Check Out this Scenerio!!!

a tuner

 

a Korg DTR1 tuner

 

Any good power conditioner. If you will spend nearly a thousand dollars on a head, spend a hundred, hundered and fifty and get something that will save you hassle in the long run.

 

I don't have a rack system, so I could very well be wrong here, but isn't a power conditioner used when you have more than one thing to plug in, like a head, a tuner, and three effects racks? Then all of them would go to the conditioner, leaving only one plug to send to the outlet. If he only has one plug to begin with, and only one rack space,is there a point? Again, I'm probably missing something, so I very well may be wrong.

 

It also protects against line noise, power surges, gives you an even, consistent voltage, and has a light so you can see your other stuff.

 

yeah, now that you got more than 1 component in there, get a power conditioner. The standard among most bassists on this forum is the Furman Pl-Plus, thats the one with the voltmeter and the pull-out lights.

For compressor, if you can deal without a comp in the rack, get an ART Levelar. Just an incredible pedal comp. Run it in your FX loop and ur set.

 

If you must know...

I would get a Korg DTR-1, a Furman PL-Plus power conditioner, and a dbx 160A compressor. Thats three spaces right there, plus the three spaces for your SWR head makes a 6U rack. Very nice.

 

hehe, A Rock, that looks like what I'm gonna end up with. Like this, maybe

1.Furman PL-Plus
2.Korg DTR-1
3.dbx 160a or Behringer Composer
4.Rane PE-17
5.SWR IOD
6.
7. Carvin DCM2000 poweramp
8.

whoopee!!

good luck on your rack excursion, A Rock

 

Rock: you're just asking for it, man! The "what should I fill up my rack with?" question will never help, because once you start thinking about it, you end up wanting to buy more than one thing. And then you run out of space and buy a bigger rack. Then you wonder how you can fill that up. It's a vicious cycle, I tell ya!

 

Ha! I was playing the bass since my hands were big enough! I wanted to play the bass since I was in kindergarten! So I played "bass" on the lower 4 strings of my dad's el cheapo 1971 acoustic guitar until I was 13 (and had $200), then I got my squier bass and practiced 5 hours a day until now, when I... ahem... still have a Squier bass!



Behringer eh, Bigbohner? Those guys are masters of reverse engineering!

 

power strip = conditioner.

Honestly though, as far as I know, all those power conditioners aren't really worth it. They're pretty much glorified surge protectors. Only the big ass, expensive ones will make enough of a difference to really matter. I myself got the RR-15 w/lights (~$55) for a few reasons:

1. plug 8 things into 1.
2. lights.
3. no need to get a surge protector in there anymore.
4. piece of mind.

Of course, people may and probably will disagree with me. But in the end, it's all up to you.

H.J.