When performing with the original Mahavishnu Orchestra back in the early ’70s, John McLaughlin typically wielded a double-neck electric guitar (either a Gibson EDS-1275 or the ornately carved “Double Rainbow” built for him by Rex Bogue), plugged directly into towering Marshall amplifiers cranked loud enough to loosen fillings at a thousand paces.Since that time, McLaughlin has played a diverse variety of guitars – from electrics such as vintage Gibson Johnny Smith and Byrdland models, and his beloved ’72 Gibson ES-345 with a scalloped neck; to acoustics such as various Ovations and custom instruments hand built for him by luthier Abraham Wechter: including the “Our Lady,” the “Marielle,” and three Shakti models.
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Doesn’t the GI-20 connect directly into the laptop via USB and not via the Firewire 410s midi ports, as your diagram suggests?
The Firewire 410 has MIDI I/O, so the GI-20 is connected to it directly, I speculate, so the 410 can be the master clock.
hi, i have several recordings almost finished with the late buddy miles, playing songs off devotion, and some of miles ex sidemen. i have played mahavishnu style for the last 20+years. i actually have a rex bouge double rainbow, and and most of the electric guitars john used over the years. i have a godin freeway sa, roland gi 20, 410 fire wall, apple logic, and i have a mac G5 but will get a G4 laptop. can you please tell me the details of how this is all connected, type of cords etc, to produce sound? how can this get connected to an amplifier? thanks so much, if you can call that would be great too!, john sazy, 817 307 3333