Joe Satriani's live Chickenfoot guitar rig

MusicRadar gets the lowdown on Satch's on stage rig from guitar tech Michael Manning.

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[almor619]

DREAM JOB !

[Benwilson89]

Tech: This is Joe's new Chickenfoot guitar with the Chickenfoot logo

Interviewer: I see it has the Chickenfoot logo on it!

Me: -facepalm-

[416billy]

@ebayisajoke It can be a variety of things. Some union based venues enforce a no-noise period, usually around a meal break. Other times it could be because the artists are doing interviews off stage. In the case of the venue I work at (where CF did a show on the club tour) we have a space on the second floor that is often used for corporate day time events. We occasionally ask the band to respect a short period of silence while they do speeches and such.

[SanctumStudios]

@ebayisajoke most likely its sound techs or lighting techs, either trying to tune and/or get the PA sorted out, or just generally communicate over a 2 way.. lighting people when focusing lights & riggers also comunicate alot with 2 ways during set up. Soundcheck is noisemaking time for backline gear and generally happens after the set up is complete.

[kassemir]

I love how he actually keeps all of his pedals on stage and have a some what simple set up, compared to a lot of other guitarists who have twice as many effects and such. Also love that he actually controls all of his effects on his own from the stage, never liked it when musicians shelf there pedals in a box backstage and have the tech work the pedals, don't know just seems a little bit like cheating to me.

[ede93]

@dedemaister My brain would explode haha

[ebayisajoke]

@J1Z06 I use 11's.. lol love'em

[ebayisajoke]

Why can't there be any noise? can someone answer this, it seems to be the case anytime a guitar tech tries to show someone the rig, they always say they can't make noise? is there something in the contract that says no noise from the instruments before the show or something?

[AetroyayorteA]

I had .013's on my Gibson ES446 but have to move down, it's too much tension. I am using .012's on my other electric guitars.

[TheFunkycrisp]

I so love how Joe and his crew do not mind showing the people/the fans how he sets up his guitars. this is the only one that you can hear each effect by its self mainly im talking about the delay pedals was having a hard time hearing the difference between to two pedals . thank you

i would love to learn about the dry amp how loud is it compared to the amp with effects or does the levels change depending on the tone? i sit in my music room all day turning nobs trying to get this sound

[MrGuitardude92]

who keeps sneezing?! lol

and yeah @dedemaister, i would give my left nut to see that...