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Janky-A Rigs of Doom
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Finally, a TB thread where I can fit in!
I have others but will take pictures later to post. For now, I offer my janky control cavity cover on the spector legend 4 I bought for $80. Spector website is out of stock so I made this out of an old plastic cutting board.
Even terrible lighting you can see all its glorious jankness. Gaps bigger than the grand canyon ...
Aside from that, the bass is in very good shape. One volume pot is bent and there is some corrosion on some hardware but it looks great and plays even better.
Since mismatch seems to fit the bill here, my old rig was a hartke 410xl on top of a carvin 18. I actually ran an swr working mans 2004 through the hartke and a carvin 1,000 watt power amp to the 18. No pictures since I sold the 18 recently (for the same price I paid 10 years ago). No ragrets
I have others but will take pictures later to post. For now, I offer my janky control cavity cover on the spector legend 4 I bought for $80. Spector website is out of stock so I made this out of an old plastic cutting board.
Even terrible lighting you can see all its glorious jankness. Gaps bigger than the grand canyon ...
Aside from that, the bass is in very good shape. One volume pot is bent and there is some corrosion on some hardware but it looks great and plays even better.
Since mismatch seems to fit the bill here, my old rig was a hartke 410xl on top of a carvin 18. I actually ran an swr working mans 2004 through the hartke and a carvin 1,000 watt power amp to the 18. No pictures since I sold the 18 recently (for the same price I paid 10 years ago). No ragrets
Aaaaaaaaand, another entry to the Jank thread! Right on!
Over the summer I attempted to make a P-bass pickguard out of some abraded, rust-stained aluminum sheet for this old Johnson P-copy a friend gave me. I got the outline right and it looked pretty janky-cool against the scuffed-up ratty sunburst finish, but I totally blew it cutting the pickup hole. I was using a little right-angle die grinder and it got away from me and, as far as I was concerned, wasted several hours of tinkering. Bummed me right out. It was the wrong kind of janky. I applaud you having the proper attitude to flaunt the irregular gaps.
My project stalled for awhile as I swallowed my die-grinder mistake, and now I am trying to figure out whether to put the damn stock pickguard back on or go pickguardless and flaunt the giant pickup rout and chrome humbucker from a Chinese Les Paul I put in there. There will be pics once I figure out what to do and get my attitude straight to get behind it again.
Over the summer I attempted to make a P-bass pickguard out of some abraded, rust-stained aluminum sheet for this old Johnson P-copy a friend gave me. I got the outline right and it looked pretty janky-cool against the scuffed-up ratty sunburst finish, but I totally blew it cutting the pickup hole. I was using a little right-angle die grinder and it got away from me and, as far as I was concerned, wasted several hours of tinkering. Bummed me right out. It was the wrong kind of janky. I applaud you having the proper attitude to flaunt the irregular gaps.
My project stalled for awhile as I swallowed my die-grinder mistake, and now I am trying to figure out whether to put the damn stock pickguard back on or go pickguardless and flaunt the giant pickup rout and chrome humbucker from a Chinese Les Paul I put in there. There will be pics once I figure out what to do and get my attitude straight to get behind it again.
What's wrong with the stock pick guard?
@Bassman474, that looks pretty nice by my standards. I'm surprised by the folks who don't like carvin. They're 8 ohms though, right?
OK, I took a picture. Not exactly doom status but definitely janky.
On top is an ampeg b248. Some may remember my earlier post about it. I bought it for $20, not working. Turns out a mouse had eaten through the braded wire and suspension of 2 speakers. I found someone selling a pair of carvin 8's for $20 so I threw them in. They are 16 ohm and the other two are 8. So I wired the 8 ohm ones in series and the rest parallel for 5.3 ohms with more power going to the carvins (1/3 versus 1/6 to the other 2). The result? Not bad!
I then came across a carvin rl210t with a blown speaker for $50. Got it for $20, put in some eminence speakers taken out of a Steel Sound 4x10. Wired them in series, plugged it into the combo for total load of 4 ohms. I haven't had a lot of time to play with it (I took the control board out to replace some broken pots) but it sounds pretty good. After putting it back together, I will spend some time dialing in, should be fun.
Now I have to decide what to do with the other 3 speakers. I have had the steel sound cab on CL and offerup for $120 (assuming ppl will offer $100) but no takers. I am considering building a 1x10 cab similar to the acoustic mini but we shall see.
On top is an ampeg b248. Some may remember my earlier post about it. I bought it for $20, not working. Turns out a mouse had eaten through the braded wire and suspension of 2 speakers. I found someone selling a pair of carvin 8's for $20 so I threw them in. They are 16 ohm and the other two are 8. So I wired the 8 ohm ones in series and the rest parallel for 5.3 ohms with more power going to the carvins (1/3 versus 1/6 to the other 2). The result? Not bad!
I then came across a carvin rl210t with a blown speaker for $50. Got it for $20, put in some eminence speakers taken out of a Steel Sound 4x10. Wired them in series, plugged it into the combo for total load of 4 ohms. I haven't had a lot of time to play with it (I took the control board out to replace some broken pots) but it sounds pretty good. After putting it back together, I will spend some time dialing in, should be fun.
Now I have to decide what to do with the other 3 speakers. I have had the steel sound cab on CL and offerup for $120 (assuming ppl will offer $100) but no takers. I am considering building a 1x10 cab similar to the acoustic mini but we shall see.
Maybe just me, but I don't think that's janky at all Bassman474!
@Bassman474, that looks pretty nice by my standards. I'm surprised by the folks who don't like carvin. They're 8 ohms though, right?[/QUOTE]
I suppose "janky" is an overstatement but its a little mismatched and certainly inexpensive. I got a great deal on the deltabass from gc and the carvins had been collecting dust in a friends storage unit so he gave me them for mext to nothing, the whole rig comes in a little over 200$
They're rated at 8 ohm's 400 watts. One thing I can say for sure is that deltabass puts out way more than 160 watts at 4 ohms
Maybe just me, but I don't think that's janky at all Bassman474!
I suppose "janky" is an overstatement but its a little mismatched and certainly inexpensive. I got a great deal on the deltabass from gc and the carvins had been collecting dust in a friends storage unit so he gave me them for mext to nothing, the whole rig comes in a little over 200$
They're rated at 8 ohm's 400 watts. One thing I can say for sure is that deltabass puts out way more than 160 watts at 4 ohms
Gear may come and go, but jankness is forever.
Upon walking into my mess this morning, this thread popped back into my head. Here's a quick (poorly done) overview of what I've been using for recording recently.
I'm running my instruments into my Rumble head, then sending the headphone out to the Peavey AAM mixer. Once there, I can patch it to the aux outputs; the first going to OD/Synth pedals, the second going to my modulation effects.
I also have a "group" output going to a Peavey amp that I use for electric guitars. I'll patch the Rumble to the amp, mic it, and send the whole signal back to the mixer. Doing this, I can apply my first effects chain to the Rumble signal, send it to the amp, and apply the modulation effects after the microphone (or any combination of such)
I'll then send my entire mix (muting whatever channels I'm not using at the time) to the Audiobox USB to either record into Studio One or simply monitor with the PreSonus Eris speakers (Maybe not the ideal bass guitar monitor, but it gets the job done for solo recording/practice!). Along with the guitars I also have some keys, acoustic instruments, and a drum machine that I'll patch through the mix as well.
Finally, as a side note; to anyone with a synth pedal out there, I highly recommend you try running a drum machine through it!
PS. I know this thread may be about janky setups, but sorry for my janky photos nonetheless!
Upon walking into my mess this morning, this thread popped back into my head. Here's a quick (poorly done) overview of what I've been using for recording recently.
I'm running my instruments into my Rumble head, then sending the headphone out to the Peavey AAM mixer. Once there, I can patch it to the aux outputs; the first going to OD/Synth pedals, the second going to my modulation effects.
I also have a "group" output going to a Peavey amp that I use for electric guitars. I'll patch the Rumble to the amp, mic it, and send the whole signal back to the mixer. Doing this, I can apply my first effects chain to the Rumble signal, send it to the amp, and apply the modulation effects after the microphone (or any combination of such)
I'll then send my entire mix (muting whatever channels I'm not using at the time) to the Audiobox USB to either record into Studio One or simply monitor with the PreSonus Eris speakers (Maybe not the ideal bass guitar monitor, but it gets the job done for solo recording/practice!). Along with the guitars I also have some keys, acoustic instruments, and a drum machine that I'll patch through the mix as well.
Finally, as a side note; to anyone with a synth pedal out there, I highly recommend you try running a drum machine through it!
PS. I know this thread may be about janky setups, but sorry for my janky photos nonetheless!
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Yeah, that's pretty janky alright. Maybe add some stickers to the Peavey amp, and put more paper on your computer desk. With several half-drunk cups of coffee, with varying stages of organic growths in them.Gear may come and go, but jankness is forever.
Upon walking into my mess this morning, this thread popped back into my head. Here's a quick (poorly done) overview of what I've been using for recording recently.
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I'm running my instruments into my Rumble head, then sending the headphone out to the Peavey AAM mixer. Once there, I can patch it to the aux outputs; the first going to OD/Synth pedals, the second going to my modulation effects.
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I also have a "group" output going to a Peavey amp that I use for electric guitars. I'll patch the Rumble to the amp, mic it, and send the whole signal back to the mixer. Doing this, I can apply my first effects chain to the Rumble signal, send it to the amp, and apply the modulation effects after the microphone (or any combination of such)
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I'll then send my entire mix (muting whatever channels I'm not using at the time) to the Audiobox USB to either record into Studio One or simply monitor with the PreSonus Eris speakers (Maybe not the ideal bass guitar monitor, but it gets the job done for solo recording/practice!). Along with the guitars I also have some keys, acoustic instruments, and a drum machine that I'll patch through the mix as well.
Finally, as a side note; to anyone with a synth pedal out there, I highly recommend you try running a drum machine through it!
PS. I know this thread may be about janky setups, but sorry for my janky photos nonetheless!
Other than that, you nailed it.
Raz
I like the repurposed studio furniture; I can relate to that. Love the rack ears on the mixer, which is sitting on a small desk. Since I am a total unapologetic lover of the sleazy crunch you get from cranking old Peavey SS amps, I especially dig the tan grille cloth--an apparent nod to cork-sniffing vintage amps--together with the aluminum side strips and spiky Peavey logo.
(One of my old Peavey SS amps has an International-Harvester logo in place of the spiky Peavey one.)
(One of my old Peavey SS amps has an International-Harvester logo in place of the spiky Peavey one.)
A Sears Silvertone, It was built by Danelectro.. and was some cheap Japanese junk at the time, back in the later 60s. But was powerful for a MIJ Transistor rig. Just hell to move with a cab that had six 15s in it. Hell you could hide behind the rig on stage. Used to pull the back seat out of a 1968 Olds Delmont 88, to get it to fit just barley.
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Soooo coool!
WOW! Thanks all for the new posts. Jankiness lives!!! 
I've been collecting vintage Peavey silver fin combos over the years. I'm sorry to say they are not janky, just old. But my shed is janky as heck, and so is some of my hand me down furniture. I will have to get out there to take pics but not this weekend. It was 6 degrees in Sitka last night and my shed is drafty. She'll have to wait!
Keep the janikness alive, brothers! Glad I dropped by!
I've been collecting vintage Peavey silver fin combos over the years. I'm sorry to say they are not janky, just old. But my shed is janky as heck, and so is some of my hand me down furniture. I will have to get out there to take pics but not this weekend. It was 6 degrees in Sitka last night and my shed is drafty. She'll have to wait!
Keep the janikness alive, brothers! Glad I dropped by!
Jankness, much like tone, is all in the hands of the one using the equipment. 
yep;Jankness, much like tone, is all in the hands of the one using the equipment.
