The main thing I'd think needs looking at is that at the moment you've got the IPS33b before some mono effects. But then, if you try it and there's little in the way of tonal change when they're in bypass it might be perfectly fine for you. That'd be the cheapest way, but the downside is that then your signal is always going through three sets of digital convertors, which somewhat misses the point of having the GCX. The third way is to not have your stereo effects in loops at all, and just control their bypass options with midi. Just as athletes need the right equipment to perform their best, musicians require the stereo guitar rig diagram to make beautiful music. There are other loop switchers out there like the RJM effect gizmo that come with 8 mono and 4 stereo loops as standard.

There is very little,if no reflection of sound and if the wind blows then thats blown it anyway. The point of stereo is separation and spaciality (if thats the word) and outdoors neither has much effect on the sound heard. The world’s leading authority and resource for all things guitar. Second way is to modify your GCX to make the last few loops stereo - Voodoo Lab will do this for a fee. Particularly outside in fresh air, stereo is not going to be as feasible as mono. Rig Diagram: Willie Adler, Lamb of God (2005) Rig Diagram: Wayne Static, Static X (2006) Read More. The downside is that it eats up GCX loops very quickly. That gives you the option of only adding the effect to one side while leaving the other dry, which can give you two totally different sounds - can be cool. Then you'd just set up your GCX patches to switch both loops in and out at once. The first is to treat the Left and right inputs/outputs of each unit as seperate loops - so for example GCX loop 1 would be IPS33b L, and loop 2 would be IPS33b R. I recon there's three basic ways to have a controllable split signal. That means you need to work out how you're going to split the signal, and how you're going to switch that and the following units in and out of the signal path. And at the point where the signal splits into stereo/ dual mono, draw a line down the middle of the page so you can work out the two seperate signal paths from that point on. Draw a flow diagram that clearly shows the order that your signal goes through each unit. When I was working out changes to my rack setup I'd always draw signal flow diagram - those diagrams you've drawn up there are nice but don't really show a lot about how everything is connected up or give us an idea of what you want. You had an AC30 didn't you? What made you decide to change to the Hiwatt? And how does it sound? I stuck with just AC30's for a few years but recently picked up an ac50cph and 4x12 which I'm led to believe isn't a million miles away from the hiwatt sound - there's just some things an ac30 won't do. Heridim blue picks? There's quite a lot of Edge inspired gear in your rig (mine too!).

Stereo guitar rig diagram