro, a reflection of the opinion of a very wide populace though i adapted the phrase to suit the instrument application... Sorry for the confusion, just wondering what's in your rack and how you're using it.

Your amp/stack sure looks tasty!

**rico mando** · Jul-08-2011, 3:43am

ok now i know what your talking about . the behringer is an EQ and under that is my midi sound generator axon ax-100 .so i use the eq as merely a boost/preamp for the midi signal to the sound man everything else is left flat or off on this eq . the midi runs off peizos in my saddles and my pick ups (emg actives) run to the amp both are separate Independent systems . some of the bass,drum and keyboard sounds from the midi would blow my mesa amp so that is why it goes to the PA.

i bought the eq back when i was trying to fix the sound of my fishman acoustic mandolin saddle pick up . it did not really work and i use a different pick up on my acoustic now (barcus berry magnetic) . never really thought of the eq as a tone sucker , i will have to listen into that . i have other signal boosters but they are not rack mount . the midi is pretty synth sounding so i am not sure if it affects its tone noticeably . my PA is a behringer ,guess i would have to put that up against another PA , works well enough i guess as i use it at home mostly but seemed alright at the local town hall where i volunteer to do sound for benefit shows occasionally .

i know my boss GT-10 is a tone sucker but it has gotten better the more i tweak it ,but it makes the gigs easier . i use up to 3 different effects settings for one song sometimes .for recording i would go for pure amp sound where i could . well thanks for commenting, it is a nice stack

**Treblemaker** · Jul-08-2011, 5:05pm

Lawrence Smart F5 mandolin equipped with Schertler transducer > Ernie Ball Volume Pedal > Overdrive (Ibanez Tube Screamer) > Chorus (TC Electronics Chorus/Flange/RingMod) > Phaser (Subdecay Quazar Phaser) > Octave (Boss OC-3) > Reverb (either Alesis Nanoverb or EH Cathedral Reverb - set to Hall) > '86 Mesa Boogie Mark III Amp.

Sometimes I add a vintage Mutron III Envelope Filter or Ibanez Autofilter for fun prior to the Reverb. Occasionally, for smaller rooms I use either a vintage '64 Fender Vibro Champ or a Polytone Mega Brute. The former is only 5 watts the latter is 100 watts but for a transistor amp the size of a shoebox it's deceptively potent.

Treblemaker