G·A·S

My Rig

What’s in my rack

A wet/dry/wet rig: a shock-mounted rack of preamps and processing driving three cabinets through two power amps — dry down the middle, stereo wet on the wings. Here’s what’s in it, grouped by what each piece does.

The rack

  • Mesa/Boogie SUS-4 Shock Mount rack — The shock-mounted rack case.
  • Furman power conditioner — Power conditioning and distribution.

Preamps

  • Soldano SP-77 — Soldano rackmount preamp.
  • Mesa/Boogie TriAxis — MIDI tube preamp.

Processing & routing

  • Eventide Eclipse — Stereo multi-effects and harmonizer.
  • Red Seven Stereo Line Mixer — Stereo line mixer.
  • RJM Rack Gizmo — Rack audio-loop switcher.

Pedal drawer

  • TC Electronic 2290P — Dynamic delay.
  • Free The Tone TriSera Chorus — Chorus.
  • Keeley GC-2 — Limiting-amplifier compressor.
  • Empress ParaEq MkII Deluxe — Parametric EQ and boost.
  • Keeley Noble Screamer — Overdrive and boost.
  • Keeley Blues Disorder — Overdrive and distortion.
  • CIOKS DC7 — Isolated power for the drawer.

Power amps

  • Mesa/Boogie 2:90 — Stereo tube power amp — the dry side.
  • Fryette LX II (2×50W) — Stereo power amp — the wet sides.

Cabinets

  • Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 4x12 — Two wet cabs — late-1990s, loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s.
  • Mesa/Boogie kickback 2x12 — Dry cab — loaded with two EVM12Ls.