Hendog
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So if Petrucci uses a Road King and a Mark II C+ on an album is he using the Road King for rhythm and the Mark II C+ for his lead work?
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dwells
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Mark 2 ithought would be clean tones
Hendog
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Then I wonder why he uses a Road King instead of a Dual Rectifier.
ScoobySteve
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I believe he used the Road King Series II alone for his Suspended Animation and G3 Tour.
The Road King II has the Lonestar Cleans, which head he uses with his standard gear.
If he was using the Mark IIC+ I would imagine it'd be for the Rhythm.
The Road King II has the Lonestar Cleans, which head he uses with his standard gear.
If he was using the Mark IIC+ I would imagine it'd be for the Rhythm.
Oh3AreSicks
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I may be mistaken, but I don't think JP has ever used a RK2. RK's yes but all version 1.
ScoobySteve
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I just re-watched the interview with John. Sorry, that's my bad he says "I'm using Road King, two of them." As opposed to Road King 2.
Doh!
Doh!
petruccirocks02
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Live for the G3 tour, John used two RKI heads. On the album Suspended Animation, John used a RKI and a Mark IIC+.
-Phil
-Phil
73h Nils
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I thought it was all Road King with a Lonestar for the cleans (for SA - not the G3 tour)?
pearlredburst
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as of right now I didnt think John used the RK's at ALL any more. He uses a Mark IV for rhythm and leads live. In the studio, particularly on the new album he used a IIC+ for the leads and a Mark IV for rhythm. He even used a Mark V, but only for a 20-30 second solo on The Count of Tuscany at the end of the song.
petruccirocks02
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I thought it was all Road King with a Lonestar for the cleans (for SA - not the G3 tour)?
Nope. RKI and IIC+.
-Phil
petruccirocks02
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For the first part of the current tour, his rig was 2 Mark IV heads, and a IIC+ head. No Lonestar this time around. When they started the North American Leg, he got his Mark V rig.
Rig for the first part of the tour:
Rig for the North American Leg to current:
-Phil
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roburado
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Where did the 2290 go? What's he using for delays? Looks like he simplified things.
rmh925
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I would like to have half of JP's rig..Phil those are great pics.
ScoobySteve
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On one of the video interviews with John at the Mesa site he shows a BOSS DD-3 on his actual pedal board. It's among the tuner, I THINK, as the only pedals on his board and not in the rack.
I'm not so sure though, my memory has been failing me lately.
petruccirocks02
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He was using the 2290 before mainly for his chorusing and for his 7ms split. He's using a TC Electronic 1210 now for the chorusing it seems and he's probably using one of those 3 TC M3000's for his delays/reverbs.
-Phil
pearlredburst
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For the first part of the current tour, his rig was 2 Mark IV heads, and a IIC+ head. No Lonestar this time around. When they started the North American Leg, he got his Mark V rig.
Rig for the first part of the tour:
Rig for the North American Leg to current:
-Phil
OMG!
I am extremely jealous that you have those photos!!! Do you have any up close photos? Of say his rhythm/lead channels? Maybe.....of his EQ settings? I have been struggling with my Mark V to get a nice petrucci lead tone...of course, I don't have the money to buy all the rest of that stuff, but, as close as can be is always best! That lead tone is just so...perfect!
petruccirocks02
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No, I don't have any close ups. Those are just photos I found with google. Google is your friend. Haha.
-Phil
-Phil
Hendog
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I know.
So, my original question was what does he use the IIC+ for?
Hendog
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Oh, yeah. What the hell?
joe web
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for the original question:
i think he used the MIIC+ for rhythm. as far as i know, john used only the orange-channel of the RK1, which was set to "vintage" and the amp was set to "tube tracking" and not for "silicon diodes".
while using the RK on tour with Dream Theater, he allways had a Lonestar head as well in his rig for the clean sound.
for the solos, he pushed the RK orange channel with different overdrive pedals, like the boss SD-1, MXR ZW-44 (which was in his rack a long time), some modified TS models.
for the G3 Tour he used this rig:
i think he used the MIIC+ for rhythm. as far as i know, john used only the orange-channel of the RK1, which was set to "vintage" and the amp was set to "tube tracking" and not for "silicon diodes".
while using the RK on tour with Dream Theater, he allways had a Lonestar head as well in his rig for the clean sound.
for the solos, he pushed the RK orange channel with different overdrive pedals, like the boss SD-1, MXR ZW-44 (which was in his rack a long time), some modified TS models.
for the G3 Tour he used this rig:
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