Not to sound like a total hippie, but how can people watch what seems to be a genuinely super-friendly guy in a really good mood talking about a rig full of rare, oddball gear, and jump straight to posting negative, hateful comments about it? Catch the positive vibe when it's given to you, people :) Enjoy it and pass it on. That's the fun part of being, you know, a person. Loved watching this rundown, this Ian dude seems like the kinda guy you'd want on tour with you!
+John NT I am a hippie, an am not hateful to the guy at all. I am just asking if they will go over each thing, so us guitar players can learn more about this gear. Most guitarists do not have this much gear, and this could be a great opportunity to learn about a lot of things at once. Instead he just whips through it.. So, I am asking if Josh, himself, can go over each thing, because he probably understands the gear better than this guy.
I sorta feel for Josh. He spent ten years basically in John's shadow and few people ever took him seriously as a player in his own right despite him being in one of the biggest hard rock bands of all time. I hope whatever he does from now on takes off massively.
Yeah I really feel for a guy who made millions and became world famous less for his ability on the guitar and more for the fact that he was good friends with the band for years prior to him joining. I’m so distraught for the suffering he has had to endure. 🙄
people need to be thankful for josh for 2 reasons, 1) he embodies everything the chili peppers stand for and 2) he saved one of the best bands of all time from not existing anymore
The best rig rundown by far, not like all the others just a rack full of custom shop versions of signature models but some genuinely cool old equipment.
***** I agree with going back to the days before signature gear, but I don't necessarily think that people not using AC30's or Plexis is attributed to the signature gear craze. Not to say those aren't great amps, but unless you're only living in the British amp flavors, there are some really good amps out nowadays. Bogner has some great amps, Mesa has great stuff, Hughes and Kettner has some great stuff. Even the Peavey 6505 which was the Eddie Van Halen 5150 signature amp has become much more than what it was intended and Peavey continued building those amps after EVH left Peavey. Marshall and Peavey have some of the best amps ever built, but there's other companies doing different things that I like, too.
Very few artists actually use signature gear as such, they mostly use custom shop or ghost built stuff. Signature amps just seem really dumb to me though.
We always try to get the artists themselves to talk and demo their rigs, but their schedules are often hectic and filled with other obligations so we opt to do the RRs with the techs since they're always available and willing to talk gear with anyone that will listen. Trust us, our goal is to get every guitarist/bassist to talk about/play through their rigs, but if that's not option for any assortment of reasons, we prefer to do it with the tech than not at all. Thanks for understanding,
+LuckyLegionN7 yep. Don't know if I'll call him a student, cause Josh was already pretty bad ass. Just not known. You don't get to be John's "student" without already being a hell of a player. Although, I would love to see a frusciante beginner class. That would be interesting. Wouldn't last long. I don't think he's well known for having the best patience.
Was never a student of Johns, They collaborated on a number of albums together. Johns name is on most of them but has been stated in interviews they write together. Both are separate entities on their own.
The notion that Josh Klinghoffer or Edge is a crappy player because they have a ton of pedals is further proof that an IQ test should be required to comment on these videos...While Edge would fail miserably at Little Wing, likewise no one can duplicate Edge's sound. As far as Josh goes, he is a world class all around studio musician who can play many instruments...I would be willing to bet that he can play anything that 99% of the guitar players reading this can play...
This guitar tech guy is the best one I've seen interviewed. Just a super-friendly, nice, straight-forward and honest man. Josh is a really one lucky guitar player to have a tech like him. Would like to follow him more 👏👏🙌🙌.
I love watching these. Even bands I don't like at all. Just to see the gear. Especially big bands like this, because they can afford anything they want.
+John T. Campbell What makes it better is that it's all gear anyone could get from shopping around, no signature models or crazy pedals, save for the custom bypass and telemaster
People are complaining about the size of his rig but really the only time he uses a tonne of effects at the same time is during the jam sessions, Josh normally uses around the same amount effects on a song as John did. A lot of effects doesn't mean a guitarist is bad either, it'd be boring if everyone just used a Distortion, Delay and a Boost.
It's nice to hear a Northern English accent on a rig rundown video! Ian Sheppard clearly has a grasp on one of the most complex pedal/amp systems described to date, and it's great to see just how he solves the many problems that the RHCP set list creates!
I saw this guy when they were at key Arena, he storms out like a ninja mid song, swaps Josh's Wah and before you knew it, he was gone, and Josh was funkin it up.
Hey Dereksiusiu, We would love to, but John would have to go on tour first -- maybe after his new albums drop later this year he'll go on the road. Thanks for the watching,
Maximilian, the Bright Onions are not really loop switchers as we're used to. The flick switches are the on/offs for each loop. Those are left on all the time, so every loop is engaged. The pedals are then used just like a regular daisy chain. The looper is only for removing a faulty pedal from the daisy chain without having to pull cords out of pedals. In other words, Josh runs a daisy chain of pedals, and the Bright Onions are just for quick troubleshooting.
Would be very cool for an update on the new tour. Lots of new sounds on the new album, but also, didn't Josh's board get consolidated so he could reach it from a chair?
I met Josh, but at a Dot Hacker show in Hollywood. If you don't know, that's his side band. He's one of the nicest, most grateful people I've ever met. He signed my copy of I'm With You, gave me a few picks, and took a picture with me. He even put a personalized message with his signing. (When I saw him behind the venue before the show I asked him if he knew where we could park. He put in the message "Hope you found a parking spot!")
an updated rundown for josh would be great ive seen him with a lot of new guitars and amps that werent in this video and im sure hes got a billion new pedals
No signal loss because all of those boss pedals maybe? I wish we could get one of these each tour they do. I love this guy! He talks fast, lots of info, but I'm not totally annoyed by anything. It's great!
Those guitar amplifiers that he plays through are incredible! When you see old amplifiers that are still in good working condition, it shows how well certain brand names really are. That old red Marshall cabinet and head would look incredible in my house! :)
His tech is the nicest coolest tech I've ever seen.Every time I watch one of these I should not watch the part showing guitars because I start thinking of the ones I've sold that I totally regret.Like he shows a 64 Jaguar and I think of the 63 one I sold in 2000 and have been looking for it since 2001 to get it back.Great video.
I honestly like pedals. I don't have many, but just the ones I like--Boss Metal Zone (actually sounds good when modded and played through a TUBE AMPLIFIER), boss sd-1, and EHX big muff pi; Dunlop classic cry baby wah; boss ch-1, EHX small clone; boss looper
still one of my fave vids on youtube... love how there are so many classic pedals.. not too boutique .. seems achievable but at the same time not at all
I want to talk with Ian Sheppard. That dude sounds like an absolute champ of a human being. This rig rundown is probably my favorite just because of how much fun Ian seems like he is.
I wanted to congratulate the cameraman for also zooming on all the settings on amps and pedals. Not that I'm a superfan of RHCP but thish is the way it should be done for every band.
i've seen josh in smaller venues and with the peppers. he has an incredible vibe and rhythm... don't compare apples to apples... Josh is also a master drummer which makes his groove in... he can do it all... love this guy!
In some ways Josh doesn't have a choice regarding the complexity of his board. Ever seen Frusciante's RHCP rig? It's at least this obtuse, with a ton of huge analog MOOG pedals to boot. Also it seems ridiculously unfair to peg someone as a shitty guitarist just because they use a lot of pedals. I'm not a fan of Josh's or the Edge, but it's not because they use too many pedals. I just don't think what they produce with them is all that interesting.
It's not like he engages all of them at once. the subtlety is still there fairly often. The reason for so many is 1) convenience of having multiple of the same pedal setup for different sounds to avoid knob turning on stage, and 2) slightly different flavors of the same effect from two different pedals. Fuzz, Distortion, and Overdrive are all essentially the same concept, yet totally different when heard in comparison. I have a lot of effects that I use, not constantly, but they're there when
I don't hear all these pedals in their music, just funky stuff, I haven't listened to them since I was a kid "catholic school girls rule", but he seems to have great taste and keeps it old school, so hats off
I saw them in May and I personally thought he and Flea were the best part of the show. It's hard to adjust from John to him in terms of things he will do during jams, but it's still very good in my opinion.
Man this rig really seems a bit too much, not because it has way to many effects, on contrair the more the better by me, but because of the pedals, maybe during hiatus he should experiment with Axe Fx or any other type digital effects consoles so that he can start cutting down on the massiveness of this rig. Still pretty psychedelic and awesome by me.
I mean its pretty obvious why he doesn't want to use something like Fractals system or something like that, he wants to be able to fool and mess around with every singly pedal individually every single time he plays and changes things literally as hes playing him which is something he can't physically do when playing a show lol with this plethora of pedals you have the option of messing with everything while you're playing the songs and making each song sound just a bit different as he wants every single time he plays it!
Yea, but that's also is the worse idea ever, not knowing how your tone will work out every night sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I see why he'd do it, but once more, I really have to say I prefer a little bit more of control and slight tonal shift than radical leaps every single second, catch my drift?
LoveStarOcean i get what you mean, but when you have all those pedals and use them almost every day, you know which pedals do what and which pedals to use at what times so it probably isnt to confusing for him. i think it would be pretty confusing to have all those pedals out at once, and id make my rig much smaller and more organized, but its all personal preference and how youre playing
Not really, they do inhibit the ability to experiment on stage which I assume that's why he choses physical pedals. Rackmount effects are great if you know how to tinker with them, just like any other pedal.
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They should have this guy as the support act just talking about the gear.
Not to sound like a total hippie, but how can people watch what seems to be a genuinely super-friendly guy in a really good mood talking about a rig full of rare, oddball gear, and jump straight to posting negative, hateful comments about it? Catch the positive vibe when it's given to you, people :) Enjoy it and pass it on. That's the fun part of being, you know, a person. Loved watching this rundown, this Ian dude seems like the kinda guy you'd want on tour with you!
you made my day :)
TREEHUGGER!!! jk
I wish you'd comment a version of this very comment on every video I've ever watched.
Agreed
+John NT I am a hippie, an am not hateful to the guy at all. I am just asking if they will go over each thing, so us guitar players can learn more about this gear. Most guitarists do not have this much gear, and this could be a great opportunity to learn about a lot of things at once. Instead he just whips through it.. So, I am asking if Josh, himself, can go over each thing, because he probably understands the gear better than this guy.
"sometimes a cup of tea is all you can rely on".
Amen brother.
I sorta feel for Josh. He spent ten years basically in John's shadow and few people ever took him seriously as a player in his own right despite him being in one of the biggest hard rock bands of all time.
I hope whatever he does from now on takes off massively.
rhcp hard rock? wtf
i appreciate josh because he didn't try to copy John even though he could have , he did his own stuff.
me too brother
Yeah I really feel for a guy who made millions and became world famous less for his ability on the guitar and more for the fact that he was good friends with the band for years prior to him joining. I’m so distraught for the suffering he has had to endure.
🙄
@@AntwhaleNearfar thats the stupidest thing anyone has ever said ever
people need to be thankful for josh for 2 reasons, 1) he embodies everything the chili peppers stand for and 2) he saved one of the best bands of all time from not existing anymore
This is seriously the best rig rundown ever. Wow. That tech was awesome!
The best rig rundown by far, not like all the others just a rack full of custom shop versions of signature models but some genuinely cool old equipment.
***** You are 100% right. I'm tired of constant signature advertising...
***** I agree with going back to the days before signature gear, but I don't necessarily think that people not using AC30's or Plexis is attributed to the signature gear craze. Not to say those aren't great amps, but unless you're only living in the British amp flavors, there are some really good amps out nowadays. Bogner has some great amps, Mesa has great stuff, Hughes and Kettner has some great stuff. Even the Peavey 6505 which was the Eddie Van Halen 5150 signature amp has become much more than what it was intended and Peavey continued building those amps after EVH left Peavey. Marshall and Peavey have some of the best amps ever built, but there's other companies doing different things that I like, too.
Very few artists actually use signature gear as such, they mostly use custom shop or ghost built stuff. Signature amps just seem really dumb to me though.
+T Scott go watch Eric Johnsons Rundown...even the cabels are 60 Years old
+Slears To be honest, Eric Johnson's a tone nut that thinks removing the back plates of his Strat affects tone.
We always try to get the artists themselves to talk and demo their rigs, but their schedules are often hectic and filled with other obligations so we opt to do the RRs with the techs since they're always available and willing to talk gear with anyone that will listen.
Trust us, our goal is to get every guitarist/bassist to talk about/play through their rigs, but if that's not option for any assortment of reasons, we prefer to do it with the tech than not at all.
Thanks for understanding,
I don't know how much they pay Ian but they don't pay him enough. haha
enough for him to keep himself stocked with tea
Nobody in the world needs that amount of pedals. Would love to go for a pint with that guy, what a stellar chap!
Should've seen John's set up.
You are so stereotypically English 😂😂
John or the "caretaker" lol?
Olly Durham Ballux I say to all those pedals, what.
"Sometimes a cup of tea is all you can really rely on." Truer words never spoken.
We need a new Rig Rundown for this Album
Its funny how everybody talks bad about josh but he's got almost the most views in any PG rundown video
Rolling through the comments waiting for someone to say this lol
Not to mention, the most likes too.
I don't like Josh, but this rig is one of the craziest i've seen on out of all the episodes.
he got screwed because he is expected by many to replace Frusciante
Alexander Koronczay They?
The tuner says tuna lol
lol!!!
It can match my app
Awesome tech... True Pom, has a cup of tea happening to the side. Love it!
"Things often sound great right before they catch fire" awesome quote.
He's(the tech) awesome! I love Josh! Such a great guitar player. If John isn't the guitarist, then Josh is definitely who is perfect.
Josh is johns good friend and was basically his student kinda for years b4 he became lead
+LuckyLegionN7 yep. Don't know if I'll call him a student, cause Josh was already pretty bad ass. Just not known. You don't get to be John's "student" without already being a hell of a player. Although, I would love to see a frusciante beginner class. That would be interesting. Wouldn't last long. I don't think he's well known for having the best patience.
Was never a student of Johns, They collaborated on a number of albums together. Johns name is on most of them but has been stated in interviews they write together. Both are separate entities on their own.
always great to see a tech who knows every inch of the rig down to how the artist uses each piece of gear
The notion that Josh Klinghoffer or Edge is a crappy player because they have a ton of pedals is further proof that an IQ test should be required to comment on these videos...While Edge would fail miserably at Little Wing, likewise no one can duplicate Edge's sound. As far as Josh goes, he is a world class all around studio musician who can play many instruments...I would be willing to bet that he can play anything that 99% of the guitar players reading this can play...
Agree.
FixPedalboards THIS!
TRUE
I would be interested in studying someone that enjoyed listening to U2. Really try and find out where it all went wrong 🧐 😂😂
Jealous fuckers...
This guitar tech guy is the best one I've seen interviewed. Just a super-friendly, nice, straight-forward and honest man. Josh is a really one lucky guitar player to have a tech like him. Would like to follow him more 👏👏🙌🙌.
Awesome interview. That guy really loves his work -- I can respect that.
Top guy... the type of personality that’s good to have around.... why would anybody give this the thumbs down??.
John's rig had nearly as many pedals on the SA tour...Josh has also brought us all the chance to see RHCP live again, and he's a genius.
Man I could listen to Ian talk about guitar stuff all day. Best tech I've ever seen interviewed.
I love watching these. Even bands I don't like at all. Just to see the gear. Especially big bands like this, because they can afford anything they want.
+John T. Campbell What makes it better is that it's all gear anyone could get from shopping around, no signature models or crazy pedals, save for the custom bypass and telemaster
These Rig Rundowns really are almost entirely about the techs... They deserve a lot of credit for their behind the scenes work.
Ian is a treat. subtle and witty in that British way, and very knowledgeable.
People are complaining about the size of his rig but really the only time he uses a tonne of effects at the same time is during the jam sessions, Josh normally uses around the same amount effects on a song as John did. A lot of effects doesn't mean a guitarist is bad either, it'd be boring if everyone just used a Distortion, Delay and a Boost.
You can tell this guy doesn't get to be in the interviewer spotlight much. Love his enthusiasm for his craft.
Thank-you for taking the time to this and to those who allowed it to happen. Wonderful stuff!
Well done Chris and Josh for making it so interesting really good questions from Chris Keep up the good work PG
Great interview. Ian Sheppard is a super engaging guy. He seems to genuinely love what he does. Wow, what a crazy set of pedals!!
Frusciante loved electronics as well, one of the reasons he left was to work more with electronics.
Work with heroin...
Supreme Commander of the Solarverse chill pretty sure he’s clean. And even if he’s not fuckin chill lol
@@MrJackal43 you are incorrect
It's nice to hear a Northern English accent on a rig rundown video! Ian Sheppard clearly has a grasp on one of the most complex pedal/amp systems described to date, and it's great to see just how he solves the many problems that the RHCP set list creates!
What a great guitar tech! Funny, down to earth, a breath of fresh air! Josh is a lucky guy to have such a cool tech.
Second time watching this so many pedals and cool guitars and can't get enough of this guy talking. So happy and into it and the accent is awesome!
...and then there was Hillel Slovak, who once did a 2 minute rundown of his 4 pedals.
Yes he did, yes he did, he was the man
Very real. But now there's a catalog, and stadiums
One of the most entertaining rig rundowns
by far the nicest guitar tech i've seen in any of these rig rundown videos :')
I saw this guy when they were at key Arena, he storms out like a ninja mid song, swaps Josh's Wah and before you knew it, he was gone, and Josh was funkin it up.
I don't even like Josh but holy shit does he have a good taste and abundance of pedals. Just wow.
Hey Dereksiusiu,
We would love to, but John would have to go on tour first -- maybe after his new albums drop later this year he'll go on the road.
Thanks for the watching,
dude has got too be the best tech in the biz!
It's always great to see the brains behind the rigs. These techs are the true hard workers in the biz.
josh is lucky to have genius guitar tech.
Amazing breakdown. Great job. The tech is the true hero. Give that man a raise
21:00 on Chad 'He occasionally leans over and... ask me threateningly if I'm taking good care of it' 🤣
Maximilian, the Bright Onions are not really loop switchers as we're used to. The flick switches are the on/offs for each loop. Those are left on all the time, so every loop is engaged. The pedals are then used just like a regular daisy chain. The looper is only for removing a faulty pedal from the daisy chain without having to pull cords out of pedals. In other words, Josh runs a daisy chain of pedals, and the Bright Onions are just for quick troubleshooting.
Would be very cool for an update on the new tour. Lots of new sounds on the new album, but also, didn't Josh's board get consolidated so he could reach it from a chair?
I love how he sound so enthusiastic and actually went through every single equipments. really compares to the tech guy from greenday
God this tech is awesome.
Probly' the best rig rundown I've seen yet!
Josh is an awesome player!!!
Intelligent man who starts the interview by showing us he knows what an adverb is. Great stuff.
really cool guitar tech
I met Josh, but at a Dot Hacker show in Hollywood. If you don't know, that's his side band. He's one of the nicest, most grateful people I've ever met. He signed my copy of I'm With You, gave me a few picks, and took a picture with me. He even put a personalized message with his signing. (When I saw him behind the venue before the show I asked him if he knew where we could park. He put in the message "Hope you found a parking spot!")
I can barely get a signal through 5 pedals...
Never mind I understand now
+King what did you not know? I might have 6 pedals and not know what to do.
share your wisdom with meee
haha well josh has each pedal set so if one goes off he can just bypass it. obviously i dont have one of those magic devices so i didn't understand xD
Out of all the techs you've interviewd, this guy comes across as so grounded and great to be around :)
We want to see Mike McCready's Pedalboard!!!
an updated rundown for josh would be great ive seen him with a lot of new guitars and amps that werent in this video and im sure hes got a billion new pedals
that bypass thing is really smart
No signal loss because all of those boss pedals maybe? I wish we could get one of these each tour they do. I love this guy! He talks fast, lots of info, but I'm not totally annoyed by anything. It's great!
Hope his tech gets paid well!!!
Josh Martins Apparently, he's payed in the pedals Josh doesn't like
+Harry Emmott if I was him I wouldnt mind lol
Miguelp1000 yeah, Josh uses some rare shit. Wouldn't mind me a slow gear
This guy has to be the most competent tech in the business, Klinghoffer is very fortunate to have this guy working with him
Those guitar amplifiers that he plays through are incredible! When you see old amplifiers that are still in good working condition, it shows how well certain brand names really are. That old red Marshall cabinet and head would look incredible in my house! :)
Billy Disaster Those are actually designed/intended to be bass amps, those 200 watt Marshall's.
I'm drooling over that 200W Marshall Major and 8x10.
Fun when you know that Hillel Slovak had like 3 pedals.
TheEpongeMan and?
TheEpongeMan So what? I bet if he was alive, he would have had all those pedals with all the money he would had made by now.
Who cares. John is what made the band. And he exp with sooo many sounds
I love it when he had to explain what pingu was. That was a great gear tour, one of my favourites so far.
"if he wants to drop to his knees and go at it with his hands"
that sounds wrong
Sea Level Cain timestamp?
5:44
“Protection for the knobs because that’s gonna get stamped on”
Would Josh's tech speak at a normal speed, it would have been about 50 minutes! But: I really love his enthusiasm and dedication!
they got 2 marshall majors and 2 8x10's .....i would kill for that shit
6x12's
Sorry 8x10's, my mistake.
+Maxwell Carpenter I had one of those,it's a nightmare to move.
Great questions, information and entertaining answers. I love all the worn gear. The amps, the pedals. The guitars. So awesome!!
That guitar tec is awesome !
His tech is the nicest coolest tech I've ever seen.Every time I watch one of these I should not watch the part showing guitars because I start thinking of the ones I've sold that I totally regret.Like he shows a 64 Jaguar and I think of the 63 one I sold in 2000 and have been looking for it since 2001 to get it back.Great video.
Shout out to Pingu, :)
I honestly like pedals. I don't have many, but just the ones I like--Boss Metal Zone (actually sounds good when modded and played through a TUBE AMPLIFIER), boss sd-1, and EHX big muff pi; Dunlop classic cry baby wah; boss ch-1, EHX small clone; boss looper
Where’s the brake pedal that was missing from his SUV???
Usted vino solo para escribir eso? 😐
Awesome walk thru of the kit! Cool video 👍😁
love this guy.
still one of my fave vids on youtube... love how there are so many classic pedals.. not too boutique .. seems achievable but at the same time not at all
"they often sound great, right before they catch fire!" hahaha
I want to talk with Ian Sheppard. That dude sounds like an absolute champ of a human being. This rig rundown is probably my favorite just because of how much fun Ian seems like he is.
This tech is awsome.
I wanted to congratulate the cameraman for also zooming on all the settings on amps and pedals. Not that I'm a superfan of RHCP but thish is the way it should be done for every band.
that 335 is gorgeous
i've seen josh in smaller venues and with the peppers. he has an incredible vibe and rhythm... don't compare apples to apples... Josh is also a master drummer which makes his groove in... he can do it all... love this guy!
And I thought having 12 pedals on my board was bad... lol
So many comments about josh and his pedals. Mad respect for the tech!
1:06 tuna... XD
there's something fishy about that name
+Duke Ukulele imagine his carpeggios without it
that bypass thing and the expressionator blow my mind people are so genius
In some ways Josh doesn't have a choice regarding the complexity of his board. Ever seen Frusciante's RHCP rig? It's at least this obtuse, with a ton of huge analog MOOG pedals to boot. Also it seems ridiculously unfair to peg someone as a shitty guitarist just because they use a lot of pedals. I'm not a fan of Josh's or the Edge, but it's not because they use too many pedals. I just don't think what they produce with them is all that interesting.
+ZiPolishHammer The MoogerFooger series are fairly large but they do make compact pedals.
It's not like he engages all of them at once. the subtlety is still there fairly often. The reason for so many is 1) convenience of having multiple of the same pedal setup for different sounds to avoid knob turning on stage, and 2) slightly different flavors of the same effect from two different pedals. Fuzz, Distortion, and Overdrive are all essentially the same concept, yet totally different when heard in comparison. I have a lot of effects that I use, not constantly, but they're there when
so british i want to drink tea and eat fish and chips
I don't hear all these pedals in their music, just funky stuff, I haven't listened to them since I was a kid "catholic school girls rule", but he seems to have great taste and keeps it old school, so hats off
+hollowmenrule A lot of these effects came to use during By the Way, John did some amazing stuff on that album.
I wish Josh played for a different band, I think the peppers is wasted on this type of guitarist. Hope he goes on to make something crazy.
I saw them in May and I personally thought he and Flea were the best part of the show. It's hard to adjust from John to him in terms of things he will do during jams, but it's still very good in my opinion.
Man this rig really seems a bit too much, not because it has way to many effects, on contrair the more the better by me, but because of the pedals, maybe during hiatus he should experiment with Axe Fx or any other type digital effects consoles so that he can start cutting down on the massiveness of this rig. Still pretty psychedelic and awesome by me.
I mean its pretty obvious why he doesn't want to use something like Fractals system or something like that, he wants to be able to fool and mess around with every singly pedal individually every single time he plays and changes things literally as hes playing him which is something he can't physically do when playing a show lol with this plethora of pedals you have the option of messing with everything while you're playing the songs and making each song sound just a bit different as he wants every single time he plays it!
Yea, but that's also is the worse idea ever, not knowing how your tone will work out every night sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I see why he'd do it, but once more, I really have to say I prefer a little bit more of control and slight tonal shift than radical leaps every single second, catch my drift?
LoveStarOcean i get what you mean, but when you have all those pedals and use them almost every day, you know which pedals do what and which pedals to use at what times so it probably isnt to confusing for him. i think it would be pretty confusing to have all those pedals out at once, and id make my rig much smaller and more organized, but its all personal preference and how youre playing
Not really, they do inhibit the ability to experiment on stage which I assume that's why he choses physical pedals. Rackmount effects are great if you know how to tinker with them, just like any other pedal.
genuinely a really clever approach to problem solving throughout this :-) Especially with that onion pedal.
Where's the pink strat?
He bought that one in 2013 I believe
Look at Fleas Rundown, there it is (for some reason)
It's a Bass VI. Not a strat, hence why it runs through Flea's rig.
Mathias Dowle my bad. but it belongs to josh
you guys should revisit this rig since they're putting out a new record. probably got some cool new stuff...