Author Topic: Show Of Hands (Read 1702 times)

rustyg61 · « **Reply #45 on:** April 08, 2015, 06:00:10 PM »

Brian, this is the DI I got - http://www.radialeng.com/r2011/prod2.php

rustyg61 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 11, 2015, 03:57:05 PM »

Here is my new & MUCH improved rig! I keep my DS-5R & SF-2 in a separate rack so I can use them with my Rumble combo if I ever want to, but with the Accugroove Wedgie which sounds much much better & takes up less room on stage, I can't see ever using the Rumble, unless it was for an outdoor gig in Galveston where I don't want my gear exposed to the salt air. I bought the stand at Home Depot. It is light & the perfect size for my racks, & it folds up flat for easy transport.

moongerm · « **Reply #47 on:** April 11, 2015, 04:35:14 PM »

Great idea Rusty! Love that Wedgie too! Ok that sounds awkward...

StephenR · « **Reply #48 on:** April 11, 2015, 05:31:25 PM »

Hey Rusty... a stand like that is just the thing I have been looking for. How high can it go and in what section of Home Depot do they stash them.

elwoodblue · « **Reply #49 on:** April 11, 2015, 05:36:00 PM »

Looks real good !!
You have a lucky audience

rustyg61 · « **Reply #50 on:** April 11, 2015, 06:47:05 PM »

Stephen, the stand is not adjustable in height, it is 31 which puts it just below my waist. It is the perfect height to reach the knobs on my amp though. It is in the building materials section of Home Depot with the saw horses. In my store it was on the last isle closest to the wall where all the fencing material is, next isle over from the plywood. Here is the link for it - http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-X-Workhorse-Workbench-17185155/202021304#product_description

flpete1uw · « **Reply #51 on:** April 12, 2015, 04:22:09 AM »

If that table doubled as a handcart, they would have something really sweet! I guess I am just a dreamer.
Pete

rustyg61 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 12, 2015, 04:50:31 AM »

Nothing wrong with dreaming Pete! I wish it had wheels on it to make it easy to pull out to get to the back of my rack. I may build a platform with wheels to set it on.

Jazzyvee, I tried your setup last night, going stereo out of the DS-5R into both channels of the F-2B & then the combined out of the F-2B into the SF-2, then into one side of the QSC then into the Wedgie & it sounds incredible! It give's you much more control of the mids & highs. I played around with my SCSD going into the bridge pickup channel of the F-2B & I can get a great midrange sound just adjusting the filters on the SCSD & leaving the settings on the F-2B set for my Europa bridge pickup. So I'm going to start playing the SCSD again on the Journey tunes that need that midrange sound. I will just have to swap cables for the SCSD, but that is not a big deal.

(Message edited by rustyg61 on April 12, 2015)

StephenR · « **Reply #53 on:** April 12, 2015, 10:04:37 AM »

Thanks for the info about the stand. Definitely will be checking it out.

rustyg61 · « **Reply #54 on:** April 12, 2015, 11:21:51 AM »

You're welcome Stephen! Hope it works for you as well as it does for me!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #55 on:** April 12, 2015, 11:24:29 AM »

Rusty to emulate my setup with the F2-B you'd need to come out of there in stereo with each pickup going into it's own channel of the SF-2.
I then have my QSC in parallel mode and take both SF-2 outputs to the amp L + R were they are combined to power either one or more cabs in mono.

Hope that makes sense

rustyg61 · « **Reply #56 on:** April 12, 2015, 01:55:06 PM »

Jazzyvee, I did try running each pickup into a separate channel of my SF-2 & going full stereo into both sides of the QSC & separate speaker boxes. It sounded amazing, but I don't want to haul the extra speaker box to run true stereo. If I use a separate channel on the SF-2 for each pickup, then I will have to use 2 channels on the PA. The way I have it now I can plug my SCSD into the bridge pickup channel on my F-2B & still have both low & high channels on the SF-2 to EQ the SCSD & still have it use the same single channel on the PA as my Europa. I have my DI patched in between the F-2B & SF-2 so I can use the SF-2 just to adjust my stage sound without affecting the PA EQ.

The beauty of these Alembic processors is their versatility with the multiple combinations of hookups you can do. Having separate & combined channel outputs & stereo/mono switches gives us so many possibilities it's mind boggling! It has been said before, but I will say it again, Ron Wickersham is a Wizard! His forethought into designing gear with all these possibilities is pure GENIOUS!!!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #57 on:** April 12, 2015, 02:10:14 PM »

I see.... good point well made. :-)

jazzyvee · « **Reply #58 on:** April 12, 2015, 02:16:13 PM »

I see.... good point well made. :-)