John Petrucci 2024 Rig Walkthrough

[@oststadtseuche]

"the signal flow is pretty simple" ...was the last thing I really understood.

[@turnerm33]

😂

[@stepitupandgo67]

glad I'm not the only one

[@naicametal]

dude, thank you for summing it up!

[@C-Ro]

🤣

[@Richard0503]

Same lol "It's pretty simple..." It took me like the whole day today to figure out how to chain two VSTs when I play through my Scarlett Solo LMAO 🤣

[@NekBodesh]

Man, I love this era of Ola. Must be wild to be able to do this kind of stuff for one of your biggest guitar idols.

[@TokiWardguitar]

Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Ola is like a big kid living his best life and I'm all for it

[@alexcorona]

He is one of this idols now, the kids getting into guitars nowadays all love him.

[@dime85sg]

He is living our dreams isnt he! When he went to dines house and went thru the guitars 🤤

[@wyldeman7]

See how many OG's are in here "This controls the heat of the sun, this controls how many people die"

[@michaelgoudis344]

Hahahahahaha, "I will rip out your heart and feed it to the dragons"

[@simonr344]

"When it comes to practicing, I would do about 63 hours a day"

[@silverwhip123]

I went to a DT show where they played those videos during breaks.

[@craigmillerer]

Wonder if he's installed the KILLZONE MODE toggle switch on the Majesty from his Ibanez days?

[@mattprovost9878]

"And when I go like this, I go into world domination mode"

[@marklcustom]

We're thrilled to be a part of that rig! Thank you guys! 🔥🔥🔥

[@mareklaskowski4601]

I’m proud that our gear serves you well guys! Thank you for the video Ola! 💪

[@KaddysJamKave]

I can't help but to feel that being a guitar techie would be a fkn cool job.

[@KeshavPachpande]

Ikr

[@Cantstandtherock]

If you’re ok with being gone for a long time it would be awesome. His tech is a nice guy, I see him milling about during the VIP’s and he looks bored as hell. Helluva gig though!

[@SimmoPlaysGuitar]

@@KaddysJamKave agreed it would be fkn killa , yet stressful at the same time, if something goes down mid concert.

[@ileutur6863]

Depending on your responsibilities, a job like that can be either easy or extremely stressful. Setting up guitars, tuning quickly is easy, but when an amp blows, or a single patch cable goes bad, or there's an unidentified hum suddenly out of nowhere... it gets stressful

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

Thing is, these big touring musicians can afford to take a big complicated rig on the road that us lesser gods could never do, if only because we have to haul it around ourselves, while John lets his guitar tech and roadie do all the work. So you get all the stress of making it all work, deal with Murphy creating catastrophic rig failures, tube amps being transported all over the world to different climates. Besides getting all the guitars ready for the next song you may even have to double in doing footswitch duty on the rig as the talent walks all over the stage. So if it works, it will probably be fun. But there's a reason why there are backup units in that rig.

[@onixtheone]

Love that they’re sound checking to “save it for later” in the beginning ❤

[@lukaspechar]

Thanks Ola. You get to show us what we mortals would never get to see right into the comfort of our homes. You’re the man!

[@stiffmeister0hYeah]

that pretty much sums it up!!

[@stevensilver1679]

That's why I stay on KZbin so much.

[@phawinphan]

Thank you! This is how a rig walkthrough should be: no interrupting, letting the guitar tech talk, and asking the right questions. Matty is doing an amazing job.

[@LeonHaselbach]

Petruccis sound on the tour is the best I've heard from him. Absolutely clear, not biting, but good attack and the chug is more than real 😍

[@cycomiles4225]

Chugs on the mirror live hit just right

[@SalvoVecchioGuitar]

amazing, and I'm always impressed about how Petrucci's stuff looks always brand new. i mean, if you look any other rig rundown it's dust, tapes, scratches everyway! I love John's passion for his instruments

[@donniejean]

Ha! I thought these were brand new prototypes lol!

[@Nick-i9h]

I was noticing that. His gear is pristine.

[@EggNog1]

I love rig rundowns. You should absolutely try and do more of these. Awesome job.

[@paulpattonmusic]

Man that is one CLEAN rig!

[@Ottophil]

None of the pedals have ever seen the bottom of a shoe

[@LekkerBlanka]

@@Ottophilnice!

[@benjorito76]

So this is the rig after they wanted to simplify things a little bit?

[@doomcrewoutdoors1613]

No, he said they HAD BEEN simplifying things but wanted to go back to the old way on this tour

[@johnbeamon]

"Yeah, so that's about it. Simple." (Ola: "it seems to run on some sort of electricity.")

[@SokolRock]

@@doomcrewoutdoors1613 In other words, they struggled financially in their later years with Mangini so they had to shrink the guitar rig and drum kit (as well as the stage sets), but when Portnoy returned, things expectedly got better, so they were able to expand their touring equipment again.

[@lookingbehind6335]

Easiest way to mix in his backing tracks.

[@watcherzero000]

Man this guy knows his stuff, cause when you see most of these rig rundown type videos most roadies bs their way through a video, but the guy makes it understandable for everyone watching.

[@mmiller6873]

How freaking awesome is that. I wish I understood how all that equipment hooked up. My goodness he has a plethora of guitars. Great job getting behind the scenes Ola. Well done!!!

[@donniejean]

“Can you connect all this gear for me?” Sure where’s your cables? “Oh I ran out of money I was hoping it was all WiFi”

[@mmiller6873]

@@donniejean LOL facts bro.

[@paulbradshawguitar]

I promoted the Luxembourg show yesterday, one of their best shows i've seen in a while, incredible setlist, great energy on stage, was really really good, John's tone was sick, was so happy for them to see so many people come out to see them as well and celebrate 40 years, it's nuts, thanks for the rig walkthrough Ola, a lot of us were wondering how he's running things on this run 🙏

[@DiamondDog-u8f]

I must say it’s cool to see an artist actually using his signature amp. Thanks Ola

[@KelvinPit-n6u]

Ola, That rig is just insane I love the fact he uses some older pedals that are still great sounding pedals and the mesa heads are just crazy good anyway great rig rundown Thanks!

[@davidmcleod1760]

Absolute spaceship of a right, I didnt understand half of this but the pedals and guitars, some absolute stunners in that collection.

[@DV8-q6n]

I'm impressed with how clean the rig is. No dust or ketchup fingerprints or coffee stains on anything. Even the cables are dust free. Certainly cleaner than the rig in my kitchen. Yes, I play guitar in my kitchen.😁

[@moomarsguitars]

This tour is the most crushing live guitar tone i've ever heard, totally insane :D

[@AngeloGuardia]

I saw them in Prague few weeks ago, at some point his guitar was too loud in some songs, tbh

[@moomarsguitars]

@AngeloGuardia I caught them in London and it was glorious, I've never the O2 with so much tone in it 😂 only slight downside were the drums were loud enough!

[@Cantstandtherock]

Question, when I was at Radio City in ‘06 JP lost signal before the solo on “UAGM”, they obviously edited that song for the “Score” recording but I never heard the story of what happened. If you watch the DVD during the first verses and chorus you can see MP looking over to stage left like “Whats up with the guitar?” And JP was off stage for a pretty long time and right before the solo he walked back out and the guitar was working. It was wild. Also in NYC on TOT the entire PA went off during “This Dying Soul”. I was front row and could hear stage volume but the PA was off for about ten or fifteen seconds. Live music really is LIVE!

[@tgstk2]

you got to premier what a lotttttttttt of sites would have love to be doing..showing the DT / JP rig rundown!! well done sir!! so awesome to witness this journey of yours..been following for your years.. and you're really a household/known name within the whole music industry! TAK!

[@justinlim7557]

He’s the final boss of all of guitar techs in the world. His rigs are like the rolls Royce rigs. So neat and clean

[@elevenAD]

Dude the Red Nebula and that satin red Majesty have me drooling!

[@dvalica86]

Majestic rig

[@marvinzimmermann_]

What a beautiful rig. Matty is such a professional!

[@highgainterritory]

Really nice tobe able to peek into such a rig. Thanks for the video!

[@DoppiaVoce]

“It’s pretty simple”

[@mixolydiano8954]

The old school Baritones are a bucket list item.

[@imJMB]

So good. Thanks for sharing this special behind the scenes interaction, Ola!

[@aleflaviobr]

Another great one from Ola! And Matthew is SUCH a nice and insanely talented guy!

[@liorauf]

Anazing! Thank you for this incredible video! 🤘❤️

[@aandc2005]

Ola I remember watching your show from the very beginning when you did it from your living room with Day the Earth stood still poster in the background and now look at you you're interview the greatest guitar players on the planet and going back stage to check out petrucci's incredible gear set up.. one of my very favorites btw! keep the great work your channel kicks ass!👍🎸🤘

[@jaycswift4751]

That was awesome! Thank you!

[@ドリフト180X]

Those Boogie JP2C amps sound awesome. They have a heavy sound but it’s not that muddy kind of heavy you get from some other amps out there. They have a good clarity to them.

[@Dricksus]

the purple nebula legitimately is my dream guitar. everytime I see it I die a little inside haha

[@tel5690]

I knew Matty would explain it all. Crazy rig double for everything. 20 guitars(wow) Good to see the 2290 back in the rack. Fractal of course.

[@TheSason666]

So why Fractal is not good enough to replace that 2290 ???!!!

[@simeossi]

@@TheSason666 tbh nothing sounds like the og 2290, the closest is the pedal which I have and it sounds magnificent. The rack still sounds better due to ad/da converters and other stuff.

[@shawnok1]

What a great thing to wake up to this morning! Thanks, Ola

[@crackedsystem2158]

John petrucci, the God of guitar🎸

[@lookingbehind6335]

The true gods of guitar are with god already.

[@crackedsystem2158]

@@lookingbehind6335 true that

[@merqury5]

The sound was particularly great this tour. Really noticed it. Also I noted they fubared the punch of the kick. Many crowds report this. We heard it,but gutless

[@audisentor]

Matthew is an exelent thech. I love the clean, perfectly organized setup.

[@gregorysleeth1792]

Great video Ola, a lot of eye 👁 candy with the amps and guitars.

[@gardhul]

Those guitars and stuff are immaculate wow

[@canman87]

9:20 "The favorite is still the Purple Nebula..." I totally get it! I have barely played any other guitar since I got my 7-string version in 2020. Seriously, nothing compares. When I ordered it over the phone with Sweetwater, the dude helping me was like, "WOW, that is a beautiful guitar!" I don't know that he'd ever seen it before, but with how limited a release there was altogether (150 6-string, 50 7-string) that doesn't surprise me.

[@RickCopleyPhillyUSA]

Epic rig tour, dude !!

[@1eyejackffs934]

I love it, someone's playing Up in Smoke in the background.

[@cainm8808]

Dam thats a hell of a rig.A lot going on there

[@steve1982n]

Majestic gear 🤩 thanx Ola 👍

[@8varium5]

I saw JP with MP on JP's solo tour. It was amazing to hear those cabinets go directly to my ears on the first row. It is indeed really loud. Anyways, I was taken aback when I tried to say hi to Matty because he gave me the meanest look, but then I thought: this is his workplace, I am definitely the asshole here. If you get to see this, I am really sorry Matty. Thank you Ola for sharing this.

[@hartlee1160]

Bout time more people do the rigrundowns. Awesome

[@alexsandroaraujofreitas5145]

Wow, just sick!! The most hilarious part, do we have a 7 strings in black for the mirror? No? Can we get one? Few days later. Done. Wow, bless :-) what a nice rig, every time I think I am getting closer, something change 😂😂

[@lesliehollands2689]

00:53 Up in smoke, that's where my money goes. In my lungs and sometimes up my nose.

[@Crunch104]

What's done to eliminate ground loop hum running Stereo? Awesome setup!!!!!!!!!!

[@joaoracy]

So cool! Great job!

[@williamscolaro1159]

I set a personal record in click speed on this one

[@EggsiLog22]

all I understand is the guitar tuner setup :D what a majesty of loop it is!

[@ivorharden]

It's nice to see some valve amps being used live.

[@thisisnotforalltosee1875]

Yeah, I was expecting 'the Mesa's are just to push air, most of the tone comes from the Axe Fx!' 😁

[@derzasekolahdidd]

The video I‘ve been looking for

[@TheCyberMantis]

The rig of a wizard. When money is no object. Complex rig. Only a true wizard should have a rig like this.

[@typangtv]

Here's the electric guitar signal chain without the switcher stuff: wireless, rack wah, Keeley compressor, Maxon/Fortin overdrive, Keeley California Girls 12-string simulator, TC Dreamscape flanger, MXR EVH phase 90, Boss Dimension c waza, TC Viscous Vibe, (signal splits here to dual mono), TWO MXR chorus pedals each feeding their own Mesa Boogie JP2C amp. Effects loop of both amps (L and R) go into a mixer and these effects come back into mixer channels in parallel: TC 2290 for delay or flanger, Axe FX for delays/harmonizer, TC 2290 pedal (as backup) and Boss SDE-3000 EVH delay. Mixer output to JP2C effects returns.

[@stiffmeister0hYeah]

I also wrote it all down! good job.

[@typangtv]

@ I’m not surprised he’s no longer using the Mimiq. I used one about 7 years ago for the double-tracking vibe and it just felt too loose. I’ve tried all kinds of stereo widening things (chorus, dc2w, detune, stereo reverb, etc) but I hadn’t thought of two parallel choruses!

[@josephfigueroa3527]

I'm curious as to why he uses a mixer to do all that.

[@typangtv]

@ probably because the analog signal path with effects mixed in parallel has less (no) latency and sounds better

[@MKRISING75]

He says the 2290 does a 7 millisecond split what does that do kinda like a wider effect like detune? Dual mono is what he is doing what is the difference between that and stereo? This stuff is fascinating 🤟🏻

[@SimmoPlaysGuitar]

Real amps , real cabs and racks are back baby 🤘

[@matthewduncan9405]

John gets paid to play them though. Plus he has a financial incentive to sell these. Most young bands are skipping over them unless they get lucky enough to get sponsored.

[@josephfigueroa3527]

​@matthewduncan9405 I'm pretty sure he doesn't get paid to play them. He gets a royalty per signature item that gets sold. I think young bands gravitate away from big rigs due to the fact that most of them don't have a van to haul their shit.

[@balmain2496]

THAT ANNIVERSARY MAJESTY IS MAJESTIC

[@Nick-72]

W😎W......Will be Enough one Majesty and one Mesa Head to me 🥺🥺🥺 ... Amazing Rig ...Great Guitar Tech ... And Shooted with a Really Nice Camera , details are really great

[@michelmetal666]

I have one Line 6 Vetta II HD, works great .... 🤣

[@driftless7134]

Man, that rig is bananas.

[@anibalresendezpulido]

What camera you used there? Amazing footage, thank you

[@martindoyon6470]

Are the new white guitar picks in Tortex it seems will be available by Dunlop?

[@gianfrixmg]

RIP Framptone A/B box. Teach angels in heaven how to switch guitars inputs. Maddi's rig tours will never be the same.

[@Ferpero]

If i ever had enough money to spend i will buy that Mesa head.IMO the best Mesa head ever.

[@Sunny_Bonez]

MADDI!!! when are those fancy TRS splitters coming back in stock on reverb? ;) ps. Ola love your work mate as always. from Australia :)

[@efezakirov8544]

10 seconds is diabolical stalking. Nice video Ola!

[@JamesRussoMillas]

Love that he is using a 2290 but not for delay 😂

[@hamtheman222]

Thank you!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@bretttrommler756]

OMG... that red nebula Majesty.... wow...

[@samstrolia]

Got that rig set up like a hard drive raid config! Gotta love the redundancy.

[@elenkos]

Amazingly complex! my question is: does it sound better/different than a simple/optimized setup… can you tell the difference?? never been on a DT concert..

[@FriedEggsandJellyfish]

Over $40k in guitars on stage, man that's a dream. Plus that rig is nuts! Curious as to why he uses a Axe Fx when there is basically every stomp pedal needed on another rack? I'm just a broke bedroom rocker with a helix so this is so intriguing and inspiring to me. Love this kind of content Ola, please keep doing these :)

[@geovannivm]

Man if you got Helix you could be a lot worse! Lol… I believe the Axe FX does harmonizers or any other stuff that the pedals don’t. But I understand… the amps, wah and pedal rack itself would be a killer rig

[@LiraLab]

Last time I heard about John petrucci's rig it was able to control the temperature of the sun...

[@tnourse]

That's quite the setup! 🤘👍

[@PrisonerInGlass]

This is a total throwback to Adam02. Ola's voice at the beginning sounds like a pitch corrected version of those vids 🤣

[@Bjornsguitarspecials]

Love this! Insane rig

[@tomeve3051]

I almost lost it when I saw the same Mxr Chorus I have being used in Petrucci's rig 😮

[@HandOfMetal]

Man... That new silver Majesty looks so damn cool.

[@manuelaguilar8060]

That carbon fibre cover is lit.

[@flashanddancedj]

Matty is such a humble guy

[@ConstantineM]

Looks complicated, but guys were sitting there and tweaking this for YEARS. Same with my presets in Helix. By first look it looks crazy and complicated, but if you take a time, you'll understand that this is not complicated, this is just stuff, that I need to use and was tweaking this for a long time.

[@garylayton5719]

The 2290 is back!!!! ❤

[@Jam_Gordon]

Wasn't expecting the 2290 in there! Funny how rack stuff seems to be making a bit of a return again.

[@erikondrums]

Great video! Will you do a gear rundown with Portnoy as well?

[@alex0589]

i kept nodding so he doesnt know he lost me around the first minute

[@jamesellams]

So it's just a simple rig.... Here's the £16,000 worth of heads.....😂

[@JimDewdGuitars]

Hearing Matty explain this rig is like listening to quantum Physics.

[@warter]

so clean!

[@440hzguitar]

One day I hope Petrucci unveils his personal entire collection. He’s got to have a warehouse of guitars and gear….possibly called heaven

[@justletmepostthis276]

Some people see things that way. It's just material Hoarding, lol.

[@truescotsman4103]

I've been running two heads and two cabinets with a rack and a huge pedalboard for about 30 years. I moved to a loop switcher on my pedalboard a few years ago. I've recently put together a compact pedalboard with the bare minimum and no switcher. IMO it just sounds better. I have 6 pedals in a chain in front of the amp and 2-3 in the loop. I sounds better and I get autofeedback at low volume. It's really so much better I'm probably going to sell my ES-8 or just us it as a controller and run all of my front pedals on the floor and midi to control my rack stuff and pedals in the rack.

[@kepinkepet916]

thanks for sharing this

[@johan.svensson]

Renaste rigg jag någonsin sett.

[@HarleyCampbell79]

I get Dream Theater in Colorado on my birthday. March 6th.Hell yeah.