Here's one of my favourite rigs: Mainstage 3 software on a pimped Macbook Pro. The two first sound patches ("Clean" and "Crystal") are heard a lot on my current "Stick Street" album.

Each of the 8 sound patches activates a unique set of two parallel effect chains for the Melody and Bass side. Then there are three physical expression pedals; two to control feedback and level for two TapeDelay/Reverb loops (one for each fretboard) combined with a swell pedal function (violin-like note attack). The third expression pedal sweeps the musical rate of two sharp tremolo filters so I can for example freeze a "reverb cloud" and then move it into a groove. For one fretboard side this pedal sweeps the tremolo value range 0/128th - halfnote and for the other fretboard the same pedal sweeps 0/128th - quarter note triad. Because of this timing range discrepancy interesting poly rhythmic phenomenons occur when you use it to explore beats from frozen reverb/TapeDelay drones. (There's some more to this rig, but let's keep it neat n simple for today...)

Here's my new setup. Super loud and crispy. Overkill......

Rane SP13
Behringer EP 4000, mono bridged
Yorkville Sound YX215,YX18 Sub
POD HD500

Dont know how to post a pic, so heres a link.......hope it works..

cheers,
kev

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I have a couple of setups depending on venue. My normal setup is:

SP13
Alesis Quadraverb GT with LR In and LR Out routed through the LR Send/Return of the SP13
Then SP13 outs to direct box and then to board or
to Alesis RA100 amp and my own speakers

Also for portability I use a Roland MicroCube RX for Treble strings and MicroCube RX Bass for Bass, these are great little amps, use line power or 6 AA batteries each. Battery life is good, will last through multiple gigs, depending on volume and easy to haul around. Each of direct outs so can be easily routed to a board directly or through a DI.

Rob -

How has this rig worked out for you? Do you find you get a fuller sound with the QSC?

Randy

Hi Randy,

There is a change from that last setup, instead of the Empress ParaEQ I'm now using a StepABout for EQ/tone control, which I like quite a bit.

The QSC speakers are working out really well - I use the KW122 for larger rooms and a K10 for a wedge monitor when the venue already has a PA system (it's a lot lighter than the KW122 and I don't need the extended bass since I'll get that from the room). My last gig in Baltimore, with the K10 in front of my pedals and angled up at me, was probably the best I've ever heard myself at a gig (I'm more used to speakers being behind me), and a library gig before that in which I just used the KW122 behind and to one side of me, was also a success. When I've done Stick nights with Greg there is also the added luxury of plugging into his system as well as mine, he has that nice 15" BagEnd cabinet.

I do like the full range, open sound of these speakers a lot - compared to the Fishman SoloAmp it is going to have an inherently fuller sound just because of the extended bass range (the SoloAmp starts to roll off below 100 Hz). I also tried a Line6 StageSource L2T before the QSC, it had a nice punchy sound but not as "open" as the QSC and it had some issues with cabinet rattle at a couple frequencies. For practice here at home I set up the KW122 on a stand and the K10 as a floor monitor, both together provide a really nice pseudo-stereo sound.

Thanks, Rob. I'm looking for a more portable rig, so this one caught my eye.

Is the outboard reverb unit necessary if using the HD500?

I don't love the sound of the reverbs on the HD500 (the Strymon is an upgrade in that category) and using an outboard reverb frees up DSP blocks that can be used for other things, but otherwise you could certainly use the ones that come with the HD500.

I just ordered a Carvin AD100D. It's a 100 watt acoustic amp with 3 channels and effects.

It should be fine for my early Stick explorations and needs. Will post a review on it later.

Randy

Here's my current rig. Axe fx 2, atomic CLR full range cab and mfc footpedal and boss expression pedals. Warr phalanx 12. The stick is currently out of commission due to no appropriate strings.

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How's the CLR for Stick? Is the bass response well balanced? Enough "hi fi" vibe for the full range Stick tone?


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