80’s Rack Time!!!

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The quad plus sounds just as good to my ears as some of the modern stuff. I mean for the price and the fact it’s all old school analog it’s a no brainer. Every revision after the original quad removed whatever made the original sound so good. It’s skid row and dokken in a box. I plan to use mine for nothing but chorus and flange. I have the damage control timeline for delays and a pcm81 for reverb.
 
glpg80 said:
The quad plus sounds just as good to my ears as some of the modern stuff. I mean for the price and the fact it’s all old school analog it’s a no brainer. Every revision after the original quad removed whatever made the original sound so good. It’s skid row and dokken in a box. I plan to use mine for nothing but chorus and flange. I have the damage control timeline for delays and a pcm81 for reverb.
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Share some awesome rack pics when you have it all together!
 
glpg80 said:
I’m not the only crazy one that’s going to rock a quadraverb 🤟

Why did you want to go with the GT version? I heard there is a digital preamp section that can’t be bypassed in those models?

I like the SPX90II over the rev series but do agree they have the classic chorus settings that matter. I like what they add to the mix and I’m not talking about algorithms.
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Honestly, I can't remember... Its been a long, long time ago :LOL:
Probably because it was there and I didn't know the difference at the time. Like most of the fx stuff in my rack, there are some things I liked and 3276 things I only heard long enough to hate it. It has a dozen things in it that are really cool.
The REV7's have a live reference room patch that mixed in at around 30% wet was fantastic. It made things huge without sounding like there was a reverb on at all.
 
That’s why I’m splitting the rack up into two 6 space racks. I want a bare minimum rack with my pedals and switching/Furman stuff in one and the ability to expand it with a rear patch bay for the Quad, SPX90II, PCM81, etc.

They also get heavy fast. I will never forget the feeling of loading up at 3am after playing a gig and being so god damn tired I couldn’t move 😂 younger me was grateful I only ran a simple 6 space rack even back then.
 
glpg80 said:
That’s why I’m splitting the rack up into two 6 space racks. I want a bare minimum rack with my pedals and switching/Furman stuff in one and the ability to expand it with a rear patch bay for the Quad, SPX90II, PCM81, etc.

They also get heavy fast. I will never forget the feeling of loading up at 3am after playing a gig and being so god damn tired I couldn’t move 😂 younger me was grateful I only ran a simple 6 space rack even back then.
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Having only 8 space does keep me from wanting too much more though lol....but there's merit to that, I did the dual rack thing for a while and it definitely helps...this is a very OLD rig pic but:

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glpg80 said:
The quad plus sounds just as good to my ears as some of the modern stuff. I mean for the price and the fact it’s all old school analog it’s a no brainer. Every revision after the original quad removed whatever made the original sound so good. It’s skid row and dokken in a box. I plan to use mine for nothing but chorus and flange. I have the damage control timeline for delays and a pcm81 for reverb.
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What do you mean it’s skid row and Dokken in a box ? Did Lynch use one ? That would be news to me, although he’s used every other damn thing under the sun…
 
Lynch said in a recent interview that he was putting together an old klunker rack with an MP-1 and Quadraverb and several other from that era.

Purpleibby, that is sweet! Those Switchblades are nice.
 
paulyc said:
What do you mean it’s skid row and Dokken in a box ? Did Lynch use one ? That would be news to me, although he’s used every other damn thing under the sun…
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Quadraverb’s are all over back for the attack.

They were used extensively in the early 90’s since they came out in the late 80’s. I’m not saying they were on skid row but I’d be surprised if they weren’t. It nails those types of tones as well.
 
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