…Which has been up since at least January 2020, if not December 2019.
Signal path is:
Tuner > big gold bypass looper (duplicates the signal) > output 1 recorded in Reaper
Looper output 2 > Falcon Heavy Drive prototype > Wheeler Leveling Amplifier > ART Dual RDB passive transformer-based DI > recorded in Reaper
(The production Falcon with four white knobs wasn’t used)
It’s the second path that provides the main bass sound in the mix; not obviously distorted but super warm and even, inspired by James Jamerson’s Motown tone. The clean path is just for backup, blending in something punchier when needed, using with a virtual amp for something different, that sort of thing.
I had no idea when I set this up, of course, that it would last through most of a year-long global pandemic and a month-long minor basement flood issue. Tearing down rigs is always a bit of an emotional milestone – not sad, not happy, just a feeling of before and after – and while this one was simple and easy to re-create, a whole lot has happened while it’s been up.
And yet, onward. I need the space for some synth things, and will be setting up gear for “Fight Songs” guitars.