My LIVE rig for 90's rock gig! 🔥 PEDALBOARD, GUITAR & AMP

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Hi, my name is Michael Nielsen. I'm a composer/producer. I write music for movie trailers, video game soundtracks, commercials, movies and tv shows. This channel is dedicated to guitar related gear and music production. My production and publishing company is called Ninja Tracks. My guitar sound design is available for Kemper, TwoNotes, THU Overloud, IK ToneX, and IR's.

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[AdamGershon]

We were lucky to have you! And looking forward to this month's adventure :)

[greglesondak]

Thank you for making this. Your knowledge of gear is like a master class to watch and learn from. What a dream rig you made, I’m hoping to get there some day.

[jjgson]

Gotta say it gave me a ray of hope and a warm fuzzy feeling seeing you use a real amp and not a modeler for a live gig. Rock on!

[RICO_SUAVE]

This was awesome! Thanks! I’ve got the same Friedman board and I love it 😊

[bgrierofficial]

I love the Friedman DS cab - I had one, sold it, and regret it.

[FastRedPonyCar]

So I've been in a 90's rock cover band for a little over a decade now and was firmly in the 2000's heavy rock cover scene before that. Our band plays about 40 or so gigs a year and what I've come to realize is a few things...

- Less is more
- Budget/mid-grade gear easily gets the job done
- The audience doesn't care about anything but the singer getting the words right and even then, if the singer is entertaining, correct words are optional.

I used my Silver Jubilee and Captor X for the longest time along with the Stomp HX in the loop handling delay, chorus and solo boost. A wah and a good drive pedal and a volume pedal and wireless unit for the better part of 10 years and other than the wonky power supply for the HX, it can literally do everything a 90's cover band needs.

I've also gigged with my Katana artist MKII head with a midi controller and run the line out into a stomp HX and it too works great and allowed me to eliminate the stomp HX and boost pedal.

At this point, I either have the Katana on stage or I'm gigging with an amp I'm reviewing and running into the OX Box which does my reverb, delay and compressor setup as my solo boost. Headphone out to an FRFR behind me and one of the line out's to the PA. Volume, Wireless and Wah pedal on my board and I'm done.

Chorus is only needed if you're whipping out purple rain. Otherwise, leave it at home too.

2 of the other big cover bands in our city have their main guitar players also using the 100w Katana combo's with a couple of pedals and that's it. You need way less than you think and seeing your board and all the channels on the soldano gave me anxiety.

I'm testing out the Fender tonemaster pro also and I've got 4 gigs with that under my belt and the combination of ease of use, great sounds and I/O flexibility have quickly made it one of the better all in one gigging solutions I've used. I like it better than my FM3 honestly because of how dead simple it is to work with on stage.

Try running through your setlist with a more stripped down setup. It's a bizarrely liberating experience.

[PlayRockZone]

The first one was that… I love this amp ❤
I know Michael, we love
❤️ soldano amps ❤️

[TheOligoclonalBand]

"You oughta know" is so much fun to play, especially with a great female singer. Looks like you had fun.

[scottrrand]

I love my Friedman pedalboard system too. Genius design! It just works.

[JohnGaray]

The joy of playing live is leaking out of you man! Awesome!!!

[chrispicha]

Dude! Great vid, smart setup, love this kind of breakdown.

[fiddlefolk]

You always sound great and that is a sweet rig. When the chicks load up on the guitar side of the stage, you have achieved Rock Star status. When you sound that good, it's like fishing with dynamite....Ma...., Meatloaf!

[ajlsrv]

Great video start to finish! Interesting to see how a pro like you puts together a rig. Looks and sounds like you and the crowd really enjoyed it!

[blackroyaltoni]

Fantastic video and great info again! Thank you for doing what you do. Loving your IRs, just got you Big Ass Impulses. Sounds great 🎉.

[MoreMeRecording]

That show looked like a gas! So cool to see you playing out, brother. Awesome :)

[senhorbaker]

Love this amp! Had it for about a month. Winning out verses other, more expensive amps.

[glenh]

Those Shabat Guitars look great. Andertons did a video on these at NAMM this year.

[christopheranderson]

Great video!! So fun to watch a video of a real pro approach a rig setup for a cover gig and the thought process in choosing the gear and why. I rarely use the exact same rig twice and always swap things in/out for different shows. Glad to see I’m doing similar things when thinking about rig choices and not just an over-obsessed, neurotic gear-head who needs to practice more. 🤣🤣 Well…..at least not completely…..

[badmacbassandbass]

Great video. Enjoyed and learned from it.

[srhatfield]

Dude, that's so cool! You're going to be great!