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Oh goodness are we lucky. A guy who goes by Bobble-Head  gave us a photo of Billy Gibbons rack. Bobble-Head took the picture on June 6th 2008. There are some things in the rack we can't identify, so if you can pick them out, post a comment for all of us. Enjoy it!

 

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Frederick   |2008-08-17 12:34:50
Hello, I am a guitarist and sound technician. I was a personal guest of Mr
Gibbons at Glen Helen Ca along with other industry personel from Celestion and
Dunlop during the 2008 ZZ tour.
The Reverend gave us a basic tour of his
guitar rig. The rack was run by a trio of JMP-1 pre amps, augmented by Peavey
signal processors, the exact models I missed because I was so overwhelmed by the
mans Zen/Western sense and hospitality.
One of two pedal drawers revealed a
Boss bass octave and Electro Harmonix POG. The thing that surprised the hell
outta' me was that the pre amps were powered by solid state Marshall Valvestate
rack amps. Hey, whatever works Rev!
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uberpro  - Awesome   |2008-08-17 16:09:24
Thanks for the first hand info Frederick! I just updated the gear list. You
rock.
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Don Howell   |2008-10-22 21:08:49
The wireless units at the top are Samson UR-5D. You can see them
here
http://www.sam sontech.com/products /productpage.cfm?pro
dID=135&brandID=1


Don
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A.J.   |2008-11-13 20:45:12
hey all! checked out that rack pic and from what i can see and with some
research, i found out what each of those rack processors are:
(starting from the
very top)
Tech 21 Midi Mouse
Furman PL-Plus power conditioner
2 Samson UR-5D
wireless systems (one for Billy and one for Dusty)
Korg ToneWorks DTR-1 rack
tuner

Anybody have any idea on the next box??

2 Peavey Effects
Processors (don't know the model, but they look like the older Peavey racks that
are discontinued nowadays)

3 Marshall JMP-1 Pre-Amps (one is used as a spare)
3
Marshall Valvestate 8008 Power Amps (one is used as a back up)

In the first
rack drawer, as mentioned above by Frederick, , is a Boss Bass Octave and an
Electro-Harmonix POG, most likely used on "Cheap Sunglasses".

Wh at's
in the other rack drawer? Who knows!!

Palmer PGA-04 ADIG-LB Speaker
Simulator
Furman AR-1220 Voltage Regulator

One of the Valvestate 8008 power
amps goes through 2 Demeter Isolation Cabinets, each loaded with a 100-watt
12" Celestion speaker. The other power amp goes to one of the Cr8te Blue
Voodoo 4x12" cabinets onstage.

Each JMP-1 Pre-Amp goes to a Peavey Effects
Processor, a Valvestate 8008 Power Amp, and the Palmer Speaker Simulator.

All
this is going to the Front of House mixer.

I hope this clears things up.

And,
can somebody please tell me what that thing is between the Korg rack tuner and
the Peavey Effects Processor??

Thanks so much!
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