Recent content by MarkMcQ

I've replaced the G-Major 2 with a Boss DD500 but the signal path is basically the same. Effects out goes to the DD500, and then one output from that goes back to the amp return, and the other output goes to the poweramp. If I'm not using a specific delay effect, I use a patch that has a short...

This is the one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4u-19-Rack-Cradle-with-Clamping-Bars-360mm-Deep/163448028059?hash=item260e42fb9b:g:uHcAAOSwujJb07qo:rk:108:pf:0 It has a small lip at the front edge for strength, so you'll either need to cut a slot out of it as wide as the chassis, or make up 4 small...

Made this using a 4u rack shelf flipped upside down, and some 3mm thick aluminium plate. Total cost, approx £40-ish. Saved me probably around £130 from my original idea to get the 35w rack kit and drill holes for the 25 chassis. Shelf drilled and chassis mounted Aluminium cut Sanded and...

For the grunge stuff, you could follow Cobains lead. He used a Mesa Studio Pre-amp with a Boss DS-1 and ran it into a solid state Crown poweramp. Most of that stuff you can pick up for decent prices on eBay, and you'll have a bit of cash left over to blow on other goodies.

Love that rack cab. Is that a converted 2 x 12 or custom built?

Paul Gilbert used the Laney GH series for a few years.

Just got a Fast Track 2 yesterday and I've been playing around with the Metallica Ir Gold impulse pack that's kicking around the net. Whilst trying out some of the free amp vst's out there with it, I came across a sound which seems like a passable black album tone. It's the results of a 20 min...

Put it at the front of the chain. You want the signal from the guitar to be as noise-free as it can be before it goes into your pedals, otherwise they can increase that noise.

Mark 3 and I believe DiMarzio Super Distorions in his Flying V. He also used some kind of old Morley echo/chorus pedal thing that gave him that 'boxy' sound too.

I wouldn't waste cash on one of those boxes. They'll affect your tone. As you turn them down you'll find they bleed treble off. It's the same as when you turn the volume down on a guitar. You can never preserve the true tone even using a treble bleed capacitor.

Will the molds sound better with 6L6's or EL34's though?

There's a pic of it here: http://www.guitarnoize.com/mike-fortin-joining-forces-with-randall-amplifiers/

It's a DvD called Making Magnetic, although the full thing can be found on Youtube.

This guy has done one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOYnJSZZ5eM Those JH's have awesome clarity.

Mine does the exact same thing too. Makes it unusable as a proper 2 channel setup as it is. I'd also like to know what the cause is.