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Originally Posted by metalfiend666
I learned a lot buy reading this article and looking at other peoples racks. Basically you'll want a minimum of a preamp and a poweramp, with possibly a multi effects unit, and something to control channel/effect switching. Other good ideas are a power conditioner (to protect your gear from electrical surges) and a rack tuner.
The great thing about racks is you're not limited to any set combination. A couple of examples: Love a Marshall preamp sound but prefer 6L6 power tubes? Hook a Marshall JMP1 up to a Mesa 50/50. Like all in one solid state modellers & fx? Hook up a Pod XT Pro or a Rocktron Chameleon to a valve power amp for warmth.
The other really great thing about a rack set up is you can have a nice large wattage valve power amp for playing live, but hook up to a single space solid state or lower power valve amp for home use without annoying the neighbours. |
thank you for that link....i was under the impression of racks being a large box full of confusing wires and knobs...lol...now i know what it all is an dhow it works....