Mike Gordon's Phish 2024 Bass Rig Tour (HD)

[@patrickhunter]

What an absolutely incredible setup, thank yall so much for the in depth breakdown!!!

[@dmtLMT5925]

So fucking cool. Sometimes it’s hard to know which person is making which sound, this helped me realize Mike does so many sounds I though Trey was playing

[@mmabuff101]

Me too! I thought it was page! Lol

[@dannygold2882]

I love this about the band, in a jam when that's happening it's the good stuff.

[@rockguitarist931]

Sometimes I can't tell whether Trey hit "octave down" on the Whammy pedal or Mike is just getting a little vocal with his phrasing.

[@rudimentsofkev]

What you're describing is muddiness. And this "sonic soup" style jamming is part of why their music has lost any sort of interest or fascination for me.

[@dannygold2882]

@@rudimentsofkev The separation in the mix has been good on summer tour after they ditched on stage amps (especially Mike). It was definitely getting muddy last year with the short scale bass, but going back to a 34" helped that. They're definitely into a lot of synth sounds recently, but I don't think it's been muddy. When everyone has a lot of effects unless you listen to them A LOT it can be heard to tell if a synth part is octave down on guitar, Mike's right, or Page on an actual synth.

[@walkalittle]

What a rare treat to be living in an era where Phish started, developed, and molded their craft to become the most alternative alternative to their peers and other more recent music industry acts. Having said that, Mike must be protected at all costs! Thanks for the intriguing tour of your sounds and how they are made Mike. There is no Phish without each of these individuals. Power on!

[@puite68]

agree

[@lancehardy42]

This is hands down the most wildest and funnest bass rig I have ever seen 😂 the cat pedal is a must have

[@rpheerema]

‘My bandmate Trey’ 😂 thanks for the clarification. Mike is a national treasure

[@Improvise1013]

He had to make sure we knew they kept it strictly business

[@spencergudeman8695]

This is a legendary comment😂😂

[@vlada]

I wish he explained what instrument this band mate played.

[@stevenkidd6761]

Always wondered who that daywalker was👽💨

[@JacqueCuratola]

😂😂😂

[@Dizzydre21]

Thanks to the band and crew for posting these. I like to geek out on the gear as much as the tunes and it's great seeing what's going on in what I'd consider a fairly complex sound system. I couldn't imagine playing without speakers on the stage. Please do a tour of Trey's rig!!

[@markkarwan9360]

I’ve enjoyed Mike’s quirky sense of humor since the Doniac Schvice days. All the love bass brother!

[@ZachSpearplaysguitar]

Woo! Would love one for Fishman!

[@TFT-bp8zk]

Fish hit drum with stick

[@panicmosem5969]

​@@TFT-bp8zk repeat

[@i8fish]

He did one a few years ago if you haven’t seen it yet.

[@jonn443]

​@@i8fish, he's completely changed his kit since that video. He's now using a N&C 5 piece, a Titanium Dunnette 14x6.5 snare, and a mix of Paiste and Zildjian cymbals (with a Paiste Ride).

[@CircleThreeDesigns]

This is super informative and impressive!

[@thomasfioriglio]

My brain has exploded. Wow, is that a lot of options. Very cool that he's shared this. Great to see a behind the curtain look at a bass rig.

[@andrewmellinger5770]

Thank you for giving us a little Access Mikey. You rock. Love you guys❤️

[@LyteSydeShill]

Mikes bass sound this summer, in particular at The Woodlands during Mondegreen, was so absolutely superb. Earth shaking beauty. Cactus on fire 🌵 🔥

[@isaacchura141]

Sphere and Mondegreen were the best live bass sounds I've ever heard

[@ribracktv543]

Mondegreen bass was the best thing ever. Bombs literally all week

[@Sylla-Cybin]

Cynthia Woods?

[@atquinn1975]

That's a really awesome setup!

[@lukehyre1383]

Mikes the fuckin man. Me and my buddy actually ran into him outside of the venue at Grand Rapids this past summer. Had a nice quick interaction with him and told him good show. Dude is for sure one of my favorite bassists.

[@timdanyo898]

Mike’s a joyfully creative fellow for sure.

[@solidgroundmusic]

1000 times better than the last rigrundown for Mike. I laughed, I cried, I learned

[@mattclark07]

Love how much he’s enjoying this.

[@dunnright00]

The Tascam recorder is brilliant!!

[@hpband]

To see your rig has just changed my life

[@danielhigginbotham7207]

This is one of the coolest videos I have ever seen

[@patperry7889]

Right on... very cool. Glad you put this together to give us an update... love the sound you make and continue to refine

[@B-E-Z]

Thanks mike! Source audio 🙌🏻 artifakt is so killer love mine so much

[@timwilsdon5361]

Fantastic production design on this video!

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

Just saw them at MSG for NYE and it's good to know a lot of the effects I was hearing were coming from Mike which I had thought were from Page or Trey until I watched this. I'm glad he keeps tweaking his rig because it just keeps getting better. Some of those new effects really breathed new life into classics.

[@tonybahama6817]

Sent to my daughter, who plays bass in 3 bands. When the kids were little we’d listen to Phish while driving. “My friend, my friend he has a knife”…yeah I’m twisted, but they turned out awesome!

[@AndrewJDuddy]

Mike is such an incredible bass player. I find myself listening for him more all the time. I can't believe how much gear he has now.

[@maisonwolfe1890]

Great stuff! I love ending it with the drill! 🔥🎸

[@MugpushFunk]

You are witness to the future of Live BASS! Mike Gordon is in a league of his own sonically. WOW!!

[@billybethel]

this was great! thanks Mike!

[@cowslaw]

lol the emergency tissue box, Mike is so great haha

[@tramer76]

The Chim Chim is my fav! Mike is a total bass legend!

[@puite68]

HAAAAAA!!!!!!!! best rig rundown ever. i f'n love this guy.

[@TommyBaysMusic]

Thank you Mike! I always love seeing how the rig evolves and listening to you talk about it.

[@Andriig75]

Unbelievable rig , thank you, Mike

[@boofsnooker]

I can’t describe how excited I was for this to come out, Mike you are hilarious, best rig tour yet

[@davidmowry484]

He is like a kid l, so happy and proud of his stuff…thanks Mike! Very informative, and fun to see you having fun…

[@PhaedkrK]

thank you Mike, been a fan for decades but I'm always interested in learning more about how y'all do what you do!

[@deejkeithanmusic]

We didn't deserve this video. Thanks, Mike.

[@gregmcveigh9966]

Fantastic video. I learned a lot.

[@isaacburdiss]

Best rig video

[@joelchristopher1425]

Huge fan love phish and it's great to get a peek behind the curtain.

[@zachz2333]

Thanks Mike! That was awesome.

[@Andriig75]

Happy New Year, Mike and crew

[@bobwiegers]

saw this playing on the screens at MSG during intermission the other night. awesome tour. thanks Mike (and band, and team) for all the grooves and inspiration!!

[@19Bearsfansince79]

Yeah bruhhhh!!! Did you find the headiest nugs in the lot bruh?!?!!?! 😜

[@timcassidy9619]

Mike is an excellent teacher. I don't play bass or guitar, but got a lot out of that.

[@johnhoyos9905]

Doooood. Can't wait for tonight!

[@HangedMunchkinTruther]

The climax of one of the greatest years in phishtory What a fucking beautiful year this has been: Gamehendge, The Sphere, my first run started on my 19th birthday at legendary Deer Creek (YEM on a Friday😮), Billy fucking Strings at the next run of shows, all around one of the greatest summers the boys ever gave and now we're having a slick new year's eve Perfect band

[@thrilhous]

These videos are fantastic, like the one you did with Trey, keep them coming with the rest of the bandmates.

[@picassomooon]

That was awesome. I’m so glad I watched this.

[@davidb3271]

Thank you Mr. Gordon.

[@thepodcasthaven]

Love the customization, lotta unique stuff!

[@scottpitner4298]

Hell yeah! Thanks Mike :)

[@roggae]

Thank you Mike. That was really fun and informative.

[@thunderhead1969]

Gordo has been on absolute fire all year.

[@deankustas639]

Thanks Mike. I love it!

[@sharnoldpapa7339]

Great video!

[@kevinmartin7354]

I had the pleasure of sitting in Lynch's Irish Pub in Jacksonville Beach one night with Mike , Donovan Frankenreiter and Grundy (Donovan's bass player) just drinking and talking. It was a great night and an experience I'll never forget.

[@tombadil64]

Love you Mr Gordon! You're the best. Thanks for everything over the years, truly! Happy New Years!!

[@BrentGarcia-vb7dx]

If i were near you, I wouldn't be far from you!! Can't wait til the summer. I miss the time of winter tours..

[@HangedMunchkinTruther]

There's nothing like the summer tour tho

[@johnstallings4049]

Mike you cracked me up with your 'Cat Sound' effect & the Fishman invention! Thanx for being chill like that! 🩵🌎🩵

[@robertolson9554]

right on! great video.. Mikes the man!

[@billysapp5582]

That's cute Mike, the little picking sounding cool, showing a sound feature.

[@RyanKuebel]

the doohicky blows my mind. So awesome.

[@gotoAndPlay69311]

Daaamn, that made my day!

[@sadboi7537]

Mike basically has a super mini “Wall of Sound” underneath him with the different strings reverberating whenever hit and the “mute” pad is identical to Bob’s Persian rug “gate” setup in 78’ when not standing on it in front of the mic it cuts it off. Very nice, Mike

[@MikeP2055]

Wow! That's a lot of stuff to keep track of AND remember how the songs go. I've been drumming for 30 years and can barely sing two bars of backup vox whilst playing. 😆 I loved the chim chim effect so much. Damn, that was pretty. His "doohickey" was a clever solution for It's Ice.

[@JustinWilson01]

Very nice. Can we please please please get a full rundown of what Fishman is using? Would love to see his kit and what cymbals he's using currently

[@stich21]

I’m not a musician but this was fascinating. I really would love to see the set up for Trey, Paige, Fishman, and Chris as well.

[@spuddougherty7860]

This is just so interesting. For the most part I have no idea what he's talking about but it's friggin amazing! Kaboom 👊

[@treyphan420]

Fascinating!

[@koreycain7263]

I love Mike I want hang out with him for few hours it’d be a blast I’m certain 🙌🏼

[@kdubatx1]

Awesome

[@joek81981]

I literally shouted, "What?!?" to the magnetic extra frets. Unbelievable.

[@davidpomm]

Well shit. This really disrupts my “plug bass into amp” philosophy

[@MarkKramKarmVI]

SO Great for SO Long🎉✨️🎸Mike😊

[@beewsee]

This is so good!

[@Tyler53Durden]

Love seeing his effects! Would’ve loved to see how he uses chase bliss onward. Now I want the H90

[@TWebs11-11]

Time to geek out! I love these videos! The "meow-dulator" is awesome! Thank you for this vid! ( Isn't it pronounced "moge" but spelled moog?)

[@jada90]

virtual wammy bar is sick, what a great invention

[@DaringDan]

Sprinkling in the Chim Chim.

[@GeorgeGeo]

Love this

[@kimwickens4367]

This is awesome! Informative and a comedy act 😂. You're killing it with this rig, fo sho!

[@Al_G]

Necessary 👏👏👏

[@alvarhanso6310]

What's insane is how many Bass Rig videos Mike has done, and how much he changes things (usually adding pedals, and not taking out the old ones). This is interesting with the lack of speakers. Phil Lesh would be horrified. 😂 Thanks, Mike! ETA: nice to see the Source Audio Artifakt has joined the crew! And still prefer the Modulus, and you proved why again in that little demo, especially when needing to add the "doohickey", instead of just using a 24 fret 5 string. Seem to be violating Occam's Razor there... 😂😂😂

[@panicmosem5969]

How do they keep up with all those pedals?? My friend is always adding and rearranging his setup, always has something new. It's hard enough just playing the instrument 😂😂

[@alvarhanso6310]

@panicmosem5969 practice and patience. I've had up to 17 pedals on my boards, now "just" 10, but a more complicated set up with MIDI and such. One of the keys is exploring a multi effects pedal and figuring out what things you like to help your sound. For Phil, it was EQ units and knobs on his basses, so a simpler (still complex) setup. Gordo has been a bass effects pioneer, and the guy I've taken inspiration from for my boards, though I also don't have a grand to plunk down on an Akai Deep Impact or Lovetone Meatball, luckily Source Audio makes digital pedals where you can emulate many of the other pedals, and get lots more versatility and 128 presets on most of them. The presets and choosing of those can be the biggest stumbling block to that instant creativity, because you do have to search and think about the next one while improvising. I have used the MIDI Controller to set up sequences of patches of presets by a setlist, but that locks me into sounds, which feels limiting. Having a bass tech would certainly help. 😀 But it's a lot of fun to have such a wide palette of sounds available at your toe tips, though there are challenges for sure. Another big key: rehearse and practice with the effects. How they sound alone, and how they sound in a band mix are not the same thing at all, especially with bass. Overdrive and reverb tend to suck out fundamental depth, and as a bass player you need to keep that depth, so, for me I do 2 amps, one with effects, the other clean.

[@haydenblanford4272]

Thank you I’ve been dying to know how Mike does the bombs now that the bass pedals are gone.

[@isaacchura141]

16:09

[@ajgameboy]

17:59 well we had it right in front of our faces and we all missed it

[@firstube]

Mike rules

[@StepAudio]

Amazing rig! I hear Riff-Step at 16:00 :)

[@RobertKeeleyTV]

Yer 100% awesome Mike.

[@atamagashock]

I was wondering what Mike was standing on?! I said to my buddy the stage looks so clean. Had a blast on Saturday…See ya again on NYE… sitting Mike Side in 110, can’t wait

[@BrentGarcia-vb7dx]

People for a louder Mike made a difference!!

[@davey0110]

Explaining the new minkin is awesome

[@jackispax1633]

OMG The Meowdulator... I love you Mike

[@darkstar4214]

that shirt, tho. amazing. nice rig, too

[@rbjax2001]

Dang need an updated fishman drumset overview

[@gr8fullfred]

Interesting the riser is actually a speaker/transducer. The mic mute system was used by the Grateful Dead 30 years ago.

[@mammatus77]

"I'm a cat lady."

[@jordanchiaruttiniREALTOR]

Mike said yes.

[@fanbladeinstruments]

A remote arm for a whammy pedal. I will be thinking about that for weeks. Eventually I'll cave and try to build one. Thank you.

[@peekonsandy2773]

home made synth sound 🔥

[@billysunday7507]

A whammy on a bass....yes