I UPGRADED MY WIFE'S GUITAR AMP RIG! 

A few things I learned from building this rig: 1. The cabinet running at 16ohms may not give as much headroom as you'd like, I think if I were to rebuild it I'd go with an 8ohm cab, or something that can run in stereo so I can pump a bit more wattage into the cabinet. 2. The wheels added to the TM212 make it wayyyy easier to transport, but it isn't a super deep cabinet. So the higher centre of gravity makes it a bit tippy. I think a deeper cabinet may provide more stability. That being said, no rig is ever "complete," and I think this is a great start for my wife on her own full guitar rig, and it'll make gigging/touring so easy. I think this is still a great combination, especially while playing locally when you have to load all your gear into the trunk of someone's car. You really can't beat the weight and portability of this setup. Please let me know what rig you would build in the comments!

We’ve missed you, you bald boi ❤️

It’s so fucking cute how excited you were to show Claire ❤

You can tell how excited you were to build this for her. Super awesome!

You’ve inspired me to do this for my wife ... she doesn’t play guitar 😏

I'm seriously learning so much sbout amps from the comments on this video. Thanks for sharing your suggestions and recommendations! :)

excellent. at some point I would recommend you add some lock washers so those bolts stay tight

Claire deadlifting the cab like CT Fletcher was fucking hysterical 😂🤣

Excellent cab choice sir , that what's shaping the final tone. I've done live setup for professional artist using that signal chain. So much clarity , sits in the live mix excellently . Now he can hear his voice better and hear the chords clearer.

Awwww seeing Claire so happy with the gear after all the effort you put into it made me believe in love again :) LOVE THROUGH METAL

I have a Gator guitar case that's specifically made for traveling since I need something heavy duty for when I have to evacuate for hurricanes and I couldn't be happier with it. That thing is almost 10 years old and it doesn't even have a scratch on it. Good call on going with anything Gator; they make decent equipment.

i plan on using sweetwater to order my first 8 string next year. never thought id buy one honestly but your music inspired me to go for it and learn some of Archspires songs!

Great call on the powerstage! I use a PS170 to power my kemper and it sounds great and the eq really helps shape my tone exactly how I want.

Very nice build! I have been carrying to shows for many years already only a pedalboard that has the Powerstage 170, Mooer GE200 and a Polytune mini tuner. Zero problems and great sound. Never gonna carry a a tubehead along anymore unless I have a roadie haha.

Great choices all around. The Ps170/200's are amazing.

I believe the soundtrack is as important as the video and you did a bang up job curating the tunes. I thoroughly enjoyed noodling over top of them!

Those who upgrade rigs together. Stay together. Hope all is going swell.

Awesome video and congratulations on the new rig!!! quick suggestion: if you haven’t thought of it already, maybe replace the Celestion 30s with two Celestion neo cream back speakers….. or any other neo type speaker? I have the neo celestion cream back, 60 W and those are usually about 4 pounds lighter than the usual speaker. Cheers!!! 😀

The rig I use for my band live is very similar. I use a Helix LT with an Acoustic B300HD bass head as a power amp and a DV Mark Vertical 2x12 cab. For the Amp, I plug into the input rather than the FX loop because the amp is pretty transparent and the 5 band EQ comes in handy when a room sounds weird, but I don't want to tweak Helix patches. The Amp is only $200 and is very loud. I don't have to run it past half for most shows and we have a very loud drummer. In regards to the cab, the Neodymium speakers and fairly light construction make it SUPER light (about 26 lbs). It also comes in a horizontal layout if that's preferred. This kind of rig is really the way to go when compactness, simplicity, and price are major concerns. The SD Powerstage is a bit pricy, so I strongly recommend the B300HD as a cheaper alternative. I love the content BTW! I saw Archspire last year in Portland OR and you guys were great!

I love the excitement to do this for claine. It's really cool of you and sweetwater to do this as well it turned out really well. I think all speaker cabinets should just have castors that are removable if for some odd reason you don't want them on

Love the different content coming from the 2 of you ♡♡♡ keep it up 🤘🏻🙌🏻👍🏻

The Pod GO line out is a balanced output (even though it's a 1/4"). I use.a 1/4" to XLR cable with mine.

Missed and Love both of you!!!Nothing but great things coming in the future!!!GodBless

This was a really really cool video! I hope the wifey loves the rig even more as time goes on. I am actually super curious to hear more of it. Future 4LODM videos, perhaps? 🤷 Also.... does her band ever tour around the Midwest in the US? It would be cool to go to a show.

Could’ve looked into the Laney FRFR cab. I’m wanting to get one for simplicity myself. I also use the pod go and it would plug straight into the cab and it has a DI out! Looks to be solid, but I’ve personally never used it.

That Gator pedalboard looks slick and great choices for the power amp and cab. The one thing that you may want to change is the speakers in the cab. If she's using the cab sims in the Pod, then the V30s are coloring the already colored sound. Using some FRLR speakers (Celestion has an awesome one) will give a flat response and still feel like a guitar speaker - designed specifically for amp modelers.

Pro tip for someone who's had to load his 212 countless places. Squat and bear hug it from the front instead of from the back. It'll be less awkward. The weight tends to be a little bit more forward on those cabs, and the open back leaves lots of grabbing room. The top handle on those things tend to be useless in my opinion.

I want a wife that I can discuss live rigs with! My 2 cents-Matrix poweramp-light as a feather and can clear a room. Worth every penny. Grew up hauling a full stack and a 12 space rack with a 1000 pound power amp. Im an old man now down to a 4 space gator wheelie case . Fractal into Matrix into 2 old ADA 2x12 slants (16ohm v30s-so 8 per cab). Small stage I only need 1 cab -carried in my right hand and pull the rack handle with left hand! Fractal is the heaviest component in my rig. Love small rigs! Tried some neo mag drivers in the cabs to shave off more weight but went back to V30's. Great to see a new vid from you two pop up in my feed-cheers!

Very close to my live rig, Powerstage 200, helix LT and EVH 2x12, ive played that rig in venues of all sizes, you chose coreect Dean.

That old set up was not broke. Modeler through a Mesa Stereo power amp and Mesa 2x12. Carrying that thing would kill me too. You know. If I was a talented working musician and had to take my gear anywhere... Thanks for the update in the comments about what worked and did not. There may be less tipsy options for the casters? Good job on taking the time to bolting them down on the inside of the cab.

I have the PowerStage 170 with a 2x12 and it blows me away how loud it is!

Her new rig is sick man. Gives me some ideas on getting my new rig up. By the way, absolutely LOVE Misyrion!

I still have my POD 2.0, my POD X3 Live and now im rocking a POD HD 500 Best gear on budget for sure

Sweetwater is a very good company. I remember the level of customer service I got from them when I purchased a PRS McCarty Ten-Top. Been a lifelong customer and will continue to do so.

Awesome rig Dean. You both 🤘🏼.

That's cool as hell having a wife that plays guitar! She's a keeper!

I use one of those Gator pedalboard the power supply bracket is amazing!

Brother, if you don't put the nut on the outside of the caster, you should lock tite them. The vibration is going to loosen them over time.

Great set-up, well done.🍻🥃🍺🤘👍😷 Interesting rig.

Looks good, big fan but You might think about putting some biship tape under those coasters or maybe some cauck around the bolt threads to make sure they are sealed airtight otherwise those holes you drilled all the way thru the cab can really effect the tone.

Small, out preforms everything in its class is the Port City 2 x 12 oversized wave cabinet with horizontal porting. There are 45-degree sound deflecting panels along the top and bottom of the back panel. These panels allow the back waves from the speakers to reflect out of the angled port along the width of the front of the cabinet and up to the player. The cabinet sounds big, with serious bass response, yet its light. I loaded mine with EV12L speakers, which makes the cabinet capable of handling 600 watts. Overkill? Maybe...

mmh, with caster , you want to get them close to the edges, at least sideways, cause with the swivel, they get smaller footprint (due to the offset of swivel ~~), and its easy to tip the box over, particular for something that is thin and tall.

Very sweet setup!!

Looks great! Very well done!

You guys are definite couple goals

Also, stereo power amps are best for stereo effects separation with at least two speakers. Stereo amps are not used for two guitars. You can rewire the 2x12 for stereo.

Those powerstages rule! Toured Europe with the bigger one and ran 2 rigs through it. Solid as hell every night

Nice! Gotta come watch the band sometime at the cobalt!

i use the power stage 200 into a 2x12 with v30's, and i use a helix lt. best tour rig i've ever had!

This was very sweet. You were both so smiley the whole time, like lovers of loving love.

Cool video lamb guy, thoroughly enjoyed.

Awesome new setup of the Rig. Coolio vid. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

Hey fullas, lovin it , very passionate about the 17th of October in Perth, fan boy shit, but Tuesday is a gonna be total awesomeness, ps bring Claine

Did you consider going with an FRFR cab instead of doing the separate power amp/cab?

Maybe bolt some handles on the sides to get a better grip?

after seeing what you got to work with now, i got a think on for what i'd choose, probably not what you go for, i'm only part way through the vid. class-d, modelling preamp and my stereo speakers and a replacement speaker for each, it takes 12" speakers, so proper guitar speakers would be a fine swap, maybe a programmable digital crossover, yada yada. they already mount on my e-drum stand... that i repurposed from speaker stands anyway, i only use 100watts per channel, they can take 500 each, changing them to handle guitar pleasantly would be easy.

Actually this video is really useful, keeping out the preconceived ideas about the fact that you absolutely need a pair of 4x12 to be loud enough to play in a mid-size venue.

Awesome gifts Dean! Wow for real 😁

I would upgrade the speaker wire inside that cab. Makes a ton of difference 👍

That is a cool pedal board love the color. And it's good to know 2x12 is loud enough. After traveling overseas I realized it good to have a fly rig. So I've got a pedal board with and guitar setup. I'm just going to plug in directly to the PA if I gig .

Dagnabbit, Dean, I just ordered a Boss ME90 like 5 days ago. I should have used your affiliate link! Shouts out to Sweetwater, for real.

This was super fun to watch!

holy shit! bro i know her, she gave me music lessons like 3 years ago at a place called “Long and Mcquade” i immediately recognised her face. and i remember him because my name is Dean too! so crazy.

It's just so nice seeing a couple melt faces together

I loved this! missed y'all

That riff she played was awesome!

Loved this, very sweet. Also, SICK tees man. What's the first black shirt you have on (long sleeves with what looks like a mage from FF? around 3 min in)? Entheos tee is hawt.

I can’t believe you had Sweetwater sponsor this and she still kept that pod go. But nice job on that Duncan. I run my quad cortex through that. It’s amazing

Aww how sweet you guys share hobbies

It surprised me when you went with the HK cab. Knowing that you wanted a lightweight 2x12, I was assuming from the get-go that you would have gone with an EVH 2x12. The EVH 2x12 seems to be an extremely popular option in a lightweight 2x12. So much so that it just automatically pops into my head when thinking lightweight 2x12.

Good job on the casters you remembered to predrill I always forget that when putting shit together

You show in austria was amazing, you should go there more often😆

While not cheap, you guys can pull those heavy V30's out of the cab and replace with some neodymium magnet speakers. They weigh a fraction of what these weigh and sound every bit as good.

FYI KSR Power amps are sick are very compact. Very underrated if anyone is in the market for a power amp.

Check out the ritteramps quad cortex base for amp and quad cortex. It’s perfect size and lightweight

What's up Dean and Claire!! Thanks for the vid!

Guys love helping their ladies.

Awww this is so wholesome. ❤

When I seen how far in you mounted the casters, I was immediately concerned with how easily it may tip forward/backward. How stable is it?

Personally dean I was in a deathcore band called risen from hells ashes and I at first had a rocktron piranha pre amp running into a cheap amp tube head that I switched to a Marshall JVM and still used my rocktron piranha

Line6 makes a powered cabinet to use with Pod Go and helix.

Are you using a 20’ speaker cable to the cab or longer? I’ve heard you don’t have to worry about impedance with speaker cables as much as you do with instrument cables. I’m also curious about an amp on the board setup.

Lol you said “my floor might be out of tune” wonderful.

Both of you guys have some really sick looking tattoos

even a 1x12 is usually plenty tbh, as logn as youre micing cab and have IEMs

You should have swapped the mesa cab to neodymium magnet speakers. They are a 1/4 of the weight and you still keep the killer sound of the mesa cab. You could have dropped cab weight by 40-50% with neo speakers.

Couple goals.

Very nice work handyman Dean. Also… Pobody’s Nerfect Podcast with Clean and Daire when?

The editing had some great small touches, like thePimp My Ride vibes, filming Claire knocking at the door the well-paced background music that you often see on popular RU-vid channels. Coming from you, it actually made me laugh! Because I'm not entirely sure if you did it because you wanted a quality video, or because you wanted to joke/parody it a bit. I'm assuming it's a bit of both but either way good stuff!

love videos like this!

Sept 9 is my birthday, gig in Fresno, Ca next year please!! I will buy you all unlimited drinks!! Stay Tech!

So wholesome.

Speaking about upgrades, will Archspire re-release the "All Shall Align" album? 👀

You should ask people to send in videos of their current rigs and you could do the whole sweetwater "what I would do’ bit in reply to them, as this was pretty cool.

Did Sweetwater send you candy with your stuff? That's the best part.

Hey Claire! Are your POD Go presets available anywhere for us to download?

May I add one thing: If you set the castors up as two with brakes and two without instead of four without, you would have given the setup a massive practical edge.

dude the Ikea ruler is so real. I recently made a very important measurement for an upcoming move and realized the only thing that wasn't already in storage was a 6" purple transparent ruler that I'm pretty sure belonged to my sister in like 3rd grade

Very nice great job

Nice video Dean, but can someone explain me why is a powerstage amp and a cab necessary here? You could go from the pod go directly to the sound engineer/PA in a live situation? Or am I missing something here?