Amps & Effects

Over the years I’ve gone through the natural evolution from solid state amps (Crate!) --> way too many effects (Digitech 2101) --> hybrid modeling amps (Johnson JM150). Then I discovered the magic of tubes (thanks to the Mesa Triaxis/2:90 pair), ushering in a whole new era of tube amp purchases alternating between rack gear, collections of tube heads, collections of tube combos, and often all of the above.

Having come to the realization, though, that I miss the flexibility provided by those big rack rigs of the past, I've recently started assembling a new rack consisting of multiple preamps (Mesa Studio, Mesa Rectifier, Soldano SP-77) and a Randall RT2/50 power amp, controlled via a Rocktron MIDIMate footcontroller and a Rolls/RFX RP93S MIDI switcher, all running through Randall 4x12 and 2x12 cabinets. I've got a few other heads & combos around, including a Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 50 combo, Hughes & Kettner Triamp head, Vox AC30CCH head, and a JTM45 clone that I assembled at the first-ever Egnater amp-building seminar in November 2006. Finally, I've got a handful of pedals, including a Peterson StroboStomp tuner, Dunlop Crybaby 95Q wah, Morley Bad Horsie wah, Damage Control Glass Nexus multi-FX, ISP Decimator, Keeley-modded Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, and Carl Martin compressor.

red indicates recent acquisitions & divestitures
purple indicates items for sale

Main rack rig: Sennheiser EW172 wireless ISP Technologies Decimator noise reduction pedal Rocktron MIDIMate footcontroller Rolls/RFX RP-93S Patchwork MIDI switcher Hiwatt Series 2000 PRE-1 preamp Marshall JMP-1 preamp Mesa/Boogie Rectifier recording preamp Mesa/Boogie Studio preamp Mesa/Boogie Triaxis preamp Soldano SP-77 series II preamp Lexicon MPX-G2 FX Lexicon MPX-R1 MIDI footcontroller Randall RT2/50 power amp George L’s vintage red cable Monster Power 900 power conditioner Other amps & cabinets: Bogner Alchemist 1x12" combo Fender Sidekick 20 Reverb 1x12” combo Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 50 combo Hughes & Kettner Triamp head Mojo JTM45 head kit (assembled by me, hot-rodded by Bruce Egnater) (2) Randall R212CS 2x12" cabinets w/ Celestion Classic Lead 80's, Celestion Vintage 30's Randall RA412XLT 4x12" cabinet w/ Celestion Vintage 30's Rocktron Vendetta 4x12" cabinet w/ Celestion Vintage 30's Vox AC30CCH head Yamaha BBT500-115 bass combo Other effects & accessories: ART SP4x4 power conditioner Axess Electronics BS2 buffer/splitter Carl Martin compressor/limiter pedal Damage Control Glass Nexus pedal Dunlop Crybaby 95Q wah pedal Ernie Ball Jr. 250k volume pedal Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah pedal Grady Champion Remote True Bypass Looper TGC-1 (3) Godlyke PA-9 Power-All Morley Bad Horsie wah pedal Peterson StroboStomp strobe tuner Rocktron Hush SuperC noise reduction BROKEN Rocktron Patchmate MIDI switcher Sabine STX-1100 tuner Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive overdrive pedal (Keeley-modded) Vox Tonelab

Gear sold or traded: Amps & cabinets: Avatar 2x12" cabinet w/ Celestion G12H-30's Avatar 2x12" cabinet w/ Celestion Vintage 30's Avatar 4x12" cabinet w/ Celestion G12H-30’s Avatar 4x12" cabinet w/ Celestion Vintage 30’s Carvin Legacy VL100 head Carvin Legacy VL212 2x12” combo Carvin Red-eye RC210 bass combo Carvin TS100 power amp Crate Blue Voodoo BV60 1x12” combo Crate CPB150 PowerBlock head Crate mini-stack (head + two 4x5.5” cabs) Crate VC508 1x8” combo Egnater M4 preamp Egnater modules -- B'MAN (single), COD, EG3/4, E-RECT, MHG, SL, SL2, T/D, Twin (single), VX Egnater Rebel 20 head Egnater/Rocktron TOL100 2x12” combo ENGL E530 preamp Fender ‘65 Dexlue Reverb reissue in Allen Amplification head cabinet Fender Deluxe Reverb 1x12” combo (silverface) Fender G-DEC 1x8” combo Fender M80 1x12 combo Frenzel FM-800 preamp Genz Benz G-FLEX 2x12” cabinet Hartke Kickback 10 bass combo (2) Hughes & Kettner Edition Tube 20th Anniversary 1x12" combo Hughes & Kettner Switchblade head Hughes & Kettner Triamp mkII head Hughes & Kettner zenTera 2x12" combo Hughes & Kettner zenTera head Johnson Marquis JM120 2x12” combo Johnson Millennium JM150 2x12” combo Johnson J212C 2x12” cabinet Marshall JCM2000 TSL122 2x12” combo Marshall JMP-1 preamp Mesa/Boogie 20/20 power amp Mesa/Boogie Formula preamp Mesa/Boogie Mark III 1x12” combo Mesa/Boogie Mark IV widebody 1x12” combo Mesa/Boogie Nomad 45 1x12” combo Mesa/Boogie Rectifier recording preamp Mesa/Boogie Rect-o-verb 1x12” combo (2) Mesa/Boogie SimulClass 2:90 power amps Mesa/Boogie Subway Rocket Reverb 1x10” combo Mesa/Boogie Thiele EV 1x12” ported cabinet (2) Mesa/Boogie Triaxis preamps Mesa/Boogie widebody 1x12" cabinet Randall MTS modules (modded per specs on grailtone.com) -- (2) Blackface modules, Brown module, Clean module, Deluxe module, JTM module, Modern module, (2) Plexi modules, Recto module, SL+ module, Top Boost module, Ultra module, Ultra Lead module, XTC module Randall RH50T head Randall RM20B 1x12” combo Randall RM50B Palomino 1x12" combo (2) Randall RM100C 2x12” combo Randall RM4 modular preamp Randall RT2/50 power amp Rivera Kuncklehead Reverb 55 1x12” combo Rocktron Vendetta head Roland CB-30 bass amplifier Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus 2x12” combo (2) Roland Micro Cube 1x5” combos Tech21 Trademark 10 1x8” combo TubeWorks Mosvalve 962 power amp VHT 2/50/2 power amp Vox Valvetronix AD15VT 1x8” combo Yamaha BBT210S 2x10 bass cabinet Zinky Superfly head Effects: Abbytone Trouble Boost treble booster pedal ADA Microcab I cabinet simulator Alesis Ineko FX Alesis NanoVerb FX Arion octave pedal ART Phatboy bass FX Behringer AM100 acoustic modeler pedal Behringer BLE100 Bass Limiter/Enhancer pedal Behringer V-AMP Pro rackmount modeler Behringer Bass V-Amp (2) Boss AC-2 acoustic simulator pedals (2) Boss AC-3 acoustic simulator pedals Boss DF-2 distortion/feedbacker pedal (3) Boss DS-1 distortion pedals -- one Keeley-modded Boss GE-7 graphic equalizer pedal Boss GT-6 multi-FX (3) Boss GT-8 multi-FX Boss OD-20 overdrive pedal Boss PS-5 Super Shifter pedal B.Y.O.C. 5-knob compressor kit B.Y.O.C. Triboost kit Damage Control Glass Nexus pedal (2) DigiTech GSP-1101 FX DigiTech GSP-21 Legend FX (2) DigiTech GSP-2101 Artist FX DigiTech GSP-2120 Artist FX (2) DigiTech IPS-33 pitch shifters DigiTech JamMan Looper/Phrase Sampler DigiTech Talker pedal DigiTech Whammy 4 pedal DOD R848 spring reverb unit (2) DOD VCC1 volume/expression pedals Dunlop Crybaby 535Q wah pedal (3) Dunlop Crybaby 95Q wah pedals Electro-harmonix Micro-synth pedal Ernie Ball Jr. 25k volume pedal Eventide GTR4000 Ultra-harmonizer Guyatone ST-2 compressor pedal Ibanez CP9 compressor pedal Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive pedal (Keeley-modded) (2) Ibanez TS9-DX Tube Screamer Turbo overdrive pedals Ibanez WD-7 Weeping Demon wah ISP Technologies Decimator noise reduction pedal (2) Johnson J-Stations Korg AX10A acoustic FX processor (3) Lexicon MPX-G2 FX Lexicon MPX-500 FX Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler Mesa/Boogie Bottle Rocket V-1 pedal (2) Mesa/Boogie V-Twin preamp pedals (3) Morley Bad Horsie wah pedals Morley Little Alligator volume pedal Morley PWV wah/volume pedal MXR Dynacomp compressor pedal ProCo Rat 2 fuzz pedal (2) Rockman X100 headphone amps Rocktron Big Crush compressor pedal Rocktron Intellifex LTD FX Roland GP-8 analog FX Roland VG-8 Virtual Guitar system Snarling Dogs Super Bawl Whine-O Wah Songworks Little Lanilei reverb pedal TC Electronic G-Force FX (3) TC Electronic G-Major FX TC Electronic ND1 Nova delay pedal Visual Sound H2O chorus/echo pedal (2) Visual Sound Route 66 compressor/overdrive pedals (2) Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive overdrive pedals Vox Tonelab SE multi-FX (2) WOBO buffer/booster pedals Yamaha AG Stomp Zoom 505-II FX Accessories: 4-space ATA rack 6-space ATA rack ADA 4x4 MIDI footcontroller (2) ART X-12 MIDI footcontrollers ART X-15 MIDI footcontroller (3) Axess Electronics GRX4 switcher/router Behringer FCB1010 MIDI footcontroller Core PC85-DP pedalboard (2) Digitech Control One footcontrollers Digitech Control 2 footcontroller Digitech Control Seven MIDI footcontroller (2) DMC Ground Control MIDI footcontrollers EbTech line level shifter Furman 5-space rack Gator 2-space rack bag (2) Gator 4-space shallow racks Gator 8-space rolling rack Johnson J8 footcontroller (3) Lexicon MPX-R1 MIDI footcontrollers Morley ABY amp switcher Nady UHF10 wireless Nobels AB-V A/B switcher Nobels MS-4 MIDI switcher Peavey MidiPro MIDI switcher ProTec 3-space rack Radial BigShot ABY switcher Radial Dragster load corrector Randall RF4 MIDI footcontroller RJM Music Technology RG-16 MIDI switcher Rocktron MIDIMate footcontroller (3) Rolls/RFX RP-93 Patchwork MIDI switchers Samson wireless SKB PS-25 powered pedalboard SKB 6-space RollX rack (2) SKB 8-space Roto-rack (2) TC Electronic G-Minor MIDI footcontrollers (2) VHT Valvulator I tube buffer/power supplies Voodoo Lab Pedal Power AC Weber MiniMass 50w attenuator Wobo ABC switch