Too many pedals ivan?, let's ask mr frusciante, i know you like him

+1 Always try before you buy if at all possible. The orange amp you are talking about is very nice. BUT, it's only 35 Watts and you'll notice quite a bit of argument as to whether that's loud enough for live gigs. Some folks use a 35 live, if the band / drummer isn't that loud, and with a decent PA it's fine. Playing rock music, loud drummer, then you can barely hear 35. Generally speaking (again, opinions vary) I'd stay 50/65 Watts is a bare minimum for live work.

The guys are sort of saying what I was mentioning in my last post. An amp and a pedal or two is a great place to start to grab a pedal and start gigging

I never tried Tiny Terror, but here they are way too pricey for the size.

WOW. That looks awesome but also insane. I'd love to have a roadie set it up but hauling all of that gear around really pushes the bounds of sanity IMHO but God bless him for going through the effort Probably sounds great on stage. In the house though, probably sounds like the SM57 used on his main cabinet. Really doubt anyone in the crowd could tell the diff between that rig and a Pod/Line6/multi.

I like John's style and the way he plays, I also like his complete gear choice



Yes, this is big stage gear definitely

I'd say honestly have a look at something (Of course the Amp Purists are going to HATE on this big time ) like the G Dec 30 or higher watt version. It's a fender amp that can sound like a Tweed, or an Orange, or a Marshall through the use of on board technology. Of course, most folks that own an orange/marshall/tweed will tell you that nothing sounds like their amp except for their amp, and there is some truth to that. But for the money, on a budget, needing to have an amp that can do as much as possible, something like this is a great way to go.

Once you are making good money you may want to buy an Orange combo, Marshal Stack, Tweed Combo and road case for each and use each one for killer tone or all at once and switch between them on stage (there are honestly players that do something like this and have full rigs that they switch between live like EDGE from U2. ) Here is a video review of the G Dec. The amount of tone and loops, presets, software, customization that comes in this little amp is amazing.

It looks like all those pedals can run a plane

Can't believeee ! Cosmetic finesse

I like to use stomp boxe, because I only need the basics: distortion, delay, and chorus. Oh, and a tuner
But when I travel I take a ME-70 with me, because it workd pretty much like a set of sepparate stomps in manual mode, and it's easy to carry and set up.
For recording, a POD that can be controlled with my feet to change effects while I play.