Steve Lukather (Toto) - Gear Run 2019

We had the privilege of meeting up with Steve Lukather's guitar tech Jon, who was kind enough to take us through Steve's live rig for Toto's 2019 arena tour.

[rivonbd]

Just saw this man in a disaster situation. He's an absolute legend!

[thomasrocksit]

Man you really saved the day on half the pedal board going out … cheers to you ….

[RonnieWarrant]

Well done Jon: complete rig rundown from guitars to effects to amps in 8 minutes. What happens when a Tech REALLY knows his stuff!!

[misterknightowlandco]

That's how you know Toto's singer kicks ass. At their stage in their career, almost all of Lukather's guitars are still in standard tuning!

[swanation]

Now that's a guitar tech who knows his stuff!

[markjohnson]

I spent the 80's trying to emulate Steve's sound....here I go again!! Lol

[deanstrik]

The only component in this rig that I have is the Ikea rug...

[francescocagnacci]

I'll be' seeing them tomorrow in lucca! So excited!!!

[TheRealHucasys]

That's what a good company does, cover the rig even if there's only one pedal of theirs. Not like Gibson I mean...

[johnhurtt]

Terrific rundown, much appreciated! It's good to see with the small changes from tour to tour that Luke still loves tweaking his tone. He is the Master!

[grega]

Jon, you're first class, thanks for the concise and informative rundown. While some may think it's not a simple rig; compared to Luke's massive rack rigs of the 80's it really is fairly simple! For most of us, yea sure it might look to be complicated, but for Jon and Luke this is about as simple as they come given all the glorious sounds that come out of that rig. Go look at many of the other guitarists these days and their pedalboards and/or racks are massive!Someone below mentioned no Boss pedals but his volume pedal looks to be a Boss 500L.

My wife and I had front row seats (VIP meet and greet) when Toto was in Seattle at the Moore Theater in July 2018 on this tour and it was absolutely the best concert I've ever been to. From soundcheck, to Q&A, to book signing, and concert, it was all amazing. At one point in the concert, something apparently was going haywire with Luke's rig and Jon came out and dove into pulling and plugging wires, all the while Luke kept right on playing and it sounded great even while all that was going on! Amazing the professionalism both Jon and Luke displayed during that minute or so of commotion. They got it sorted out and the rest of the night was amazing.

[MrRo]

Just came here to meet this guy, after seeing a video of technical difficulties. What a man ! 😀

[TheFeelButton]

I’m not sure that 12 pedals with two amps and effects returns qualifies as a “simple” rig. 😂🤣 Good rundown TC!

[jimicrack]

yes glad got to know an shared thank YOU

[jimmywrangles]

This guy knows his stuff, what a master.

[ALFARASO]

Your are the man dude, liked that video of Steve losing the power box in the middle of the song. Awesome job man

[JosephFacer]

Thanks for sharing! Luke is an absolute legend and I was hoping to see a new run-through of his rig after he switched to the Helios heads to see how he compensated for not having three channels anymore.

[larrylehman]

That was a great video thanks for sharing that i didnt realize their were so many tones available

[Victorl]

you are one of the best inge sound bravo dude

[hunt]

That's proved that he doesn't need any super rare equipment such as Klon Centaur or Dumble Amp in his tone. He is the tone himself.
And another proved that you can put the signal to a reverb before a delay (or two). There is no rule.
Thank you for your upload, TC.