I Took My Dream Rig On Tour (and it blew up)

I spent months designing what was basically my dream rig, a modern take on an 80s LA studio rack rig, then took it out on the road with The Midnight for the spring leg of the Time Machines Tour. In this one I walk through the whole thing top to bottom: the rack, the amps, the pedal board, the guitars. What worked, what didn't, what broke (one of my amps blew up in Brooklyn 8 minutes before showtime), and what I'm changing before the fall tour. Big thanks to Sweetwater for sponsoring this video and helping me get this rig built and road-ready. And to Barry and the guys at XTS in Nashville who actually built the rack. Two for two, those guys are the best. Fall tour dates with The Midnight are live — link below. We're hitting a bunch of US cities we missed in the spring. Come say hey. 👉 Tour tickets: https://themidnightofficial.com/#LIVE 👉 Join the Discord (we're talking rig building over there):   / discord   — 🎛 THE RIG (affiliate links — I earn a small commission, helps the channel) RACK Furman PL-Plus C power conditioner – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9VOPZ5 Fractal Audio Axe-FX III – [NON AFFILIATE LINK] https://www.fractalaudio.com/iii/ Synergy SYN-5050 stereo tube power amp – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/X4y51g Two Notes Torpedo Captor X – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/VOBeDO Radial SGI (x2) – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/oN036O Disaster Area MIDI Box 4.2 – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/0GA7KR Strymon Zuma – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/n4o36A PEDAL SHELF / BOARD TC Electronic 2290P – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7aA5Lg Meris Enzo X – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/OY4QdW Hologram Chroma Console – [NON AFFILIATE LINK] https://www.hologramelectronics.com/p... Chase Bliss Mood mkII – [NON AFFILIATE LINK] https://www.chasebliss.com/mood-mkii?... Fractal FC-12 controller – [NON AFFILIATE LINK] https://www.fractalaudio.com/fc-contr... Cioks Sol power supply – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Pz49N6 AMPS Divided by 13 FTR37 (x2) + cabs – [NON AFFILIATE LINK] https://dividedby13.com/amps/ftr-37/ CASE Quantum Industries AGX triple guitar case – [NON AFFILIATE LINK] https://www.quantumindustries.jp/?srs... — Got questions about the rig? Drop them in the comments or hop in the Discord. ⏱ CHAPTERS (approx.) 0:00 – The dream rig concept 1:00 – What I wanted to build (modern 80s LA session rig) 1:55 – The three requirements: stereo, reliable, sounds good 3:30 – The rack: brains of the operation 4:00 – Axe-FX III signal flow 8:30 – The pedal shelf 9:40 – The one thing that drove me nuts 10:08 – Synergy SYN-5050 power amp 11:25 – My big gripe with the rack case 12:23 – Sweetwater 13:10 – The amps: Divided by 13 FTR37 17:54 – Guitars 22:29 – The $1,500 guitar I didn't plan on buying 23:31 – What worked, what didn't 24:46 – The night my amp blew up 27:00 – What I'm changing for the fall 28:03 – Tour dates + thanks This video was edited by Daniel Moreira ‪@NoiseArcade‬ #guitar #rigrundown #themidnight #guitartone #pedalboard