sagesmith said:
That's a lovely amp/effects rig. I'm guessing you go for the harder types of rock, judging by your choice of guitar. Stevie Vai fan?
Yeah, I'm an unrepentant widdle-merchant, though I do listen to some more modern stuff (Avenged Sevenfold, Black Veil Brides, etc). I am a big Vai fan and he was a huge influence, but it's pure luck that his guitars happen to suit me. My interviews with, e.g., Steve Morse's and Edward Van Halen's signature models were heartbreaking affairs ending in confessions of incompatibility, and I finally sold on my Nuno Bettencourt when I accepted that Gibson scale boards and I will never be good friends.
John said:
I'll say that rack looks the nuts :heart:
Heh. It was the end of a long evolutionary line, including earlier versions with shelves full of pedals controlled by the Kenton loop-switcher that's still in it, and I was lucky to hit on the ADA MP1 in an astonishingly generous trade with a pro (Vinny) I did some session vocals for. It spent about weight years without seeing power recently, and I was astounded to turn it back on and find everything not only working but still with all my patches programmed!
Of course I could do all the same things now with a simple floorboard modeller, but it wouldn't have the same magic - I grew up wanting the big midi rack and by God I got it! Now, Vinny, he has the full on Bradshaw switcher, multiple TC delays, power-soaked head rig - spectacular - but I like my little fridge of lights in its small way. Bit extravagant for somebody who's basically a singer, though.
IanM here, who's seen me play many times and shared a stage more than a few, can testify that it, and I, do still reek of GIT-scented heavy rock
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