John Petrucci's Rig Shrinking? Options

[Todd Simpson]

Here is a pic of John Petruccis touring rig for upcoming G3. Notice how much it has shrunk since he did those videos showing him with two refrigerator racks of gear? It's down to one Mesa Triax preamp, axe effects, rack wah and that's it. It seems the days of HUGE rack of gear is going away for many pros. Makes sense though The Axe Effects replaces wads of gear. Marcus Siepens touring rack is another good example.

Here is Johns current rig.


and his old rig.


What gear have you cut out of your rig if any?

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This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Sep 29 2012, 02:25 AM

[Alex Feather]

I think on the second picture is a double rig in case one will break I am taking an extra pedalboard with me on tour in case something will go wrong and I need a replacement I think that's what it is also it could be he runs two cabinets on each side of stage! His rig didn't shrink too much though!

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[Todd Simpson]

I think on the second picture is a double rig in case one will break I am taking an extra pedalboard with me on tour in case something will go wrong and I need a replacement I think that's what it is also it could be he runs two cabinets on each side of stage! His rig didn't shrink too much though!

Yes, that's probably the backup rig. But just compare the single refrigerator sized rack with his new half refrigerator sized rack. And notice the lack of two full Mesa Boogie heads in each rack. That's what's impressive to me is how much smaller a modern rig is than a rig for the same artist just a few years back. An axe fx and a tube pre-amp and Bingo it's a touring rig!

Todd

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