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Caught a bit of Hold Your Horse Is' set in Edinburgh tonight.

Guitarist had an interesting set up...



From what I could see and hear, it was like:

Neck Pickup -> Octave Down -> Amp 1
Bridge Pickup - > Amp 2

Didn't get a chance to see his pedals. I thought it sounded absolutely cracking

BOOM

GeorgeF wrote:It's basically just got two outputs. One seperate output does neck pickup which feeds into a JCM800. The other is for the humbucker which feeds into a sub woofer type amp. Has no other volume or tone, switches etc. His pedals consist of a kill switch for the sub and a tuner.

Looks like I was a bit late to the party, then

Local H, yadda yadda..

Hahaha it's the new buzz thing from guitarists it seems.

Personally I like the 'Game Changer' or whatever it was called vs. that. I cannot tell the difference in real time. Definitely more a recording tool.

why would it be more of a recording tool? if you're recording it's a piece of piss to overdub multiple parts with different setups and instruments. it's a bit harder when you're playing live, hence why people double things up.

As mentioned before, a stereo jack would be a more elegant solution.

But that wouldn't get threads started because of it! Also, I don't know if he's that tech savvy?

It sounds absolutely monstrous live.

timhulio wrote:As mentioned before, a stereo jack would be a more elegant solution.

Wouldn't that cause all sorts of ungodly ground loop hum, what with the amps sharing the ground connection?

edit: although.. I'm guessing both pickups would be grounded to the bridge anyways?

might as well just split the signal after the guitar. even less work.

Would you be able to separate the neck from bridge pickup?

Doog wrote:

timhulio wrote:As mentioned before, a stereo jack would be a more elegant solution.

Wouldn't that cause all sorts of ungodly ground loop hum, what with the amps sharing the ground connection?

edit: although.. I'm guessing both pickups would be grounded to the bridge anyways?

Nah I think this is how stereo 345s and Rickenbackers work anyway. Stereo lead into a breakout box. Badda bing, badda boom.

GeorgeF wrote:Would you be able to separate the neck from bridge pickup?

nah, but I only ever use bridge pickups anyway.

Doog wrote:

timhulio wrote:As mentioned before, a stereo jack would be a more elegant solution.

Wouldn't that cause all sorts of ungodly ground loop hum, what with the amps sharing the ground connection?

edit: although.. I'm guessing both pickups would be grounded to the bridge anyways?

There was a massive amount of hum as it was... I thought it was just your bog standard single coil hum but it was pretty nasty.

If he doesn't have some sort of onboard octave down, then that amp he was using for the low end was a beast. I didn't recognise it.

I've modded my tele to have separate outputs for each pickup, more for fun than anything, I rarely use them but probably will do at some point for a dry and wet mix.

Doog wrote:Local H, yadda yadda..

Doog beats me to the punch yet again...


Although last time I saw them he was rocking this setup:



That was in '04 though.

Empires wrote:If he doesn't have some sort of onboard octave down, then that amp he was using for the low end was a beast. I didn't recognise it.

I watched a load of live videos, doesn't look or sound like there's an octave pedal in his setup, just a second amp set bassier than the other.. makes the whole "output-per-pickup" seem even more overkill, but I guess you can't argue with results.


I'm guessing this mysterious little box is either a dirt box or just a muting pedal for the 2nd amp..?