An early version of the Big Tone Generator. Probably around V.12 I think. Currently I am running on V.22. Rack components are the same but wired a little differently. Both pedal baoards have been built and modified with quick connect "ELCO" connectors. The speakers have changed - I just could not get everything in my Jeep with the big speakers! You gotta dig that vocal side looper pedal board - velcro baby! I wish my stage was this clean - in heaven everything will be wireless. I will put some updated Big Tone Generator pictures up soon. Everything is basically the same except the vocal side pedal board is finished (matches guitar side footboard) and the speakers are different.

Front shot of Acoustic Rig Big Tone Generator. From top to bottom. Top rack: Monster Power AC Conditioner - filters out all kinds of noise from the AC line plus you can turn everything off and on with just one switch. ADA Digitizer 4 Delay - my main delay repeat hold unit. It is set to very precise time intervals and then I build longer loops from there. TC Electronic M2000 for guitar reverbs TC Electronic M2000 for vocal reverbs. Samson mixing board - very basic just treble and bass (which I leave flat) and volume control. All of my tone shaping is done via the TC Electronic 2240 Parametric EQ units. TC Electronic 1210 Spatial Expander. Top TC Electronic 2240 channel 1 parametric for Trance Audio Lens pickup, TC Electronic 2240 channel 2 for the Sunrise magnetic field pickup. Bottom TC Electronic 2240 parametric EQ channel 1 for Harp Guitar, electric Hamster Cage, Musical saw and Theremin. TC Electronic 2240 parametric EQ channel 2 for vocal microphone. Insert panel for quick cable hook ups (and tear downs). Lower Rack: Furman power conditioner (with lights on, SWEET!) Sabine stereo EQ for house speakers. Mesa Boogie Strategy 500 tube power amp - 250 watts per side of pure beautiful tube tone. Weighs a ton but no matter how many times I try to get away from the tubes I always go back, it just sounds right!

A close up of the guitar side looping footboard. From top to bottom: Upper deck left side ADA FS-2 - controls bypass and repeat hold functions of the ADA Digitizer 4 delay unit. Upper deck right side - ADA DS-4 allows choice of 1 of 4 delay presets. Middle deck - Boomerang looper pedal. Lower deck from left to right: Off/On for TC Electronics 1210 / Bypass for ADA Digitizer 4 / Repeat hold for ADA Digitizer 4 / Bypass for guitar M2000 / Bypass for vocal M2000. I made the lower deck out of an aluminum door threshhold I found at Home Depot - looks very nice I think.

TACKY! This is the original working version of the Vocal side looping footboard. From top to bottom: Blue Pedal upper left corner Boss Harmonizer - used only for doubling my voice, all of my harmonies are done live. Tan pedal middle center Boss EQ used originally to recreate a nasally AM radio kind of sound I have recently started using it as a boost to shore up the softer whispery vocals that need help. Grey pedal right top DOD direct box to break the 1/4" plug down to an XLR balanced send to the board. Lower left pedal FS-5U tap tempo pedal. By tapping this in time with the music I can set the delay repeat time to be in sync with the song. Big green pedal Line 6 delay. This is what I use to stack hatmonies and build ambient rhythms. The buttons tend to want to stick so you have to watch it. I have found that wiping the swithes down with a little guitar polish does wonders - the silicone I suppose. Also I carry my stage shoes in a little leather bag and do not put them on until I am ready to play that way I do not accidentally get dirt and "crud" down into the pedal switches plus I have an excellent excuse to carry around a little leather bag! Lower right creme pedal Boss Delay. Lower right dark red pedal Octaver for guitar for when low just is'nt low enough. I ran with this version until I was sure what pedals and the order of them I was going to use.