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Joe Perry

Perry's backstage rack held a compressor/boost and five distinct drive or boost voices under RJM control, allowing the gain structure to change from preset to preset.

Board
Aerosmith programmable gain rack
Context
Touring rack, North America
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Switchable effects loops
Audited
Signal
6 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Aerosmith programmable gain rack

Tech-described inventory - preset routing

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Switchable effects loops

Tech Darren Hurst names all six rack effects and explicitly describes Compadre boost into Perry's Klon into the TS9. The RevivalDRIVE, Blues Driver and Micro Boost are independent programmable stages whose position and combination can vary, so the visual order after that verified three-device cascade is organizational rather than a claim of fixed wiring. Perry's 2026 interview independently confirms the original Klon as indispensable and compression at the start of his preferred path. Wah and Whammy controllers, the RJM control surfaces and amplifiers are omitted.

Cited sources

  1. Guitar WorldThe secrets behind Joe Perry's guitar rig by tech Darren Hurst
  2. Guitar WorldJoe Perry on the guitar pedals he cannot live without