New Mini Rack of Doom Day!

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Happy birthday to me.... More rack gear! Now I’ve got an issue, too many items, not enough space. I need to figure out if I want a separate 4u for just the power amp and heavy items or if a 10u is the way to go...

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I say, get a separate rack. It will be just as protected and easier to move.
 
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PFDarkside said:
Happy birthday to me.... More rack gear! Now I’ve got an issue, too many items, not enough space. I need to figure out if I want a separate 4u for just the power amp and heavy items or if a 10u is the way to go...

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A 10U is great until you have to move it. If this is EVER going to leave wherever you're keeping it now, go with separate cases.

Just out of curiosity, what were you planning to use the GCX for? If you're going to have a drawer with pedals, plan on allowing 2-3U for that depending on how tall they are.
 
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dystrust said:
A 10U is great until you have to move it. If this is EVER going to leave wherever you're keeping it now, go with separate cases.

Just out of curiosity, what were you planning to use the GCX for? If you're going to have a drawer with pedals, plan on allowing 2-3U for that depending on how tall they are.
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2u should do for the pedal shelf. I’m thinking a compressor, fuzz, OD and either Univibe or Phaser. I’m not a fan of phaser in the loop at all. That drawer came with the case/power amp/power supply. It won’t be used long term. (The GCX/GCP were just over $200 together!) The other loops are for switching the tuner and A/B for the power amp, one side to open back C90, one side to closed back V30.

It’s sounding extremely good, switching to open back American style speakers for the clean and grit and closed back V30 for crunch, heavier rhythm and lead is awesome. Of course the uber clean Rhythm Yellow and saturated Lead 2 sound good, it’s the juicy Rhythm Green and Lead 1 tones that are really impressing me.
 
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PFDarkside said:
2u should do for the pedal shelf. I’m thinking a compressor, fuzz, OD and either Univibe or Phaser. I’m not a fan of phaser in the loop at all. That drawer came with the case/power amp/power supply. It won’t be used long term. (The GCX/GCP were just over $200 together!) The other loops are for switching the tuner and A/B for the power amp, one side to open back C90, one side to closed back V30.

It’s sounding extremely good, switching to open back American style speakers for the clean and grit and closed back V30 for crunch, heavier rhythm and lead is awesome. Of course the uber clean Rhythm Yellow and saturated Lead 2 sound good, it’s the juicy Rhythm Green and Lead 1 tones that are really impressing me.
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If you're looking for a longer term pedal shelf, these two are popular on Rig Talk / TGP:

EWI RF1UKM-LA
Penn Elcom R1290
 
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Mincer said:
Oh thanks! Um, I am not sure. I don't think so...what was that forum?
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It was/is a Ford Mustang forum. I remember your user name and shared birthday from a long time ago, I can’t remember the forum though.
 
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PFDarkside said:
It was/is a Ford Mustang forum. I remember your user name and shared birthday from a long time ago, I can’t remember the forum though.
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Never owned a Mustang, but my best friend in HS had a '68 convertible.
 
Mincer said:
How close does the JMP-1 get to classic Marshall sounds, from Plexi to JCM900?
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The clean channels get you 80’s rack clean and kind of a warm, bubbly JTM-45 style clean. Not as great as a real
JTM-45, but it’s a nice warm clean. (The Tri-Axis is great in clean modes). The OD1 and OD2 have that Marshall bark, kind of hot rodded Plexi/JCM800 and JCM900. I think there’s a sweet spot where they like the gain pretty high. Where a real JMP/JCM amp would let you go from low gain all the way to high gain, this wants to live in a mid to high gain world. I was watching Leon Todd, he got pretty close with the Axe FX 3 on the Brit Pre models. Billy Gibbons, Def Leppard, Deftones, Megadeth, all those higher gain iconic Marshall tones are in there.

It’s a very iconic sound, I swear a lot of “Marshall” tones from the 90’s were this in the studio.
 
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