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In Reply to: NEED ADVICE ON COMPONENTS TO USE WITH MESA TRIAXIS posted by Steve on August 28, 2000 at 21:16:57:
: HEY I JUST WANTED TO POST THIS LETTER UP FOR ANYONE WHO HAS PUT TOGETHER A MESA TRIAXIS RACK RIG.
: I'M LOOKING FOR RECOMENDATIONS ON A GOOD POWER CONDITIONER, WIRELESS SYSTEM , RACKMOUNT FX , RACKMOUNT TUNER , SOME TYPE OF HUSH UNIT, A NICE DROOR FOR THE RACK AND ANY THING YOU THINK I MIGHT BE MISSING FROM THE SET UP.
: MY PLAN IS TO USE A MESA 12 SPACE SHOCK MOUNT RACK WITH CASTERS. AND START BUILDING
: RACK SPACE# 1.POWER CONDITIONER
: 2.WIRELESS RACK
: 3.TUNER RACK
: 4.TRIAXIS PREAMP RACK
: 5.FX UNIT RACK
: 6.HUSH UNIT
: 7.MESA 2:90 POWER AMP THIS IS TWO SPACES
: 8. " "
: 9.TWO SPACE RACK DROOR
: 10. " "
: 11.OPEN
: 12.OPEN
: THIS WILL LEAVE TWO EXTRA SPACES LEFT OVER FOR ANY GOODIES I DECIDE I NEED LATER. COULD I SAVE ANY MORE SPACE IN THIS UNIT? I WOULD RATHER HAVE A COUPLE EMPTY SPACES THAN RUN OUT OF ROOM.
: THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE BUT MY PLAN IS TO BUY SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT USED.
: ********* MY REASON FOR BUILDING THIS MONSTER?*********
: I AM TIRED OF HAVING TO SET UP SO MUCH CRAP ON THE FLOOR AT GIGS. MY MAIN SQUEEZE IS MY MESA DC-5 THAT SOUNDS GREAT YET I WISH IT HAD MORE THAN TWO CHANNELS. MY EQ. DELAY, WAH, TUNER, VOLUME PEDAL NEED TO BE CONSOLODATED INTO A MIDI FLOOR CONTROLLER. THERES JUST TO MANY CHORDS INVOLVED AND IT LOOKS LIKE SPAGETTI SOUP ON THE FLOOR . NOT TO MENTION THE WALL WARTS FOR THE PEDALS ( I DONT LIKE BATTERIES MUCH, I SEEM TO LOSE TONE AND SIGNAL WHEN I USE THEM).
: ALSO I HAVE ( HAD ) A LINE 6 AXSYS 212 THIS RIG REQUIRED TWO CHORDS ONE FROM THE GUITAR TO THE AMP AND ONE TO FROM THE AMP TO THE FLOOR CONTROLLER.(THAT WAS COOL). UNFORTUNATELY THIS RIG IS NOT UP TO PAR ON
: T O N E
: ALTHOUGH IMPRESSIVE AND DEFINITLY A UPGRADE FROM A PANDORAS BOX, IT DOES NOT HAVE UN TO IT THE TUBES THAT I HOLD SO DEARLY. SO HERE I AM!
: I KNOW THIS SUCKERS GOING TO BE HEAVY.
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