New Revelation Rack project

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 9 Jul 2014 8:14 pm

I just finished this Rev Pre and custom rack a few hours ago. Its happy new owner is driving up on Friday to pick it up.

Brad

Dickie Whitley · Post by **Dickie Whitley** » 10 Jul 2014 2:21 am

...always a pretty sight in my opinion, hard to beat a Revelation setup...

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 10 Jul 2014 6:29 am

Such beautiful stuff, Brad. St. Louis is my hometown and its great to see your work and what other people, like Obeid Khan, are doing for sound. Listening to some of the classical music played on PSG, which is the perfect instrument to take the place of harpsichord (of course I feel that the PSG supersedes the harpsichord for tone, versatility, and functionality

) I like what this fella does with a Franklin/ Revelation matchup...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y5qU_9KIo0

The better I get at steel, the less I see the need to get a "better" steel than what I have, but the amp is another story. Someday either an SMS Classic or Revelation will be mine!

Len Amaral · Post by **Len Amaral** » 10 Jul 2014 2:30 pm

Great system! All of Brad's products are taylored with his ear to the ground for steel players.

Lenny

Dennis Detweiler · Post by **Dennis Detweiler** » 10 Jul 2014 4:30 pm

That's my exact pre system. M-350, as mine? I also have a Carvin Ht-400 in the same rack. It's the ultimate pre combination.

Ray DeVoe · Post by **Ray DeVoe** » 11 Jul 2014 7:13 am

Brad's tube preamps are "top shelf" units.

They all sound terrific and are made of quality components. He is a great guy to deal with and he stands behind all of his products.

Here is another terrific Revelation rack setup which I have used for many years. The setup has performed flawlessly. The effects unit is a T C Electronics M One which also works well in the Revelations effect loop.

Installing it in a rack like this makes for very quick setup time as well as easy access to the components.

Ray DeVoe

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 12 Jul 2014 8:42 am

Nice rig Ray, and NICE guitar!!

Brad

Ray DeVoe · Post by **Ray DeVoe** » 14 Jul 2014 1:48 am

Hi Brad

It's great to see that you are building more Revelation preamps. The Revelation is still my favorite out of your product line due to it's versatility. The "built in" black box circuit and effects loop, are big positives.

And thanks for the compliment on the guitar. It sounds terrific through the Revelation rack setup. The Revelation in this rack unit must be at least 10 years old now and it has seen a lot of stage time. It has worked flawlessly over the entire time frame and I constantly receive compliments on the tone that I achieve with this setup.

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For the fun if it, below are two pictures documenting some of your preamp product lineup. I still own both of these.

No longer in production, " Tonic preamp " mounted in a TC Furlong 15" split combo cabinet. I just used this out the other day and it still sounds and works great.

Current model "Classic preamp" mounted in a TC Furlong 15" two rack space combo cabinet. This is a terrific all in one unit that works great for quick setup time. This is my "grab and go" unit if I don't want to take a rack out.

Thanks Brad for many years of great products and support to the steel community.

A special note and thanks to TC Furlong as well. TC turned out a terrific powered speaker. The above are fine examples of his work.

Ray

Jack Ritter · Post by **Jack Ritter** » 14 Jul 2014 4:02 pm

Proud to say this is my new Rev Rack . We met Brad Friday and it was a real pleasure to meet this young gentleman. His personality and products are the finest and a nice fellow to deal with-very informative. This is my 2nd Rev rack assy and it is gonna make loading and setting up much more easy and quicker for this near 80 year old and back to the great sound it will produce. Keep on making your great products, Brad, and nice to meet ya!

Jack

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 17 Jul 2014 8:47 pm

It was my pleasure Jack. Enjoy!

Brad

Kerry Johnson · Post by **Kerry Johnson** » 23 Aug 2014 11:23 am

Eight 6550 power tubes. 4 per channel = 160 watts per-channel Stereo.Heavy ... but Tube-O-Licious Dude!

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 23 Aug 2014 11:46 am

And my Rev pre in a rack. Two "boxes" down is the Matrix power amp that gives me 500 watts per side or 1000 watts mono. Did someone say,turn up the steel guitar...

Kerry Johnson · Post by **Kerry Johnson** » 26 Aug 2014 6:11 pm

Hey Chas ... I'd love to setup my rack next to your rack and listen to these babies take off ! Yah

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