Worlds MOST EXPENSIVE Guitar Rigs

[@madmannc]

I was tech crew for a GenAxe show a few years back. Malmsteens amp rig was twelve 4x12 cabs and 25 Marshall heads. Most were JCM heads and cabs that were on loan from Marshall and turned on all day to "glow". His actual rig was two Marshall YJM Heads and two Marshall YJM cabs (one on each side of the rig). Everything else was for show. And it took most the longest of all the rigs to set up. FUN FACT: I got there at 8am and Yngwie was wearing his stage outfit all day, his soundcheck took the longest, he was doing the tricks and kicking picks out to an empty crowd during soundcheck, treated his tech like garbage, and ate the most McDonalds I have ever seen anyone eat.

[@baguxtte]

ngl i love even more now that I know this

[@heret1c385]

yep sounds like him

[@williamhiles7404]

Except for Trump on the McDonalds. Hahaha. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@BataraKado]

when you get the mcdonalds part you can see the truth in this story lol

[@user-fb2jb3gz1d]

No wonder he smelled like cheeseburgers when I met him

[@nayr87]

Now do a cheapest rigs for the most famous pros!!!

[@KDH]

That’s actually a really good idea!

[@Victimesty]

Great idea! That would be inspiring for the guitarists of all ages and money situations.

[@deadshot4245]

@@KDH nita strauss a boss gt-1000

[@joeydurant6267]

@@deadshot4245 wait .... Is this a really well timed dark joke cuz that's all she has currently? or was that actually part of her rig that got stolen?

[@deadshot4245]

@@joeydurant6267 she generally just used a multi effects board because why carry around a bunch of heavy equipment when the modelers today are so close its nominal difference vs weight

[@premierguitar]

Too rich for our blood! Nice work on the video, KDH!

[@ts4gv]

nice dude

[@oklahormoan]

Eddie’s pedalboard and backline being mostly his actual endorsed products is pretty cool.

[@ryanturner3930]

The fact that Eddie knew exactly what he wanted and how to get it speaks volumes of the products that were produced by those companies. The original 5150 is a legend in metal circles, not to mention his guitar, pedals and rack gear.

[@wariat71]

And it's not really that expensive and rather simple gear-wise, he just had a lot of amps and cabinets.

[@maxjjk]

I remember reading an article in some magazine (Guitarist maybe?) about the design process for the original USA EVH Wolfgang. It was very clear that Eddie wanted the guitars in production to be exactly what he needed on the road. Everything bulletproof and made to his specs, no mods necessary. The friction of the volume and tone pots. The gear ratio of the tuners. The orientation of the switch. The thickness of the finish. The position of the bridge pickup to within 1/32 of an inch. It all had to be perfect so that if you handed him one off the rack and told him to do a world tour with it, he could.

[@butchlauer]

The Bonnamossa irony was so very well played, what an eye opener of a video for sure.

[@Ycjedi]

@Richard Harrold Yeah most people probably couldn't even afford the insurance riders needed to have that kind of museum quality equipment

[@waynetowers5046]

@Richard Harrold Well, I doubt he paid a single penny for every bit of gear he has.

[@jfnarmour]

@@waynetowers5046 wild take, bud.

[@thepedalreview]

@@waynetowers5046 He paid for those Dumbles because Alexander Dumble refused to build him an amp because Dumble didn’t like Joe’s playing. Same story with John Mayer.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@thepedalreview Dumble was a strange dude.

[@RDHamel]

Malmsteen takes a direct feed off a line 6 spider. That’s how he gets that signature sound. The amps behind him are inkjets of a jpeg he’s got off Google stuck on a cereal packet.

[@VashStarwind]

LOL

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Yes, that glorious Line 6 tone to die for really brings the mustard doesn't it?

[@OliverAmberg]

Malmsteen: 2985 cabinets - one speaker is miked. Can it get more Spinal Tap? 😂

[@geezberry8889]

less is more

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

That look was the pure definition of “p*nis rock*

[@handicappedhoods]

In his defence, back in the day PA gear wasn’t great and that amount of Marshalls helped… in stadiums, 40 years ago. You’d think the sound guy was afraid of putting the gat in the monitors.

[@zoso2850]

Amps go to 11🤷

[@j_freed]

@@geezberry8889 it’s an omnidirectional mic.

[@dimsumchili]

me and my band got the chance to open for yngwie a little less than a year from now, he took the LONGEST sound check and my band barely even got any time to set up, as we were loading our gear in i looked behind the huge marshal wall and literally EVERY single amplifier that was there was a dummy amp. I don’t remember if all the cabinets were fake ones as well , but from what i was able to tell i only saw maybe 2-3 amps actually plugged in.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Wait, but not plugged in isn't the same as a dummy. A dummy amp or cab is just, like, a wood facade with no real components, speakers etc. inside. Is dummy really what you meant or were they just not running?

[@dimsumchili]

@@mrcoatsworth429 yeah i meant to say there were 2-3 actual amps that were functioning, rest were all just hollowed out in the back with no real components

[@EvelynAutumnMusic]

Confirmed, I've roadied for him. Hes got like 8 real cabs and 4 heads.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

@@dimsumchili did he eat your donuts or the whole deli tray???

[@Dudemandude007]

Interesting…when my band opened for him all his amps were real. Only 4 connected tho. And he doesn’t t like Fkin donuts.

[@davidyoung3227]

i had no idea there were $190k amp heads out there. Thats depressing. Great video.

[@ChrisP3000x]

"depressing"?

[@clem1776]

@@ChrisP3000x spending almost 200k just to sound a little bit different is quite depressing, if you ask me

[@ChrisP3000x]

@@clem1776 you are "depressed" because of an Amp price.

[@clem1776]

@@ChrisP3000x i don't think that would be the only thing that caused it, but it certainly helps 😂

[@ChrisP3000x]

@@clem1776 Amp prices help you become more depressed. You aren't making any sense.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Awesome video! One thing to note: The Angus Young rig in the rundown is the "arena" rig, not the "stadium" which, presumably, is more amps and cabs. However, if I remember correctly, the tech doesn't say how much more stuff the bigger rig has, so it's fair to use the numbers that we do know to be true.

[@clem1776]

shout out to the roadies that managed to get these massive ass stacks on a tour

[@guitarsimon1]

2007 Joe Bonamassa: Everything I use you could buy in Guitar Centre right now. 2022 Joe Bonamassa: Welcome to my touring guitar museum also featuring a blues concert!

[@theprofessorfate6184]

Also Joe Bonamassa: I'm not really a musician or a guitar God, I just play one on stage. Most overhyped dude that ever picked up a guitar.

[@andriealinsangao613]

@@theprofessorfate6184 OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH

[@AIONmogwai]

Should have done David Gilmour's 1994 PULSE rig lol. Its pretty wild.

[@outdoorsanimalsandmusic3014]

I saw Yngwie once. After about ten minutes it was just the same thing over and over again but he definitely had the most sound coming off the stage than I’ve ever heard in my life! I’ve been to hundreds of shows from bars to coliseums

[@williamhiles7404]

You didn't see Led Zeppelin then. They were way louder. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@Pazuzu-]

So you've never been to a Motorhead show.

[@rockinrob1378]

A couple of things you should also consider is the cost to have the rigs designed and built. My company (Rack Systems) built Eddies rig. Rack case, cables and labor etc. And also understand there is always an A and a B rig, so multiply everything by two. We did Joes rig several years ago and his rig was very simple, so his cost was relatively low compared to Eddies rig or someone like Cantrell who has a huge rig.

[@Pladderkasse]

I'm pretty sure David Gilmour would blow everything here out of the water(s). I would love to see a financial research of his rigs over the years from DSOTM tours over Animals (In The Flesh) tour and The Wall shows, to the Division Bell tour in 94. Now THAT would be epic.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

I doubt it. Gilmour doesn't use Dumbles or wretchedly excessive vintage gear, which is where all the expense seems to accumulate. He's using fairly plentiful Hiwatts and not using a lot of them.

[@giacomoneri1782]

Pretty sure he had a quite simple rig back then up to DSOTM, he started to upgrade it from Animals forward. The thing is a lot of the stuff he used back then it's now collectors items so the prices are through the roof. It would be difficult to estimate a realistic price for the time. He basically had the strat, 2x Hiwatt dr103, 2x WEM Starfinder, a fuzz face, a wah, an electric mistress and a Binson Echorec. I don't know if he already had the rotary speaker. If you take like the Pompei live in 2016 then his rig was full of boutique or modded pedals

[@J.C...]

@@chuckschillingvideos you need to watxh these vids. That's NOT where all the cost is.

[@xerodelacroix5552]

Sugizo from Luna Sea has the most expensive rig in the world, and also the biggest. beating out Kevin Shields by a few effects. He's running so many effects that his board is controlled by 3 laptops which are in turn controlled by three separate stage pedalboards. He's also running a full violin rig. All of that is going into at least 5 original 5150's (sometimes 6505's for overseas touring). A friend and I got to about $450,000 before we gave up trying to figure out how much his full rig is actually worth. And that's before the 20 or so ESP Custom Shop guitars he uses, and the one-off ESP Violin.

[@reno145]

Beat mine: $23! $15 for a 50th Anniversary Squier Strat that needed the output Jack resoldered, and a Peavey Rage for $8 at the local swap meet. They even threw in a cable. I just had to snap it up for the fun of it.

[@jimmywrangles]

Excellent deal, especially the free cable.

[@reno145]

@@jimmywrangles I haggled him down from $10, because I only had $8 on me.

[@HeleneLogan]

Gotta love that nearly all the boards included some Boss pedal. Those little tanks are reliable as hell. LOL I was gonna say John Mayer could possibly buy a fixer-upper 2 room house in his hometown for the cost of his rig! Fun aside--we both took lessons from a killer teacher back in the day; but it's pretty obvious which one of us was really paying attention! Hee

[@JM-uw8vz]

And for the price of his watch collection, he could buy an entire mansion lol

[@el0blaino]

Fun video. It’s wild to think of the costs involved but I am glad the audiences get to hear these things. They were built to be played and heard.

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

Trey Anastasio has an insane rig- a whole ton of high-end effects, SEVEN hand-built Langedoc guitars ($10-15,000 EACH), and two Trainwreck amps plus a plethora of other gear.

[@bb_lz9790]

If you watch the Yngwie rig rundown, you see how few amps have cables running to their inputs and when they walk around back, how few speaker cables are involved. It's still a hoot to see live though!

[@waynetowers5046]

I have a vintage Sunn Model T (modded at the time for a UK kettle- type mains plug) which has huge Mercury Magnetics transformers that I bought secondhand in 1998 for... £310. I've only changed out the KT88s maybe three or four times, bias check every now and then. Two Orange (black) 400w 4x12s bought years ago at different times, one bought empty, around £650, the empty one I don't remember but maybe just below £250 & I fitted Weber Gray & Silver Wolfs which were around £100 each. Fender Telecaster 72 Deluxe which has been highly modded, Rubezhal pickups & wiring which were a kind gift, Hipshot open gear tuners £90, Kluson Fender USA style bridge £80(?), £15 Graphtech nut. Pedalboard, varies but maybe around £600 for small/medium sized setup. Yep. All paid for (other than several pedals & pickups which were gifts) through hard 48hrs a week work. Lol.

[@SuicidalGrind]

Ironically I'm pretty sure if you're not picky you could buy a house for all of these total prices, at least in Sweden you can. Crazy to think people will spend this much on amps and heads when most of them aren't even being used on stage and are just there for looks. They only really need one head and amp mic'd up to the PA system of the live show, but they went all out.

[@ChrisP3000x]

It's a relatively small business investment.

[@headwerkn]

God, I remember reading a Dumble review in Guitar Player back in 1994 where people could barely comprehend a new amp for US$5K. Oh how the world’s changed…

[@Ayyem93]

The real question is how does someone who I've never heard a single song of have the most expensive rig?

[@saltpeter7429]

Bonamassa's cool, but I was thinking much the very same thing. His rig is close to half a million? That is EXCLUDING his famous 6 string collection. Joe has no hits. That day and age is over. From what I have gathered, it is fairly hard to make a living in music these days. Angus is Angus. His name is in the dictionary under Rock God.

[@Ayyem93]

@@saltpeter7429 Exactly. Even Yngwie I can understand, but Joe?

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@Mark Stevens He's never had a #1 in the pop charts, which is what counts. Bonamassa has sold less than 150k albums in his LIFETIME. There seriously no earnings stream which could possibly cover what he's spent on gear.

[@davewestner]

Enjoyed it, thanks! Bonamassa's probably gonna see this and feel like he needs to up his pedalboard game. Gotta get to that smooth half mil mark. EDIT: I would love to see a cheapest version.....rock stars only though. Not the local punk rock band at the pub.

[@thelastwildcolonialboy3667]

I'm a harmonica player and I often play through a Line 6 Micro Spider plugged in the desk live. Last night at a local blues jam there was a very seasoned & well oiled blues guitarist with his top of the line Strat, thousands of dollars of pedals and a decent Fender amp. He played some great solos but then I launched in with a good solo as a response and everyone applauded at the end. So with a mic that's about $160, an amp that I paid $160 for and a few harmonicas I created more impression on the audience than a decent guitarist with thousands of dollars of gear.

[@davewestner]

@@thelastwildcolonialboy3667 Yup, it ain't the gear, it's the guy/gal! nice work btw

[@thelastwildcolonialboy3667]

@@davewestner thanks. I'm a harmonica teacher and a sound engineer so I can hear what's going on. I played the spider micro with harmonica and thought "damn, that's a pretty good approximation of a moderately driven valve amp with a lofi harmonica mic plugged in". I mean damn it 95% of the audience cant tell the difference between my amp and a valve amp worth $1000 so for lower profile shows and recordings it makes zero difference. The only people who worry about "sound purity" are purists and they're maybe 2% so they're not that important.

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

Nice to see big players still using budget gear, John Mayer could easily afford a horse model Klon but knows the non horse one still works well enough

[@phillippitts6294]

Joe Bonamassa must have the most expensive.

[@KDH]

Absolutely, and not just one Dumble either

[@grim2710]

A set of signature Joe bonamassa signature Seymour pickups on thomann costs more than most gear I have 😂

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

@@KDH last i seen he had 6 dumbles and who knows how many real bursts.

[@deadshot4245]

@@thejakefromstatefarm6768 there's the Ragin Cajun, Johnny b, snake bite, Lazarus those are a few I can remember off the top of my head. not to mention the dumbles.

[@kitko33]

I remember reading Malmsteen interview from what must be 15-20 years ago when he said that he was using TWO amps / cabinets on stage. Everything else is 'stage furniture'. And that just applies to every rig. NOBODY uses more than a just a handful of speakers despite the wall of speakers.

[@bstoner1300]

Rush uses washing machines (driers?) as a facade, and if I remember right one of them is real! They pulled t shirts out of one in the middle of the concert and threw them into the crowd

[@andreaspedersen3952]

Very possible. Remember having the live from leningrad video, and in the end he did tear down 2 of the racks, and they were hollow.

[@n.penston8341]

The Edge's guitar rig is a full time job

[@bobdickweed]

Delay peddles till the cows come home

[@williamdistasio9358]

Wait, what? (Wait ,what...wait, what...wait what...wait what...wait what.... ;)

[@deadshot4245]

dotted 8th is really the most important to me that bouncy vibe is the best part

[@bobdickweed]

@Richard Harrold rack units of Delays

[@castleanthrax1833]

@@bobdickweed Pedals. 😂😂😂

[@amirkhalid5449]

Nice. And which guitar heroes have budget live rigs that use only The Gear of The Common Folk? That too might make an interesting video. I see the suggestion has already been made. I heartily second it.

[@BryanSteacy]

Hey man, love your videos. I have one suggestion though. When you're showing the price breakdown of each pedal/amp section, you should keep the final amount out of it until after you've gone though everything. I appreciate that anyone who can do basic maths would just be able to add it up on the fly, but for casual viewers the big reveal is a bit more exciting and it would probably keep people hooked. Anyways, again, love the videos and nothing I just mentioned ruined the video for me.

[@doc_matter]

100% I literally was feeling this!!!!

[@johnd5398]

It's a rig video, not a fucking drama flick. Keep it the way it is.

[@BryanSteacy]

@@johnd5398 found the dude that can't do the maths on the fly 😂

[@davidjoel111]

Now I get why Joe B charges so much for tickets!

[@bhcamaro2002]

$218,980 that's alot of donuts!

[@KDH]

🍩🍩🍩

[@dunk3793]

60k subs Well done KDH. Thank you for yet another fantastic vid, loving your content. More please!

[@jjjohny_a5965]

i have to go back to 1983 kiss show up in your local town with easly 1 1/2 storys of marshall 4x12 both sides of the stage note half of them where unloaded but still i never so much on one stage

[@scatered1]

I just watched your recent video of expensive rigs last night while playing Max Payne 3 on Xbox and here I am, uploaded 10 minutes ago at the time I clicked on it, a new video on even more expensive ones while you're wearing an Xbox shirt and I am once again playing Max Payne 3 on Xbox. Not too crazy of a coincidence but I enjoyed the connection anyways 😆

[@emmineffin]

Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine’s pedalboards are completely insane. If this was a contest for effects alone, I submit that he would win.

[@brandonharris9160]

Most definitely. This comment is underrated

[@daved2352]

I'd love to see if any of these guys could tell the difference between their rigs, especially the complex ones with a bunch of different amps, and a good kemper profile of them.

[@JohnDoe-vr9bj]

I think it's a forgone conclusion that at least 95% of their fans wouldn't be able to hear the difference. These rigs are penis extensions.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

You're absolutely right - BUT don't forget that in the case of Bonamassa and Mayer, at least 75% of their audience are gear geezers who aren't even going to listen to the show but drool over the gear.

[@stratolestele7611]

The players? I 100% guarantee they would know/have known, the difference. The audience? Doubtful they would know the difference. That said, I've seen big shows and have noticed shows with everything from poor to amazing tone. Maybe their stage tone is terrific, but what reaches the audience can vary greatly.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@stratolestele7611 Don't forget the role of the sound guy(s) in setting levels and EQ's of the audience sound.

[@garyeggleton1142]

@@chuckschillingvideos you are wrong

[@NoirL.A.]

a great idea fer new vid: do one on players who used to have rigs that could set off cruise missles but then totally stripped it down and sounded every bit as good after doing so. first two examples that come to mind are TONY IOMMI and THE EDGE.

[@scottbogfoot]

Couldn't yngwie be daisy chaining some of the amps heads? 😃 id be interested to hear what road/flight cases cost(roughly) and a bit about how much miscellaneous stuff bands have like cables, straps, picks, all the little crap.

[@coalfacechris1336]

As for the cases and misc. stuff, double the rig cost with standard (non-dumble/Klon) gears.

[@terryroth428]

Hmmmm....and back in 1968 with a band, I played a Fender Bandmaster 2 X 12 with a wah pedal and "fuzzbox'. That was it. Also reverb and tremolo on the amp. Simpler times but still great sound, no hiding behind all the effect pedals today. You had to basically play it out.

[@brandonyip4570]

I think EVH is only using 3 of the speaker cabinets in wet dry wet configuration. The dry cabinet is hooked up to one 5150 head (the other 6 are backups…he never had to use them). The wet cabinets are powered by an H&H power amp; which is fed line level from the dry head through the effects. Cheers!

[@camerakungfu]

In 2001 I was working at a music store and sold Yngwie an amp head... it wasn't a Marshall. It wasn't even a tube amp. It was a Fender Stage 100.

[@todd-1]

No freakin way all those amps are real. Transporting that across the country to play small theaters wouldnt be feasible. Most likely hollowed out props. But he can prove me wrong anytime by pluging in each head, one by one!

[@T4gProd]

I still nominate Robert Fripp here. I once saw his rig in a G3 show. Didn't see the man though, he was hidden behind the rig that was the size of a shed.

[@coalfacechris1336]

Wasn't he running 4 x Eventide H-8000FW's and 4 x Eclipse'? Think H-8000fw's new were like $5k each new, then all of the other gear involved. Another interesting one would be John Petrucci's early noughties setup - the huge double rack, with 3 x Mesa MkiiC+'s. Some of Steve Steven's setups from back in the day, as well. Reason I suggest these is their gear isn't unobtanium like the JoBo's and Mayer's.

[@0megalul309]

@@coalfacechris1336 slowly becoming unobtainium.

[@afrenchydownunder]

Ben Harper's might be worth having a look too. He has/had Dumbles too, and other oddities and rarities...

[@rorybninetythree]

Would be cool to see a cheapest rig relative to size of act kind of video ... although you'd probably just be telling us about a bunch of people that use modellers/kempers at that point!

[@NedJeffery]

Every modern metal band. AxeFX3, $2,499.99

[@300rivers7]

I nearly choked when I saw the price of Bonamassa's rig. Holy smokes! Saw him live for the first time about a year or so ago. His skill level makes me think of Derek Trucks. Two guys that can make a guitar do math problems.

[@garyeggleton1142]

you and I both....those are 2 of the most gifted guitar players with what they do, and the Joe B haters dont listen close enough to realize it

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Great video. Lots of research.

[@narvul]

Not really sure about the pricing but EvH definitely paid to his Dutch ancestry. Having Dumbles in your gear sure does add. Saw a used ODS combo 40 years ago in a shop and it was priced a whopping 2.500 guilders (1.200 EUR now). Nobody was interested except for one who bought it, that's a happy person now.

[@craigphillips3154]

It's a really interesting exercise. Probably not very accurate, but still interesting. There's a lot unaccounted for in the calculations. For instance, Angus Young has so many amps in his rig because they are constantly breaking and he has a full-time amp tech fixing them on the road. That one guy alone probably costs well past $100k per year to keep on the payroll plus to transport, feed, and house. That's not counting the costs of spare parts.

[@middaymeds]

John Mayer is the only one of these who has a board I would want to play. All of the other ones are pretty basic, I would love to see some of these legends trying out some more modern experimental pedals like Bananana or Fairfield Circuitry.

[@mophead7759]

that’s something i love about the band baroness!! if you take even a single glance at john and gina’s pedal boards you instantly think “wtf” but it a board i would love to noodle and mess around with and have been trying to make a similar version for myself to fit my needs and experiment with new things!! if i’m even in the look for a new pedal to try i always take a gander at their boards and see if there’s anything i’m curious for

[@0megalul309]

most pros/major label acts don't care about boards. they put the money in amps. only yt musicians and worship players care about boards.

[@nicholaspossinger7993]

Yeah it can add up. I've got a pretty serious fuzz pedal addiction. To me nothing beats hand built vintage style fuzz circuits done by independent builders in small batch and one offs is just some of the best tones you can get out of guitar. Through various amps and different guitars you'll get something great no matter what

[@jonwanrocks]

TS-10's are HOW MUCH??? ahhh if only 14 yr old me knew....i remeber trying SO hard to trade the TS-10 for an 808 and nobody EVER wanted to do the trade so i ditched it somewhere. yall used to hate on that pedal

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Shit, I played World Cafe in Philly using a Gibson SG into a Boss pedalboard (the blue one), into a Fender Mustang amp. 75 watts. I wasnt even miked yet at the soundcheck and the sound engineer said i was so loud. You dont need all this stuff.

[@Chris_Lohmann]

I hit the thumbs up just for the “Andy Timmons ❤” at around 3:18.

[@sheldonshogrin6736]

I'm not sure how I should feel about my rig...my rack alone is around 50k with cabling/conditions/power. Then there's my cabinets, which the lowers are all custom made, the uppers are "standard" 4x12 (Peavey's from back in the 80s). Then there's the power amps to drive the cabs. That doesn't even include any guitars, any GK cables, etc.

[@smashingpumpkin1986]

I remember the guitarist from Scissor Sisters saying he just uses a Line6 POD

[@chuckschillingvideos]

I guess that's why he's in Scissor Sisters and not in a band that anyone has ever heard of.

[@homunculusSZN]

I love that Ibanez Les Paul copy behind you.

[@emobutpoofy]

The Mesa Revolver is still about $1000. I saw one on Craigslist a few months ago

[@jeremyswalley8625]

I’ve been getting great results as far as amps, the Peavey Vypyr mixed with the Line 6 Catalyst is nice. My pedal board is Boss Super Overdrive, Boss Metal Zone, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Digitech Whammy Pedal, MXR Phase 90, Joyo Noise Suppressor, Boss EQ, Boss Synth( small one), Eventide H9 Standard, Eventide H9 Max, Vox Wah, Dunlop Cry Baby adjustable tone 1 Spot Pro power block!! Ibanez Universe, Two Jackson Dinky 7 strings, LTD 1007QM, Ibanez RG 550 Custom!! Ibanez 350 DX Line 6 Catalyst 200 watt, Peavey Vypyr 40 watt( Gonna get the 100 watt !! Which is totally enough to play on a stage!! Damn that was a mouthful!!

[@jeremyswalley8625]

I haven’t added it up yet!!

[@seanerik7339]

the AY rundown is fantastic......love it. and no dang pedals on the floor........

[@pihermoso11]

Missing is Steve Vai's 90s rig with his ' Rack O' Wham' and Eric Johnson's stereo rig with tube echoplex

[@monkeyrater]

When you consider that Angus hires his own amp builder to modify his amps, the price tag for that goes into the hundreds of thousands when you consider the cost of taking an amp builder on the road.

[@AndyBankside]

Excellent, excellent video.Thanks mate!

[@ReturnTheSanity]

I would love to see you price Zakk Wylde’s rig, especially his rig he used for Ozzy shows. Seeing him live in many occasions, I believe the amount of amps/cabs, etc rival if not exceed some on this list.

[@deadshot4245]

you should do the same with studios too. my current rig - Alesis strike pro presonus studio live series3 16 channel lenovo laptop with studio one 5 pro, studio speakers are some rockit 5 or 8 i cant remember, line6 helix floor, boss gt-10, yamaha p-45 alesis v49 midi keyboard, roli seaboard rise 49. les paul standard with alinco 2 slash les paul custom passive emg hz set sg double neck stock configuration 70s styled strat like Blackmore's wired 3 way middle pickup is a dummy 50's style strat like david gilmour's black strat working on 7 way switch toggle charvel so cal 2020 evh d tuna and a trem blocker sg standard currently undergoing new wiring and pickups Acoustic Fender CD60v3 the guitars are Epiphone's and Squier's but they are heavily modded too. there's probably 5 to 6k in the guitars alone after mods. strike pro kit after buying associated hardware was about 4500 because I'm a pearl nut for hardware so they have eliminator redlines and associated hihat stand. presonus studio live series was like 3k or something maybe more after buying all associated cables, laptop was 2k, speakers are probably 300 to 500, helix is 1700, gt-10 boss when i bought it was 250 for bass tones and was my main guitar rig too, I don't remember the keys prices I just know the roli was like 1100 or more. i probably have easy 12 to 18k into my studio setup because I have a collection starting from 12 to 15 years ago. there's about 3 or 4 other guitars that have left me at various times for various reasons.

[@paulr.4968]

What kind of amp & pedalboard does Barnabas Collins, of Dark Shadows, use❓

[@DaveElwoodCutter]

That photo of Yngwie's wall of amps and there's 1 microphone micing up one cab. heh.

[@V8SCDiamond]

very cool! Thanks for making the video.

[@JamesWilson01]

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[@skeptic_individual]

malmsteen also uses a fuzzface and a line 6 midi pickup wich connects to the pedalboard

[@NathanMichalik]

I'm not saying I disagree with the choice to exclude wiring, but as someone with a modest sized custom pedalboard.... those cables/terminations add up QUICK.

[@profanepropane]

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[@thewaxbiscuit]

The Ferrari stickers on Malmsteen's ES-8... He's one of those guys...

[@codydaniel3097]

Love the vid! I wondered how much Prince's guitar rigs were.

[@ScottFairley]

His pedalboards were mostly Boss, but he was playing Mesa, Orange, and Soldano amps so they probably balance out to average.

[@Phan211]

I wonder if these guys have heard of mics? I go see Phish playing venues the same size as Van Halen was and Trey Anastasio uses 1x12 cab mic'd up (he has 2 stacked ones a backup) and you can hear everything perfectly.

[@riff1964]

… and for your video …. Priceless!

[@kennethmeeker6369]

I remember Malcolm’s tech saying that was his club rig or practice rig jeez

[@Grindtone603]

I'm really curious where Joe gets the money to afford half million dollar amp rigs and quarter million dollar guitars

[@MikeBsMovies]

The Angus Young rig rundown is one of the most ridiculous videos ever, I love it so much. He's got one of my favorite guitar tones!

[@marcos_music_channel]

I agree!

[@shardug]

Could you do a Eric Johnson rig setup. great video. very informative.

[@HowardFrischer]

Please do a video on who has the least expensive rigs.

[@williamdistasio9358]

Fuckin silly to spend that kind of money when now, we just grab our laptops lol. I have sick tone for the price of my Neural DSP archetypes, for roughly 100 - 150 dollars a pop depending on what you buy. I use Ableton live10 for my DAW.... and I use guitar rig 6 too but use mostly the JP Archetype from Nueral atm. The most expensive gear I own, I don't use much anymore. It's real world gear... A 50 watt Peavy 6505 A 50 watt EVH Stealth A 25 watt Tubemeister Hughes and Kettner Two 50 watt EVH cabs and a pedal board worth of fucking expensive pedals that now only collect dust. My prized tone is sitting in my bedroom because I can match most tones better with my PC and VST,s.....

[@williamdistasio9358]

@Richard Harrold yeah, I haven't thought about that. I record but don't play live anymore. Not in 15 years. Back then, home recording was still in its infancy.

[@mhsandifer]

You're missing that Mr More is probably claiming that most of the heads are driving a single speaker for max vattages sprekened into ze earholez

[@JamesWilson01]

Great video, impressive amount of research for what's basically a giant D measuring contest 🤣 But you forgot to include the world's loudest band, Spinal Tap! Their rig must cost a fortune!

[@Viper-dz2kw]

The price people pay for Dumble’s is absolutely wild considering the fact mayer is like the only well known dumble player

[@stuartmiller7419]

7:19 '...Yngwei claims...' a lot of things. Some are more open to interpretation than others.

[@LaChartre]

Can you please cost up the David Gilmour Pulse rig! Surely the most expensive ever!

[@alpeterson]

How the hell did The Edge not make this list??

[@MercutioUK2006]

"John Mayer Tax" 🤣 On point.

[@joelx817]

Keith Urban, The Edge, and Slash would have been interesting additions to this list.

[@delta1109]

Saw Bonamasa live and his tone was so-so, not great and not awful. No matter which of his vintage instruments he chose to play, they all sounded exactly the same through the PA. Single coil or humbuckers all sounded the same. Listening to Albert King who played his guitar straight through an amp was a much more wonderful experience. You can't buy touch or soul.

[@guitarman...]

Kenny Wayne Sheperd has a very interesting and a pretty pricey rig as well that could have been in this list somewhere.

[@devdog852]

If you want to have your mind blown on the cost of a rig; look at the guitar rig for U2's guitar player. It's nuts.

[@orafaelorsato]

I just want a decent guitar and whatever Modern Metal tube amp and cab😭

[@zrx338]

Bonamassa also uses a Kikusui power supply so add another 9600.00 to his rig.

[@alexroutmaster]

I have les Paul love it. its a copy of goerge Harrison guitar and tune is amazing and for mid priced epiphone