Mike Gordon tweeted a photo that he said was from “Aspen 1988!”, which was presumably a reference to the show Phish played at the Aspen Mining Company on August 6, 1988. The picture doesn’t show us a whole lot, but the it gives us the basics. As always, if you have photos from any time in early Phish history that might be useful for gear-identification purposes, please send them my way by email or social media using the contacts at the right.
Amplification: Mesa Boogie Mark III Long Head.
Cabinets: 2×12 Languedoc wood cabinet.
Guitars: Old Reliable.
Floor Pedals: Ernie Ball Volume.
Trey's Guitar Rig 
No Tube Screamers back then?
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This is the only photo I have, but there are no distortion pedals as far as I can tell. The Boogie is a 3-channel amplifier, so he should have access to plenty of gain.
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On a boogie? nah
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I keep checking to see if you’ve added more. I’d love to see a rundown of the early 90’s but I imagine photos of his rig from the early days are difficult to come across. As always, nice work here!
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Any idea whether Trey was using 6L6s or EL34s (or both) in the MKIII?
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Great photo! I actually own that Doc 2-12″ cab in the photo.
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