Travel Rig / Practice

[ehdwuld]

So My new job has me traveling a lot and staying in hotels
so last month I experimented with a travel rig

I took my Epi Hummingbird, since it is inexpensive and plays so well

but it is a bit fragile and I worried about leaving it in the van with the temperature extremes up the East Coast
it would be freezing in the mornings and 80 F come noon

so I have set up a solid body rig
with my RG2
A PockRock from Ammoon w/ Headphones

this all fits in a single rectangle guitar case
has a drum loop for practicing my scales and timing
tons of effects and a tuner

the RG has my JB/Jazz with the triple shot rings for a versatile rig

 

[jeremy]

nice! i really should get something similar setup. i used to travel a fair amount before covid and i expect itll pick up again. tell me more about this pockrock

 

[Securb]

Cool setup. I would love to have a guitar on the road but it is not necessary for me. I only travel around once per quarter and usually just a couple of days per trip. Plus when I travel for business there is little downtime.

 

[ehdwuld]

Its a cheap multi effects
with a drum loop
Which i found important

I just need a clean sound for practice

my job has me away for weeks at a time

May and June i may be in Canada, not sure yet

 

[PFDarkside]

I still love the look of that guitar.

 

[ehdwuld]

I still love the look of that guitar.

My favorite color

 

[Securb]

I still love the look of that guitar.

No shit that blue is freaking amazing and I love the bridge.

 

[ehdwuld]

Painted my truck the same color

Well Toyota painted it that color and i just repainted it the same

 

[Adieu]

Its a cheap multi effects
with a drum loop
Which i found important

I just need a clean sound for practice

my job has me away for weeks at a time

May and June i may be in Canada, not sure yet

Whoa... looked it up, it costs just $40??? Not bad

 

[ehdwuld]

It's cheap If it gets broken I won't feel bad

I tried it and it's got usable sounds
The effects are not great but workable

 

[Mincer]

For travel, I use my Steinberger and a FlyRig. Pretty small setup.

 

[donaldr]

I'm using a Zoom G1 Four for that purpose and it's good enough through headphones. +1 for looper, drums, and running on AA batteries.

 

[Artie]

Love that guitar and color. Kind of a cross between blue and purple. And nice clean design. Sweet!

 

[formula73]

I used to use a Korg Pandora back on deployments with a cheapo tele that fit in my locker. I found it a couple years ago and remember it sounding a lot...better... in 2002.

Modeling has come a LONG way.

 

[ehdwuld]

Updated my Travel Rig. The Moorer knobs are lower and fit better in the case
soundsa are good

Side by side

 

[quadquadquadquad]

Steinberger (licensed copy by Hohner) into a Fender Mustang Micro is very small (easily carried onto planes) and sounds pretty good.

Used to use a Zoom 9002 with it in the 90's

 

[ehdwuld]

Steinberger (Hohner) into a Fender Mustang Micro is very small (easily carried onto planes) and sounds pretty good.

Used to use a Zoom 9002 with it in the 90's

I like that but does it have a metronome/click track/drum loop?

I could run one from my Phone Tuner App

 

[quadquadquadquad]

I like that but does it have a metronome/click track/drum loop?

I could run one from my Phone Tuner App

Exactly.

It has audio in via Bluetooth which works fine for that purpose (and backing tracks). In fact the Fender Tune app has all that ... or you can use anything else you can connect via bt ... and no extra wires.

Interesting thing is if you choose to record via its audio interface (which is really simple, no drivers, it just shows up), the drums you pipe in are also recorded. Can be useful if you want to capture the entire performance, but would be nice to have the option to not record the full mix (but still hear it in your headphones).

 

[quadquadquadquad]

FYI, a very similar device is the Nux Mighty Air. It more/less requires an app (which scares me long term), but gives you far more control (but you can't even adjust the volume from the device ... only via the app). Have not used it, but many reports put the Fender ahead in terms of quality of sound and ability to drive headphones and the Nux ahead in terms of ability to dial in sounds.

And as you pay more in this space go for larger devices or more expensive devices there's the Waza Air, Boss Pocket GT, and a whole slew of small modelers (not battery powered, but possible to drive off a power bank) probably maxing out with the Atomic Amplifire or HX Stomp.

Simply amazing the power and quality you can get in very small packages these days.

 

[Mincer]

I think I'd like to have at least a simple volume control on the device itself. Having just on the app seems like a PITA.