Coming through in Stereo

So with all the effects I've had, and all the configurations I've never run anything in true stereo. Admittedly, I did have a Fender Stereo Chorus, and that did have a stereo effects send/return. However I really didn't have any gear that was stereo to utilize.

About a year ago, I acquired one of Hotone's Nano Legacy Diamond mojo head, and did a review of it for Performer magazine. HERE is a link to the article. It's very fender ish. I paired it up with an Enginater 1x12 extension cab I got off of craigslist for $150. I really like this lil head, and have even used it for a gig for my cover band, and recording wise it's really nice, and reacts well with pedals.

This past year TC electronic came out with their Mimiq Doubler pedal, It's pretty awesome. Using an algorithm that combines delays, reverb, modulation and pitch adjusting, it can mimic the sound of multiple tracked guitars, and works really well in stereo mode. Again, I did a review of it in Performer and the review is HERE.

Hotone makes a few versions of their Nano Legacy head, and this time I got to check out their Vox-ish version, The British Invasion. It does that vox sound oh so well..Yep, I did a review of it in Performer too, click HERE for more info!

So with all these neat little pieces of gear, I decided to combine them, and make a lil stereo rig.  To give an idea of what I'm trying to do, here's a little diagram:

I'm still in the process of finding another 1x12 cabinet. Now, Ideally I'd like these to match aesthetically, so I am on the search on craigslist/facebook/reverb for a matching enginater 1x12 cabinet. Hopefully I could grab one for around $200 used.

Ideally if I can get a slightly smaller pedalboard, and forego an ATA case for it, using a gigbag, a pair of 1x12's could fit in the trunk of my mini, along with along with my pedalboard. Add 2 guitars in thin gigbags, and I should be able to gig with it. Those little nano heads can deliver plenty of volume for most gigs that I do. Now for loud volume applications, I may have to go to my Fender Hot rod deluxe, and run in mono (boo!). But in those louder volume situations, the nuances of a stereo rig might get overlooked. In the studio I'd love to be able to run the Fender and Vox flavours of the Hotone heads, Alot of bands in the 90's used this kind of deal, 2 different amps in stereo, blending the two tones. I'm hoping it'll be the biggest lil stereo rig ever.