Tuesday, March 8, 2011

New (to me) Les Paul

After three years of trying, I succeeded in getting my friend and former roommate, Shane, to sell me his Les Paul. While it's a Studio, I have never seen one with this finish and play so well. Of course, I can't be happy with how things come to me. The pickup is getting swapped with a Gibson 500T. It's a keep for sure.

As far as other updates, the Mark IV beat my original expectation and last over 4 months. It's gone. I arranged a trade yesterday for a custom Titan Dual Lead Channel rack head. Here are the specs from his forum post:

Feature-wise, this amp is pretty similar to the Cerberus, but without the clean channel, and with some more poweramp voicing options. Basically,
- 100w via KT88 x 2 (fresh JJs)
- 2 CH (both hi-gain, but can do clean with gain lowered)
--> Blue channel is TITAN's signature, super dynamic hi-gain channel
--> Red channel is a custom-voiced, more compressed hi-gain channel that shares some characteristics w/ the ENGL SE & VHT UL
- gain / vol / bass / mid / treb / contour controls per channel
- master vol / presence / depth / damping controls
- rear input (seriously, why don't more rack amps have this)
- switchable fx loop
- lot's o' speaker output options
- 5U, includes front handles (very nice to have getting it in / out of a rack)
 Pics will be posted as soon as I get it.

I have some funds set aside for a few purchases within the next month. Some are decided on already.. some are not. Hopefully, I will be able to do some minor recording and tracking at my house within the next few weeks.
Axe-Fx Standard *decided on*
Atomic Reactor Active 50w Cab *decided on*
Custom built Les Paul Copy
21.5in iMac
Verellen Skyhammer

Here's a quick picture of what my setup was as of last night: