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FYI,...you may want to check this site out. Here's the link for Brian May's set-up (well sorta - only has one set of three amps). There could be more info in there if you root around. ....T http://www.guitargeek.com/layouts/display.php3?id=409 >From: Chris Richards <kohntarkosz@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: Re: Four amps at once >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:34:06 -0700 (PDT) > ><<Brian May uses or used, three banks of four Vox > > AC-30s each, which he'd switch between, so >there may be some info regarding this in regard >to his >set-up. -Best of luck... > >I think each bank of AC-30's had 3, not 4 amps in >it, but I'm not sure, I'd have to check one of my >old Queen videos. > >What he'd do is feed his guitar into a delay unit >(originally a customized Echoplex, but I believe >he later upgraded to a digital delay) set for a >second or so of delay, with the feedback set for >one repeat. He'd feed the dry output into one >bank of amps, while the wet output was fed into a >second delay unit, set up the same way as the >first. From the second delay, he'd feed the dry >signal (which was in fact the wet signal from the >first delay), into a second array of amps, while >the wet signal went into the third bank of amps. > >What this allowed him to do was to play >something, and have it repeat back twice, >allowing him to do live harmony riffs and counter >melodies onstage, without overdubbing. Dunno if >this would be considered looping or not, but an >excellent idea of what he did can be heard on the >Live Killers version of Brighton Rock (he did it >on the studio version on Sheer Heart Attack, as >well, but that solo is very short). > >The advantage of using three amps (or three banks >of amps) was that it prevented things from >getting muddy sounding. Each part was very >distinct and clearly heard because no new parts >were coming out of the same amp. And of course, >one could pan the individual amps so that, say >the original came out of the center of the mix, >first repeat hard left, second repeat hard right. > > >Now, how he was able to run multiple amps in each >bank, I don't know. Eventually, he started using >a pedal board that was built by Pete Cornish, so >I imagine that from that point on, he could have >(and probably did) use a splitter that Pete built >(if memory serves, Pete sells these, along with >other things, on his website). I suppose if you >had the cash, you could at least have Pete build >you what you want, you'd get the best quality, >best sound, etc, and it'd be indestructible on >top of that. > >I recall that Whirlwind used to make a four way >splitter, it was a rack unit. They had an >optional footswitch unit tha went with it. You >could also use it the other way around, to sum >four seperate inputs (you could, say, plug four >guitars in). Dunno if they still make it though. > >And of course, you could simply buy three A/B/Y >boxes, plug your signal before the amp into box, >then run each of the outputs into one of the >remaining boxes, and leave all three set on Y, >and PRESTO! Four outputs! > >===== >May you never thirst! >The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris > >"What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James >Earl >Jones > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs >http://www.hotjobs.com > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com