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Rigs as Shrines?

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I've heard that shrines are all built from the ground up. Meaning a lot of the focus is spent on what objects are placed at the base of it. And it seems to me like a lot of rigs are built in a similar fashion, or at least mine are.

I spend most of my time thinking very carefully about my pedalboard. Even if I change amps or guitars, it seems like I spend a lot of time focusing on what pedals jive with this new guitar/amp. Does anyone else ever feel like this?

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My dad's a Shriner. :idk:
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Jucifer knows what you mean.

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I'd paint those speaker cones so it looks like a "J" for Jucifer.
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Well, yeah. New amp direction usually means new pedals.
I learned that when going to a British amp from an American one.

In my various rigs, I also spend a good deal of time listening for the details; and figuring out how everything best interacts with each other along with a lot of "what if" daydreaming between hands-on trial & error.

I'm about to have 3 diff rigs completed

'63 Epi Casino, '67 Selmer TNB 50mk2, 70s G12H 2x12.
Business board: (Ge FF, HP, v6 Muff, DMM, RRR, TF-1, Street Sweeper)

Then the noise/drone/synth/sampler Altec 342b + 2x12 Cletron organ speakers.
Pleasure board: (Superego, Misty Cave, Goodbye 24, v4 Muff, Multiplex, Small Stone, Resonator, Tremolessence)

'99 MIM Fender fretless jazz bass, '70 Oliver PA100, 1x15 + Ampeg 4x12. Various Japanese speakers.
Bass board: (The Cornballer, v7 tall font Muff, phase-O-matic, Cosmichorus v3, Jaywalking)

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A BitQuest for the Superego's loop, also a Cadavernous.
An Elements for the Bass board. Also an MF-104 Z or M.
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love it avon.

and jucifer,

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Needs more gear shrines.
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wfs1234 wrote:I've heard that shrines are all built from the ground up. Meaning a lot of the focus is spent on what objects are placed at the base of it. And it seems to me like a lot of rigs are built in a similar fashion, or at least mine are.

I spend most of my time thinking very carefully about my pedalboard. Even if I change amps or guitars, it seems like I spend a lot of time focusing on what pedals jive with this new guitar/amp. Does anyone else ever feel like this?

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When I looked at this thread I certainly didn't expect to see my rig here...
Well, I didn't really think of my rig as a shrine... until now :lol:

Long read, so TL;DR'd it with spoiler tags.
My explanation of the "shrine approach":
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For me personally the amp is all that I was looking for. Simple controls, handles pedals better than anything, one channel, no fx loop, straight up simple design. 15 Tube watts through the 4x12 push more than enough volume for my little practice space. So that part is done.

I've had 4 guitars since joining ILF. They changed, the board did too. But for completely different reasons. The first crappy guitar I had was a piece of junk, so I burned it. Then came the tele... I decided I wanted a trem and so came the Frankenmaster. I decided I hated middle pickups and so came the Modern Player Jazzy. Now I'm super happy with it and it's a keeper. With my first bonus money (July or August) I'm gonna buy a Blacktop Tele for the chuga chuga and the 22nd fret.

From all the pedals on my board I've had the Small Stone and the Muff the longest. Everything else kinda evolved around those two pedals. Some are utility pedals (HoF because Amp doesn't have Reverb, Volume Pedal, Molten Midi, Dual Exp Pedal) others are for a specific sound and/or super happy fun time stuff.
So the amp doesn't have sound-altering capabilities, neither does the guitar really (well, aside from pickup switching, tone/volume knob, yada yada) so I kinda have to build my sound from the "ground up". The guitar and the amp are the constants and everything else gets done with pedals. Sure, if I had a Kemper amp or even some 2-4 channel amp, my board would look completely different. But since that's not the case I have to build it like a shrine. That probably came out more negative than it was supposed to... don't get me wrong - I love it that way. But with a guitar/amp rig like that it's pretty much the only way to do it (aside from blegh digital multi fx). So yeah.. this is pretty much my "shrine approach" explained.
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Chankgeez wrote:My dad's a Shriner. :idk:
What are the shriners? Are they like some offshoot of the free masons? :idk:
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This is a good thread.
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