My 2026 rig

DrewJD82

DrewJD82

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The last piece I’m waiting on is an Axxess Unbuffer for the Fuzz Face/loop switcher.

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That pic was taken when the board on the left was still a work in progress, I just finished it last night-

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Somehow this all worked out in the end, but I wanted to make it as modular as possible and I wanted multiple areas of backup solutions and I achieved both those goals.

Technically, it’s two different rigs but it’s all interchangeable. The FM9/Fryette/4x12 will be for straight up metal stuff, anything heavier than AIC will utilize that set up and for everything from the 50’s up through AIC, I’ll use the actual pedalboard/Ceriatone/Fryette/4x12 or a 2x12.

Between the Fryette, FM9 and a Valeton GP-5 (tiny little modeler thing that runs profiles/captures) I have 3 different options to make it silent if I had to, but I’ve yet to even see a silent stage down here, I just wanted to be ready in case it comes up. I have five 2x12’s so I can always scale back the 4x12.

I started working with a female singer a month or so ago, she’s an absolute badass that was knockin’ out Janis Joplin and Lizzy Hale songs like it was n-o-t-h-i-n-g. She’d finish the song then look at me all nervous as if I was going to be unimpressed and I could barely get my jaw off the floor. I’ve never even been in the same room with a singer this good, never mind played with one. We’re learning a bunch of covers now to just get out and do some coffee shop shit, but we’ll be plugging away at our heavy project in the background, which will likely sound a lot like Lizzy Hale singing in Alice In Chains after they added Dimebag to the lineup.
 
seems pretty complex. I'm in the process of simplifying my rigs; instead of one rig that can do it all, I have several rigs for different music/focus.

I just plugin direct to my Marshalls, use the channel switching, and maybe an EQ pedal for a boost and/or tone change.

JP-2C + GX-100 (effects and channel switching); 4CM. The JP-2C has 3 channels, I use them: Clean, Rhythm and Lead; and have a few patches in the GX-100 for each amp channel (IIRC, I think I have about 8-10 patches in total?)

Most of the time, I use my computer rig, software plugins. I usually use PolyChrome DSP McRocklin Suite, or their Nunchuck (JCM-800 based); I use other plugins including Blue Cat Audio Axiom, Helix Native, or one of my Neural DSP (PetrucciX, PliniX, HensonX, or Mesa IIC+ suite)

I'm working on some new ideas '80s synthwave + prog + a few other things, using MicroTonic drum software, 2 synth keyboards (bass, pads, leads); and for guitar, I'm using my SY-1000 with normal pickups, while trying to decide on which guitar will get my new GK-5 divided pickup. I have a few GK-3 / 13-pin guitars already...but looking for something new/different.
 
seems pretty complex. I'm in the process of simplifying my rigs; instead of one rig that can do it all, I have several rigs for different music/focus.

I just plugin direct to my Marshalls, use the channel switching, and maybe an EQ pedal for a boost and/or tone change.

JP-2C + GX-100 (effects and channel switching); 4CM. The JP-2C has 3 channels, I use them: Clean, Rhythm and Lead; and have a few patches in the GX-100 for each amp channel (IIRC, I think I have about 8-10 patches in total?)

Most of the time, I use my computer rig, software plugins. I usually use PolyChrome DSP McRocklin Suite, or their Nunchuck (JCM-800 based); I use other plugins including Blue Cat Audio Axiom, Helix Native, or one of my Neural DSP (PetrucciX, PliniX, HensonX, or Mesa IIC+ suite)

I'm working on some new ideas '80s synthwave + prog + a few other things, using MicroTonic drum software, 2 synth keyboards (bass, pads, leads); and for guitar, I'm using my SY-1000 with normal pickups, while trying to decide on which guitar will get my new GK-5 divided pickup. I have a few GK-3 / 13-pin guitars already...but looking for something new/different.

If I get as much as I expect back on my tax return there’s likely to be a Mark VII or JPIIC+ coming my way, in which case I’d be using that closer to how you are but with the VP4 in 4CM by itself handling all the effects and channel switching. I had a custom snake made by Rattlesnake Cables that’s getting delivered today, I had them add a MIDI cable to it just because the possibility a Mesa will be showing up this year.

It’s not that complex once you break them down to individual rigs-

Ceriatone/Fryette/Pedalboard

FM9/Fyette

There’s more future-proofing going on than current-usage requirements, that’s for sure. Even the cabling on the pedalboard and layout of the pedals is to ensure I don’t have to rip shit up/make new cables if I want to change anything.
 
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