Re: Guitar rig advice wanted

[Kim Flint <kflint@chromatic.com>]

I'd say, keep using the fender amp for the guitar, disconnect the speaker,
and run the speaker outputs to a THD Hotplate. The THD provides a
speaker-like load for the amp so it still sounds and works right, and
outputs a line level signal which you can run to your mixer, which goes to
the looper, and then to the PA. That should keep your guitar sound
reasonably close to what you have, while still giving you a full PA for the
other stuff.

Another idea is to get some sort of rack mount guitar preamp and run it 
into
an ADA Ampulator, which seems to be the best thing for simulating tube 
power
amps. Then you have a good sounding line level signal, which should play
nice with the other stuff.

You're on the right track, guitar amps don't really cut it for looping. The
other half of it is when you have a loop running through the guitar amp, it
interferes with any additional guitar and hurts the direct tone. 

kim 

At 04:26 PM 11/5/97 -0500, Len Seligman wrote:
>I'm thinking putting an electric guitar and miscellaneous other things
>(guitar synth, mandolin with a transducer pickup, vocal mike) through a
>mixer, an Echoplex, and then on to a PA board. Question: is there any way
>to do this and have the electric guitar sound good? Currently, I have a 
>'62
>Strat that I play through an all tube Fender Hod Rod Deluxe and it sounds
>*great*. I play it with only a trace of distortion, and I love the sound.
>Is there any way to get anything remotely close without using a guitar 
>amp?
>(I once used a SansAmp for recording purposes, and I thought the sound was
>bad compared to miking the guitar amp.)
>
>If not, then I fear the only thing I'll be able to loop will be my guitar,
>or else I'll have to send the other stuff through the guitar amp, which is
>not known for great sound for anything but a guitar. (I can't afford two
>Echoplexes for just me.)
>
>Thanks for any ideas you might have.
>
>-Len
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