Cheap Trick FOH engineer Mark Gustafson at the Midas XL3000
MXR Phase 100 at FOH, used on Rick Nielsen’s guitar for ”Downed” and across Nielsen’s and bassist Tom Petersson’s backing vocals to “push them out there”
The channel layout for the 18-piece orchestra section
FOH mixer Bill Kozy, an analog “sound guy” through and through
Cheap Trick classic effects
Cheap Trick vocals across the board
We can assume that the star is for Robin Zander
Seven channels for drums
The modified Bellari RP583 into the dbx 160 helps to define the Robin Zander vocal
Chandler Zener in FOH engineer Mark Gustafson’s rack, used across orchestra
FOH engineer Bill Kozy is a huge Chandler fan, here showing off his FOH traveling rack
A comfortable FOH position at L.A.’s Greek Theatre, with room for two mixers and two boards
Monitor engineer Tim Franquist at his own Midas XL3000
Chandler TG1 at monitors, used primariily across drums and orchestra
The taped-together kick drum mic solution: Shure KSM137 and SM57
The stage, all set and ready for the band on the first floor, orchestra and choir on the second
The qunitessential dbx rack
More Chandler gear, along with Robin Zander’s Sennheiser 2000 wireless rig
Sennheiser wireless for all