The most versatile rig for any live show | Guitar, pedals + amp tips with Leigh Fuge at #42GSThree

If you needed a guitar rig that was versatile enough to play everything from Dua Lipa to Metallica – and everything in-between – in one two-hour set, what gear would you choose?

That’s the question I wanted to answer in this video, and so I enlisted my good friend – and guitar covers band veteran – Leigh Fuge to join me at 42 Gear Street three to pick out a rig that’d be (relatively) affordable, exceptionally versatile, highly reliable, and great sounding.

OK, we had to lose the affordable part slightly – 42GS wasn’t really an event full of budget brands – but we managed to pick out a guitar, a clean platform amp and a handful of FX pedals that can cover any musical base extremely well.

Watch Leigh’s vlog where we pick the gear and talk in more detail about why here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm9o1aK7pLE

And while a PJD Guitars Woodford Standard and a Tone King amp coupled with pedals from Wampler, Walrus Audio and J Rockett might not be the cheapest you can get it in the real world, don’t forget that you could easily substitute in other similar guitars, pedals and amps for less money no problem – this video is about the principle of finding an all-encompassing rig!

Here’s the links to the various parts of the video:

00:00 Hello and what we’re doing today
01:10 Today’s amplifier: the Tone King Imperial MKII
01:43 Gigging guitar players and unfamiliar house amps
02:47 The most requested covers for Leigh and his band
04:33 The pedals we chose!
05:02 Overdrive pedals
05:27 Modulation
05:58 Delay
06:25 Reverb
07:27 The guitar: PJD Woodford Standard
09:11 Dry sound without effects
09:29 Dialing in an always-on reverb
10:55 Leigh’s always-on overdrive pedal recommendations
12:13 Powerful rock sounds with the second overdrive pedal
14:41 How many drive pedals should you have on your board?
15:42 Modulation effects with the Wampler Terraform: chorus
16:20 Autowah
16:59 Tremolo
18:23 Delay: the Walrus Audio D1
20:12 You can do everything with this rig… but can you do Metallica?
22:28 How important is it for covers band tones to be close to the original songs?
23:36 Does Leigh prefer analog or digital rigs for his covers bands?
24:31 Does Leigh spend a lot of time on dialing in tones?
25:19 Leigh’s top songs to play as a cover are…
26:39 Final conclusion and goodbye


And here’s some links to the gear we used:

J Rockett Archer Overdrive: https://bit.ly/ArcherRWM
Wampler Belle: https://bit.ly/WamplerBelleRWM
Wampler Terraform: https://bit.ly/WamplerTerraformRWM
Walrus Audio MAKO D1 Delay: https://bit.ly/WalrusD1Delay
Walrus Audio MAKO R1 Reverb: https://bit.ly/WalrusR1Reverb
PJD Guitars: https://bit.ly/PJDGuitarsRWM
Tone King Imperial MKII: https://bit.ly/ImperialMKIIrwm

Enjoy!


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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Controlled Distress – Biz Baz Studio.

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