L.A. SOUND DESIGN DANN HUFF INSPIRED RACK.

[@Mcfly0856]

I can't get enough of these rack lead sounds, just incredible along with the chops! 🤘

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thank you.

[@gtrchum]

Dave really kicked ass on this video. God bless Jim Tyler and his family. Jim really loved Jesus and I will always remember him in my heart and soul. What an amazing person and would always speak his mind unfiltered. Amazing job Dave. 💗

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thanks Shawn. You as well. Great playing. Jim's guitars will continue to inspire and his legacy will live for ever.

[@stevewilson9778]

A lot of this honestly sounds to me like a halfway point between Steve Lukather and David Gilmour. Can't say I've ever been able to describe someone's playing in that way before. It sounds awesome.

[@RJRonquillo]

TAKE MY MONEY

[@hihopeseveryday]

So great to hear these rock rack tones again that still also can be so emotive. Glad to know my own rack work still follows in the path of the greats.

[@ExplosionDestroyer]

Sounds amazing. I could listen to this all day.

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thanks.

[@emjs1574]

Agree😊

[@vaisatchatrucci]

Oh HELL yes… Getting my popcorn ready as we speak cause this is gonna be EPIC! ❤🔥🤘🏼

[@angusorvid8840]

I remember hearing a lot about Dann Huff in the 80s. I remember when he got this trio Giant together. Great band. One of the absolutely best guitarists of all time. I remember his Tyler strats. Owned a Boogie 50 Cal which had a similar preamp to the Studio Preamp which I always liked more than the Mark III. The Kasha Rockmod II was also brilliant. Great rig there.

[@yeticus1]

They were a 4 piece not a trio

[@KelvinPit-n6u]

Wow, I had similar rig back in the 90' minus the eventide h3000 and I used two of the Roland SDE 1000 instead of the 3000 brings back a lot of memories I sold it and picked up a twin and a vox with a Marshall JVM as my drive which sounds really good as well anyway I loved all great rigs and cool sounds Thanks.

[@anthonyrom3110]

Bring Back The Rack!

[@fiddlefolk]

Impeccable, clean workmanship as always. I really don't think there is anyone better at rig design than you are sir! Thanks for posting!

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@onenotesolo256]

Fun seeing and hearing this, and then the XTS vid of DH’s 2024 pedalboard for gigs/mobile sessions.

[@47Wolfgang]

Killer playing and tone, Nice rig!

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thank you.

[@marysini1391]

Really the 80's sound❤

[@TechMetalRules]

This is good stuff, right here.

[@henrymcardle]

Dave, you are a master of your craft - thanks for sharing this for us all to enjoy. Shawn, the outro solo run from Innocent Days was the cherry on top, that was fawkin tasty, dude!

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thank you Henry. Hope you enjoy this rack.

[@DoctorTim]

I’m a believer.

[@jasonstone1046]

Glorious tones as always.

[@alguitarchristie]

I still have my Mesa preamp, still sounds great! The graphic has the right frequencies for guitar,! Great sounding rig

[@stevejones5791]

Seriously Cool David - a labour of Love - Stunning playing and tone samples

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thank you.

[@itsadvm]

Sound soo goood

[@dangood2287]

Fucking awesome ❤

[@merlyn4life]

Soooooo gooooood

[@tinkercitymusic]

AMAZING!!!!

[@pmarona3667]

Awesome!

[@MarchPancake]

Glorious! What are the delay settings right and left? Is it dotted eight? Quarter?

[@jkisler2801]

This video even has 80s NOS chest hair!!!

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Shit, this may be the ultimate rack setup: lexicon reverb, Roland delay, dimension, trichorus and detune, para eq and mesa preamp. I would just add a ts808, ce2 for a more standard chorus, a dyna comp, phase 90 and an electric mistress.

[@ChrisArlesMusic]

the real deal !

[@davehenry01]

Huge.

[@deepdance111]

Lady Pank...Sting...Satriani ...Eric Johnson ....Petrucci ...Vai ....taką stylistyke słyszę :)

[@minuano08]

Sweet🤟😎🎸🎶🎇

[@33shoobs]

4:00 mark was very Alex lifesonesque. Killer stuff

[@andyheater]

Agreed. Sounding like something off of power windows

[@sessionsolos]

Wrap it up, I’ll take it 🤤

[@Bart-5150]

The Huffcaster and rack sound amazing! Quick question…what was Dann using for lower octave sounds on No Way Out - 1st Giant record? Thanks

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thanks. My guess-Eventide Harmonizer or Boss OC-2.

[@Bart-5150]

@@RACKDOCTORThanks Dave

[@AndrewLynchMusic]

Sounds incredible. What are the two time settings for the SDD-3000s?

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Thanks. 500ms L, 250ms R.

[@AndrewLynchMusic]

@@RACKDOCTOR amazing, thank you!

[@andymclain2574]

Are the Roland delays for left and right speaker feed ing for each individual side? Wdw

[@RACKDOCTOR]

Yes. W/W

[@independentthinker.273]

What strings and picks are you using here? (brand and gauge for both please) I ask because those two things have a huge effect on getting a particular strat sound. Especially when it comes to positions 2 and 4.

[@RACKDOCTOR]

D'Addario 10 gauge with Dunlop .88 pick. Dann used Dean Markley .009 with medium pick.

[@independentthinker.273]

​@@RACKDOCTORIs there a particular medium pick that he might have used brand and material/shape? I've used hundreds of medium picks of various materials and still searching for the holy grail. I just came across the Fender premium pearloid picks. I found a medium purple pick captures most of what I hear in Dann's tone. But I'm still searching. I cannot stand jazz picks. They are too stiff and they choke the string vibration.

[@RACKDOCTOR]

@@independentthinker.273 Dann's was a Dean Markley medium tear drop.

[@independentthinker.273]

@@RACKDOCTOR they probably don't make those anymore. But I have tried the Dunlop medium teardrop. Those are the 347 shape. I've also tried the Fender version too. Which are quite different than Dunlop. Thank you for solving a 30-plus year mystery. I can sleep easy at night knowing this now. 🙂

[@independentthinker.273]

@@RACKDOCTOR When you say teardrop do you mean the 358 or the 347? The 347 is the large round ones.

Steve Lukather in Paris (1990)

[@thepedalreview]

Can someone explain to me why rack units sound so much better than individual pedals or multi-fx units? There is something about them where they sound so much more full and not so fake?

[@onenotesolo256]

Wet dry wet.

[@jaycareaga9929]

Each unit performs one function instead of multiple functions.

[@ProfVonW]

They need to make a version of that guitar that will age nicely like Dann’s original Fender. I hate it when guitars stay perpetually slick and plasticky.

[@zachtheguitarmaniac]

All Tyler’s wear in well. This is a non-issue.

[@bluesful]

Tone.

[@Kouros-t6d]

Cosmic sounds! They are futuristic dreamy sounds compared to the primitive neanderthalian sounds of punkgrungeemonudeathmetal and assorted GARBAGE!