Guitar effects & Amplifiers

Guitar Effects will be categorised into on board and built in, if its been on board beforehand and now built in (such as fuzz factory) then use built in instead.

Built In

Fernandes Sustainer
X-Y MIDI Controller for the Korg Kaoss Pad KP2 and the Digitech Whammy
MXR Phase 90
Roland GK-2A Guitar Synthesizer Driver
Tronical PowerTune Automatic Guitar Tuning System
Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
Z.Vex Wah Probe
Fishman TriplePlay Guitar Synthesizer Driver
Sustainiac Infinite Sustain System

Will Of The People Tour

Matt and his new rack for Will Of The People

With the Will Of The People tour, Matt Change his combo solution Axe Fx 2 and Kemper to Axe FX 3 for Amp and effect simulation. It's one of the biggest change since The Resistance Tour.

Pedals used in studio

to be completed

Pedalboard

Mastermind GT 22 MIDI Controller by RJM Music Technology
Boss FV-500L Volume/Expression Pedal for Digitech Whammy

Rack & Amplifiers

Rack (left)

ETA Systems EPD11 LIEC-CE
Fractal Axe FX 3
Fractal Axe FX 3
RME Fireface UFX II
Sound Sculpture Switchblade GL
Nord G2 Engine
Pedal Tray (Korg Kaoss Pad KP2, Keeley Fuzz Head, Z.Vex Fuzz Factory)
Midi Solutions T8
Midi Solutions T8

Rack (right)

to be completed

Simulation Theory Tour

Guitar tech and the guitar racks for the Simulation Theory tour

the guitar racks for the Simulation Theory tour

With the Simulation Theory tour, Matt and Matt's tech brought in even more changes compared to the Drones tour, mainly to accomodate the 80s soundscapes and all the guitar synths on the album. The Skrydstrup MR10 has been replaced with an RJM Music Technology's Effect Gizmo, while the Skrydstrup Custom unit is still used. The Korg SDD-3000 digital delay has returned after it's been ditched for live use as of the start of The 2nd Law tour, this time in a pedal format - Matt's using two of them.

Pedals used in studio

Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl HiFi Analog Vibrato/Chorus
Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Pedalflanger
DigiTech Whammy 5
DigiTech Whammy DT
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
Maestro MPS-2 Mini-Phase
MXR DynaComp Mini Compressor
MXR Script DynaComp Compressor
Eventide Space Reverb
JHS Pedals VCR Volume/Chorus/Reverb
JHS Pedals Colour Box Preamp
Zvex Super Hard On

Pedalboard

Mastermind GT 22 MIDI Controller by RJM Music Technology
Boss FV-500L Volume/Expression Pedal for Digitech Whammy

Rack & Amplifiers

Rack (left)

Kemper Profiling Amplifier (Rack Version)
Kemper Profiling Amplifier (Rack Version)
Kemper Profiling Amplifier (Rack Version)
Sound Sculpture Switchblade GL
Nord G2 Engine
Pedal Tray (Korg Kaoss Pad KP2, Keeley Fuzz Head, Z.Vex Fuzz Factory)
Midi Solutions T8
Midi Solutions T8

Rack (right)

ETA Systems EPD11 LIEC-CE
Skrydstrup Custom Guitar Switcher
Shure AD4QUS
Shure AD4QUS
RME Fireface UFX II
Fractal Axe/Fx XL
RJM Effect Gizmo
Pedal Tray (2x Korg SDD Delay, Unknown)
Pedal Tray (Strymon Big Sky Reverb, Digitech Whammy, JHS Colour Box, Z.Vex Fuzz Factory, Unknown)

Amplifiers

Diezel VH4 x2

Drones Tour

Some small changes have been made to Matts rig since The 2nd Law era. He has a new tech, Chris Whitemyer, who operates differently from Matt's previous tech, Jason Baskin. He has noticeably differently styles of guitar routing and set up. For example guitars are now numbered with "1,2,3,4" in the flight cases and correspond to the numbers on the guitar straps. Wireless units and now in pouches rather than exposed like during The 2nd Law tour. Matt seems to have also ditched the additional Liquid Foot Controller Junior. He also tends to do patch switches himself more often.

Matt switched from two standard Kempers to three rack versions, probably due to the increase in song presets and new sounds with their growing discography.

Drones Tour Pedalboard

Pedalboard

Liquid-Foot Pro LF+ PRO+ MIDI Controller (UK Psycho Tour, US Club Shows)
Mastermind GT 22 MIDI Controller by RJM Music Technology (Europe Festival Tour onwards)
Boss FV-500L Volume/Expression Pedal for Digitech Whammy

Drones Tour Amplifier & Effects rack

Rack & Amplifiers

The 2nd Law Tour

The major change in Matt's setup transitioning to the T2L era were the amps. He ditched all amps and replaced them with Kemper Profiling Amplifiers with all of his amps digitally profiled. He's running the Kempers in parallel, each running it's own amp, allowing Matt to blend the low and high gain amplifiers together, like he used to with real ones. The basis of the rest of the setup remained the same as with The Resistance tour.