Steve Lukather (Toto) - Gear Run 2019
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2019
- We had the privilege of meeting up with Steve Lukather's guitar tech Jon, who was kind enough to take us through Steve's live rig for Toto's 2019 arena tour.
Read more about Steve Lukather here: www.tcelectronic.com/search/A...|en)
Just saw this man in a disaster situation. He's an absolute legend!
I probably saw the same clip Muhammed Lukather's guitar and pedals were having issues during a live show and this guy deserves a gold medal with effort and skill to get his stuff working without having to stop the song impressive.
@@michaelyatsco1958 Yeap, that's the one. The way he fixed it before Steve starts his solo, I was watching that wondering whether he could get back the signal in due time!! Pure rush hahahaha It was a rare moments of Strymon zouma (power supply!) giving up and he had to change one of them!
If you like, check out the Double D UA-cam interview with Goz about those nightmarish few minutes. You can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/NWUmdpwLHrU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=DoubleDguitar
He should have had a backup pedal board in place or used a midi controlled switcher for the artist, and kept pedals back in a rack. 😢
@@michaelyatsco1958who the hell is Muhammed Lukather?
Man you really saved the day on half the pedal board going out … cheers to you ….
I spent the 80's trying to emulate Steve's sound....here I go again!! Lol
Ha ha! You are not alone!
@@KauffeyBean lol 😆
Your not alone! Lol been at this game for years 😔😂
I just heard his univibe sound. Just bought an MXR Univibe clone. Can't wait to hear it through my Luke style setup.
That's how you know Toto's singer kicks ass. At their stage in their career, almost all of Lukather's guitars are still in standard tuning!
Read Lukes book, lots of info about the singers troubles
New singer on tour with them. Great voice. John William's son I believe
@Allan Franzner no
@Allan Franzner in order
1. Bobby Kimball
2. Fergie Frederiksen
3. Joseph Williams
4. Jean-Michel Byron
Mister Knight Bear & Co. Joe was in Toto from 1986 till 1989.
He sang on their 6th and 7th albums.
Now that's a guitar tech who knows his stuff!
Well done Jon: complete rig rundown from guitars to effects to amps in 8 minutes. What happens when a Tech REALLY knows his stuff!!
This is a top guitar tech on the video as soon as my heart…there’s a technical guitar problem and he’s all on it
The only component in this rig that I have is the Ikea rug...
😂
Dean Strik Good. I have nothing
its a nice rug dude.
@@crisprtalk6963 it really ties the stage together
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
That's what a good company does, cover the rig even if there's only one pedal of theirs. Not like Gibson I mean...
Thought the same, for a moment I thought the video was sponsored by Strymon :)
Actually two pedals:) Flashback and Polytune. Anyway you're right here!:)
It's Steve Lukather...this video is pure gold for Strymon,so they usually should pay him or give him pedals for free until he dies...
Dani TheRealHucasys, I agree, but if I could pick only one pedal on his board it would be the flashback.
They were there for a rig rundown, not to advertise TC electronics.
Thank you so much for this!!! LOVE GREAT GUITAR TONE!!!!
GREAT video!!!!!!! Thank you TC and Jon!!’ Luke you are one of the BEST!!! 🤘🏻❤️
I'll be' seeing them tomorrow in lucca! So excited!!!
Terrific rundown, much appreciated! It's good to see with the small changes from tour to tour that Luke still loves tweaking his tone. He is the Master!
Thx TCE this was a great to the point run down!🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Jon, you're first class, thanks for the concise and informative rundown. While some may think it's not a simple rig; compared to Luke's massive rack rigs of the 80's it really is fairly simple! For most of us, yea sure it might look to be complicated, but for Jon and Luke this is about as simple as they come given all the glorious sounds that come out of that rig. Go look at many of the other guitarists these days and their pedalboards and/or racks are massive!Someone below mentioned no Boss pedals but his volume pedal looks to be a Boss 500L.
My wife and I had front row seats (VIP meet and greet) when Toto was in Seattle at the Moore Theater in July 2018 on this tour and it was absolutely the best concert I've ever been to. From soundcheck, to Q&A, to book signing, and concert, it was all amazing. At one point in the concert, something apparently was going haywire with Luke's rig and Jon came out and dove into pulling and plugging wires, all the while Luke kept right on playing and it sounded great even while all that was going on! Amazing the professionalism both Jon and Luke displayed during that minute or so of commotion. They got it sorted out and the rest of the night was amazing.
Thank you for the rig run down!
This was AWESOME! Thank you!
Obrigado Tc Eletronic! Muito bom!
That was a great video thanks for sharing that i didnt realize their were so many tones available
Thanks Jon and TC Electronic! What a great rig rundown. The Rodenberg is an absolute MUS HAVE IMHO! Now Steve uses his Rodenberg Signature Model (SL-OD). Absolute killer, if you want to keep your board small...
yes glad got to know an shared thank YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just came here to meet this guy ,after seeing a video of technical difficulties. What a man ! 😀
This guy knows his stuff, what a master.
Kudos to this tech.
old school rig for one of the best guitarists (and musicians) in the world
That's proved that he doesn't need any super rare equipment such as Klon Centaur or Dumble Amp in his tone. He is the tone himself.
And another proved that you can put the signal to a reverb before a delay (or two). There is no rule.
Thank you for your upload, TC.
you are one of the best inge sound bravo dude
Monster Rig for a monster player!!
Man I watched him slay that Ernie Ball guitar down here in Florida! Friggen GORGEOUS axe!!!
Esse é o cara !!
Azt mondják igazi legenda vagy !
Interesting video!!
This is no joke !
Thanks for sharing! Luke is an absolute legend and I was hoping to see a new run-through of his rig after he switched to the Helios heads to see how he compensated for not having three channels anymore.
Joseph Facer he was not using 3 channels on the XTC head. Just one.
@@peevee605 I've seen firsthand that he used all three on the Ecstasy. He used the blue channel most of the time, but not all the time.
@@JosephFacer I have heard him numerous times with the Ecstasy rig and blue channel was on most of the time, volume down for cleaner tones. Luke is a beast of a player and I can appreciate his Plexi Style Playing Attitude these days. He is really fond of his Helios amps.
@@peevee605 I'm with you man. I got to play through his Ecstasy rig during their soundcheck once. But yeah, Luke is amazing, and he always sounds great, I just like seeing what tools he chooses.
Joseph Facer I didn’t realize you were the same guy who I watched do a great cover of uptown funk and the guy who got to play thru Luke’s rig and with the band. I guess utube is a small world too. You’re a really good guitarist. 👌
I’m not sure that 12 pedals with two amps and effects returns qualifies as a “simple” rig. 😂🤣 Good rundown TC!
Look at Slash's Rig, he´s got amp heads backstage and onstage, he´s got pedals backstage and onstage, a pretty big rack with effects, and a lot of guitars. It´s amazing how his rig is easily worth 20k+ dollars!!
@Bruce Willke Especially to Luke's Old school Bradshaw Rack system with so many stuff
I saw Neil from Journey recently His pedal board is the size if a sheet of plywood LOL
Like playing guitar on a dance machine 😄🤣😂
Compared to what he ran in the 80's, this is simple :D Though it is considerably bigger than what he used a decade or so ago when he really stripped back in terms of effects (especially with El Groupo and Los Lobotomys)
so surprised who thinks steve lugather these days? glad still sharing great music.
Nice to meet you my friend Jon goz Gosnell you were very efficient in what happened to the band
That was great!!
Great and too the point Jon. Excellent! Thanks TC Electronics- I'll put my Hall Of Fame 2 up against that Strymon (Larry Carlton does too ;)
Gosnell!!! My man!
This is a glorious rig that could really do with G2
Glad to see that he still uses tube amps instead of the Kemper amps. To which seems like everyone is using these days. Thanks Luke for keeping it real.
Agreed......bet he pays dearly💸💰......for all the transit.....even Metallica went on the cheap using Kemper/Fractal/Modeling ect.....guess freight costs are outta hand, so they say.
He does use Kemper ems for recording and session - I don’t know why he hasn’t tried the Axefx3 for his effects
@@lukather1 interesting you don't say. I'm sure they're great effects.
@@Auen73 whatever keeps costs down. More money in their pockets.
Toto Magic starts here...
Like Luke said with recording of Tambu 'getting back to some organic sounds instead of covering it up with a whole lot of technical stuff' same deal really. This is a simple rig making use of right tones and effects in the right place. Guitarists are looking for tone non stop. The evolving of my own rig says that!! If this is simple then I'm just downright complicated stuck in the midi world again. Racking gear has become popular again leaving gear off stage with nothing but a volume pedal, wah, and switcher on stage. Not a bad setup once you learn how to fly it. Thanks for the tour.
fine guitars 😃👍
The musician is only as good as his soundman) technical staff. Best gear out there and your soundman makes or breaks you . Steve did his homework having a tech like you bro. Good job.
awesome pedal board :)
So many questions! Does he use the drive of the bogners, and sometimes the clean, or is it all done from the board? Why did he stop using the Bradshaw system?
Same rug I have in my studio from Ikea!
I own a Flashback II while Lukater still has the first version, thus I am a better guitarist than Steve Lukater. Don't argue.
that's pretty reasonable
Seems legit
I have the Flashback X4, so I'm x4 times better!!!
can't argue with logic.
You won't get any argument from us 😂😂
When I was young, I saw a video of Lukather. He told he didn't know/care about effects so much and he just play through what his tech guy set, standing in front of bunch of studio rack effects, from an interview. Time has passed and it is surprising change. It is real simple rig compared to his past rig
In his own autobiography he tells a story about his big rig with a wall of racks and the day he played in a studio with Eric Clapton, who had a poor rig. Clapton was so impressed that called his guitar tech and ordered the same rig of Luke. :)
Buy that book, it's great!
Describing his foot board you lost me after the first sentence. I didn’t know how complicated this was and the instruments used! Luke is a master of the guitar and you sir are a master of equipment!
Do tell...what are the Flashback II settings hidden under the tape!
Luke's THE BOSS. Not a huge fan of his current Bogner tone, but it still kicks ass
Link Sayajin I think Friedmans would work better for that type of tone...just my opinion.🤷🏻♂️
Tomulator I love distortion and fuzz pedals but the Friedman smallbox limited needs nothing. The search ends as did the money. FYI only got it after a lifetime of playing since I was a little kid. Otherwise, I don’t think great gear should be bought until deserved. Just my opinion watching utube guitar players who literally play 3 chords but have $100,000 plus in gear.
Great info...just bought a Bombastortion pedal!
I wish they had shown the back of the amp wiring.. and what cable Luke uses picks.. just wondering...also saw him use a sunburst that wasn t there.. Great gear show over all..
Man, does this guy ever sleep? incredible energy
Nothing simple about that !
I saw Luke with the new HSS music man and the Helios for the first time recently and it sounds killer. I remember he used to use the Ecstasy's but only on the blue channel, makes sense that he went to a single channel Marshall-style Bogner. Keeps it simple!
James Russo 2 channels though. Clean and distortion.
Where can I find that beautifull guitar? His 'new number one,?
Hi Has anyone written the sequence and pedals used on this rig? I would love to read it.
How do the EBMM pickups differ from the DiMarzios that were on the original L3?
Saw you guys in CT last year
Is TC electronics still selling pedals at brick and mortar stores? I heard you are going on line only.
Nice rundown...what size is the board???
How does he not have the JAM vibe
Thanks bro !!!!! HOLY cow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I thought he would run some ultra mod computer-digi- thingy.... LOTS going on there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! got my VIP ticket for 10/15/19 !!!!!AND....... got my first Musicman Luke III coming Saturday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Toto !!!!!!!!!!!!!
tad travis Congrats man!!! The Luke III is the most versatile comfortable well crafted axe ever!!! 🤘🏻
@@liorauf SO HERE'S MY DEAL.... I got a used one guitar center, cheap money.... I NEED TO TEST ITS WEIGHT... I can't shoulder too heavy any more, so I want to see how this feels.... this guitar has a few years on it and does NOT have the 15db pull, or dimarzios..... but is the Luke HSS..... if I LOVE this guitar , should I return it.... pay another thousand dollars, and buy a brand new one to have those features ???? I've never spent this much before so these are unchartered waters for me-thank
s!
tad travis it depends on the build level. The LIII are much lighter than the BFR ones, but both tiers are extremely AMAZING axes
@@liorauf sorry..... what is a BFR? I got the used "LUKE" in the mail today... it's a bit too heavy.....
tad travis BFR is the Ball Private Reserve tier, it includes exotic woods and prestigious features
Would have liked to have known what speakers were in the cabinets.
Are both amps inputs used? It should be right to have on both amps both the input and effect wet being blend.
I am Júlio, I am from Brazil, All right,you're good,Very cool,I play the guitar too.
Will that be the Luke 4? Block Inlays and new Single Coils?
Which Bogner was he using Helios or Helios Eclipse?
8:13 -We were on ecstacy... Makes you wonder :)
He still hasn't found The Sound, CAE, Ecstacy, Helios, what's next.
The thing I don't understand, Helios is trying to be a hot rodded Marshall, why not buy hot rodded Marshall, hmmmm ....
Jon is a Great within his craft. And I am really curious about the new single coil pickups Luke got on the new MM.
Cutlass pickups.
Ha érteném biztos írnák🍀🎸🍀
Did you guys see that Rodenberg pedal right there?
Loved the Ecstasy 101B! My back however did not love it.
Can someone tell me please the name of the red distortion pedal ..i didn't get what he said ..Thanks
www.tcjeffects.com/the-bombastortion/
@@jaycareaga9929 Thanks a lot
reacteur84 waiting list as a lot of Tim’s pedals are. They’re handmade.
@@JackR617 Thanks a lot for the info
6:20 A pingpong delay and still mono....... wow....!!
Who are the idiots giving this a thumbs down ? If you don't like Steve Lukather, don't click on it. It's not Rocket Science lol
So it was not made clear.. Are then both amps running effects. The stereo out goes to I assume the main amp and then the other side to the second amp? So no dry amp?
One side feeds the return of the main amp.
The other side feed the other amp which is only used for the power section.
05:18 Another instance of the acclaimed "invisible stage hand jog" ... notice the similarity to the elusive Sasquatch gait ...
Thing is, I want to HEAR the gear also :(
Buy the new Toto live dvd.
Funny you guys say this, because in the last Rig Rundown that Toto had Steve actually was behind the Rig Rundown. While the interviewer was talking Steve already had his rig up and was just like noodling over his conversations.
go to a TOTO gig...done.
@chris widney i get it...then Luke is just clicks away,..tons of vids on his rack and tone...plus he's funny as hell...sammy says it all...love luke
@chris widney yeah,WHERE was Steve????!!
I don't understand how the short and long delays are after the reverb which is always on , even though this reverb have a pre delay so the picking sound preserved and the note still there and not get splashy , but still its interesting to hear , never saw anyone put his delays after the reverb , i have seen TOTO 3 times from 2013, his sound is unbelievable.
Would like to know what power supply Luke uses.
It's pretty much the same as my rig. ✌️
What’s the red distortion pedal?i couldn’t understand what he said.
It's a T Jauerning Electronics "Bombastortion" 🙂
Sorry but, what is the bogner amps?!
That board.. 😏
Deibri de naaaai ♪♪♪
3 delays hahah love Luke
I hate to see the Gaffe tape thing on pedals. Here's a tried and true trick peeps... Put some rubber O-Ring washers under the pedal knobs!! Loosen the knob, put 1 or 2 Rubber O-rings on, press down, tighten the knob and boom, they barely move. Perfect for keeping your pedal settings locked down and non-evasive.
Santella Productions Easier for quick pedal removal.
Santella Productions yes it looks bad. You want a nice looking pedalboard.
The reason for the gaff was because lighting was hitting the tube thru the clear window and causing noise. It took us 2 hours of analyzing where the buzz was coming from from. Simple gaff yet again saved the day. I’m so sorry you hate to see gaff but I bet you haven’t been touring so you wouldn’t have a clue...
Enlight me..
bomb s tortion? Bombasstortion?
What's that red box @4:05 ?
Bombastortion. … A twist on the word "bombastic".
JV www.tcjeffects.com/the-bombastortion/
@@travelbyrocket n
Did he say ‘pretty simple’ at 7:15 ?
Luke’s pedal board set up here just goes to show there is no one correct chain. He prefers some Modulation (Chorus) before distortion and some (Leslie/Univibe) after, delay before and after reverb. If it sounds good to the player, that’s all that really matters! 😎🎸🖖🏻
SIMPLE RIG ???????/HILARIOUS
judging by that pedalboard steve must have had tap dancing lessons from sammy?
Yeah, nice to be able to keep your pedal-board UNDER SEVENTY POUNDS !!
Mason from Vertex is thinking “Please let me clean up that board for you Luke!”
Not after Landau was fucked over by them.
Victor Careaga what did they do to Landau?
allthingsclassicrock Mike posted this on HRI and The Gear Page.
9-6-2014
AN OPEN LETTER FROM MICHAEL LANDAU.
This letter is in response to the recent events surrounding Mason Marangella and Vertex Effects. I first became aware of the drama concerning the Vertex Wah Wahs through Clif Jones on August 16th. I was late hearing the news because I had been on tour and Im not a regular on the gear forums. The news was not good, this was exactly the type of drama that has kept me far away from guitar pedal endorsements for most of my life up until recently.
Since I’ve never actually owned a production model Vertex Axis Wah, I anonymously purchased one 12 days ago so I could have it compared to the BBE Ben Wah by a reliable source whom I’ve known for many years,
I wanted to have a first hand account of the results. The results show that the Vertex Axis Wah I recently purchased was identical to the BBE Ben Wah.
Obviously I cant be involved with a company or associated with a person who runs his company like this,
so officially as of 9-6-2014, I no longer formally endorse any Vertex products.
I would like to state the following facts for clarity:
- I am not an electrical engineer, the only time I open up a pedal is to change the battery.
- I have never used, nor have I ever endorsed any of the production model Vertex Wah Wahs.
- The Wah Wah that has been on my pedalboard since January 2013 is an old Dunlop Cry Baby that was modified by Mason, I don’t know the specifics of the mods, it sounds good to me, it does have a Vertex sticker on it from when Mason worked on it a couple of years ago.
- I do not use, nor have I ever endorsed the Vertex cables.
- I use the Vertex Landau Boost because I love the EXP volume control function.
- I use the Vertex Volume pedal only as an EXP pedal for the Landau Boost.
As of 9-3-2014, I have instructed Mason to give all of the dealers and distributers a 30 day notice
stating that the Vertex Landau Boost and the Vertex Landau Chorus will be discontinued.
Out of respect to the entire guitar community:
If anyone wants to return their Vertex Landau Boost or Vertex Landau Chorus and is having a problem doing so through Vertex or the dealer they purchased it from, please contact Clif @ L.A. Vintage Gear and I will personally provide a full refund.
Michael Landau.
Mike refunded a ton of money out of his own pocket.
Thanks for taking the time with that reply. Mike sounds like a standup guy.
allthingsclassicrock it was a major scandal. You didn’t hear about anything? He also screwed up Joe Bonamassa’s pedalboard. Charged him $2,000 to ruin it. Meanwhile, Dave Friedman fixed it for $500. There’s a whole bunch of new guitarists that follow Vertex that are completely clueless to what he’s done and is still doing. We’re past 2nd chances. I even bought a pedal that disintegrated sonically and sold it with a warning. Next guy said yea something sounds wrong. And the guitar players seem to stand by him. Not the consumers though. Strange.
So no tuner on the pedalboard itself? How can this be achieved when you need to retune in a middle of song?
Yes there's a tuner.. you probably just missed it.
@@MrNamePerson literally the first in the chain.