John Czajkowski
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New HWM 07 Rig
It has been completed. I've taken it out to 5 shows already, and it is an amazingly versatile and great sounding rig. Last year’s Hectic Watermelon NASA rig got downsized into a two-headed monster with a smaller rack. Going with 2 Egnater MODO 50 heads will give me a few less preamp voices than the Egnater M4 and ie4 dual preamp rig, but it be more redundant and easier to move while keeping all the wild and wooly features from the previous rig (info below). I will be updating this thread when my Krizcraft 10 space gets here and gets filled up with goodies! Eclipse, G2, AX100, Switchblade, Rackmixer, Drawer with '69, Choraflange, Keely comp. I'll still use the 2 Earcandy cabs for wet and dry guitar and EV fullrange cabs for piezo and synth.
Edit: NEW VIDEO - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuSlvesA4wc"]YouTube - "F Street Fulano" by Hectic Watermelon[/ame]
Here's a clip from the opening of our last show on 3 July 07 at the San Diego Fair. The tune is F Street Fulano - our porno jazz number. You can see how I like to morph between the two Egnater heads, one with a Twin pre, the other with the COD for a range of rhythm and lead sounds. The Twin signal path has a Fulltone Choraflange, and Eclipse reverb and mod delay coming through the two cabs, and a piezo and K2500 Gooshey lead coming through the EV Full Range cabs. The COD signal path only has the mod delay. I have it all dialed in so there are various useful zones in between the two extremes. The dry signal just hits on cab and the stereo wet signal gets routed to both using the two MOD 50 heads' power sections like a stereo power amp patched through the ever-so-useful Switchblade. The FX lets me morph them with a pedal or punch them all the way with either a momentary or latching Boss footswitch.
above diagram described in detail later in this thread: Huge Racks Inc. :: View topic - Smaller racks ... (edit: Video and Javablade screenshots)
More new Video: Steve's Stunt Double LIVE VIDEO
Video of previous NASA rig: [nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvEPpnSfre0]Little Black Baby Jesus and Sacred Watershed[/i[/nomedia]
Here is a live video with the old mond rig that shows how I like to make a big old honkin’ Switchblade mega setup with at least two preamps and fade between mutlipe signal paths that are always on. For this whole video, a program change is never sent; I just fade between stuff with Exp or A/B pedals on the FX 1.
The initial psychedelic guitar extravaganza, Little Black Baby Jesus is in two parts: an Eventide backwards delay fest interspersed with Hendrixy clean chords. Then it moves to an obvious hat tip to EJ. Then it is off to the races with Sacred Watershed that mostly fades between the chorused rhythm+piezo+synth and a lead patch with mod delay. For the reall tweakers out there, the “mega setup” is described in excruciating detail with diagrams in a previous thread: Huge Racks Inc. :: View topic - Hectic Watermelon Live Video (LBBJesus and Sacred Watershed)
The old monolith:
Rest in pieces you big heavy bee-otch.
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I'm not smart enough to do much beyond guitar-->cord-->pedals-->amp. Don't even ask me how to use an effects loop properly. 
