Guys who play out (or used to)…question

[Rayneman]

2 guitars in a mono case
1 Fractal FM9 + cables + expression pedal + rubber car mat for placing FM9/Exp on stage
Backpack w/ IEM buds + pack + iPad for personal mix + L6 Wireless unit + Atomic Amplifirebox Backup device + batteries/strings/multi-tool

 

[JF Scarfi]

2-3 guitars, change guitars 2 times during show. Change strings once a month. 2 half stacks, back up. Fly gigs, fly rig (fits in carry on) 2 guitars enki case.

 

[JackBootedThug]

my hardcore gigging days in college I had one guitar and one amp but different effects. Two years of playing out about three nights a week I never had any issues. Red knob fender super 60 and a 70’s Les Paul deluxe blue metal flake. Even took a guys head off with it and it never went out of tune. Thought I killed the prick.

 

[Nitrobattery]

My last band used a few tunings, so I'd often bring 5. A main for E and drop-D, its backup, a main for Eb and drop C#, its backup and then the 5th one for an open tuning that was only used on one song.

 

[BenoA]

In my gigging days, all the guitars in my collection had Floyd type bridge so it was 2 or 3 depending on the gig and set list. I would have one set to drop-D and a backup.

Go with your set list and adapt to the number of guitars to it.

 

[SpiderWars]

Always two, one tuned drop D but they usually were not locking trems so either was easily tuned.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

my hardcore gigging days in college I had one guitar and one amp but different effects. Two years of playing out about three nights a week I never had any issues. Red knob fender super 60 and a 70’s Les Paul deluxe blue metal flake. Even took a guys head off with it and it never went out of tune. Thought I killed the prick.

Secksy bish ----

 

[vultures]

Had this happen to me once and it made me immediately appreciate many nights of floyd rose shenanigans and knowledge of harmonics on the board. I about had a heart attack and couldn’t see shit on stage. Everyone should cut the high E string on their Floyd guitar and then attempt to cover a song front to back without it sounding like you’re an idiot. It’s a life changing experience.

I always brought 2 guitars for each tuning. Now that I play Les Paul’s more often I could see not needing it.

Those heart attack moments are stressful as fuck. I stopped gigging with floyds for a bit because I just didn't "have it". I later 3D printing blocks for my floyds that I'd keep on top of my amp or in my back pocket. If I ever broke a string, I'd pop it in and it would keep my floyd completely level so the rest of the strings weren't out of tune. At that point I never had strings break often enough.

 

[DanTravis62]

Those heart attack moments are stressful as fuck. I stopped gigging with floyds for a bit because I just didn't "have it". I later 3D printing blocks for my floyds that I'd keep on top of my amp or in my back pocket. If I ever broke a string, I'd pop it in and it would keep my floyd completely level so the rest of the strings weren't out of tune. At that point I never had strings break often enough.

This is the best idea in human history, and I wish it existed back when I played with floyds