The 2017 New Year’s Run at Madison Square Garden marked the first test drive of Trey’s newly rebuilt Custom Audio Electronics rig with Phish in a live setting.  There was plenty of tweaking between the official CAE rebuild and the time Trey walked on stage at MSG (and even some afterward!), and some of the details of that effort are detailed in a piece I’ve written for JamBase.  The specifics of the current rig as it appears at MSG are below.

Note that there are 3 total octave devices (Whammy II, POG2, OC-2) and 2 envelope filters (MuTron, MXR Bass EF).  These are related stories.  The Whammy II is a great pitch bender and harmonizer, but not a great octave pedal, particularly for the octave-down setting, where the Whammy tends to generate a lot of undesirable distortion.  So the Whammy is no longer used for octave down.  The OC-2 is used for mild octave-down sounds, and sometimes might even go unnoticed.  The POG 2, which has multiple presets, 2 octaves down, 2 octaves up, and a built-in effects bank, is for the more intense, ethereal, haunting octave-down sounds, and was also used for a flute/synth-like octave up effect during Tube.  Relatedly, the MuTron is for standard quacking in the typical guitar frequency range, but since Trey is doing so much work in the 2-octave-down range, the MXR Bass EF was necessary to filter those frequencies.

Amplification: Komet Trainwreck 60.  EL-34 tubes. One is backup.

Cabinets:  2 Komet Ambikabs.  Each Trainwreck 60 has its own dedicated Ambikab, and each Ambikab has its own effects loop, set up in trays in the new rack (see below).

Mics: Trey’s rig is mic’d by a Shure SM-57 and a Royer SF-12.  Trey also uses SE GuitarF Reflexion Filters to isolate these mics.

Guitars: Koa #1; Backup was Koa 2. Old Reliable was backstage.

Floor:
•  Boomerang
•  CAE RST-24 Audio Switcher (see channel listing below)
•  CAE RST Expander x 2 (see channel listing below)
•  Dunlop CAE Wah MC404
•  Digitech Whammy II
•  2 Expression pedals (feedback and level for both Ambikab Time Factors)
•  Boss Expression pedal for CAE Super Tremolo speed control

Rack:
Top Plate:
•  EHX POG 2
•  Boss OC-2
•  TS-808
•  Beigel Mu-Tron 3x Envelope Filter
•  MXR Bass Envelope Filter
•  Moog 104M Analog Delay

Bottom Tray:
•  Klon Centuar
•  Ross Compressor
•  Shin-Ei Univibe
•  MXR/CAE Line Driver

Ambikab Tray 1:
•  Eventide Time Factor
•  Eventide Space Reverb 2 [always set to “Plate” setting]

Ambikab Tray 2:
•  Eventide Time Factor
•  Eventide Space Reverb 3 [always set to “Plate” setting]

Experimental Tray:  TS-808.

Rack units:
•  CAE/Bradshaw Tremolo
•  Alesis Microverb
•  Furman Power Conditioner
•  Korg DTR-2 Tuner
•  Ibanez DM-2000
•  CAE Custom Series Audio Controller x 2
•  Eventide Space Reverb 1

racktop pedals clear PS
Here’s a clear shot of the pedals atop the rack. The POG 2 may be the Effects MVP of the New Year’s Run, as it was in regular use throughout.
Rack Trays PS
The rack trays are somewhat modified. You can see the blank velcro space in the bottom tray where the TS-808 was removed, thus dismantling the “TREY 94” loop. The extra 808 was moved up to the “Experimental” tray for a return to LESS and MORE distortion settings.
rst-24 PS
Here’s the updated RST-24 after the mid-December tweaking. A full channel listing comparing this to the early December version is below.  For the relevant signal chain/order, see here.
TGR Photo - Delay-Reverb Controls
The expanders, left, each add 4 additional channels to the RST-24. MICRO controls the Alesis Microverb. FISHHOLE, SHIMMER, and SPRING are presets for Space Reverb #1.  OFF bypasses the TimeFactors.  BAND and VINTAGE are TimeFactor settings.  HOLD controls the delay repeats on the TimeFactor.  The expression pedals, right, control feedback and level for both TimeFactors.
TGR Photo - Ambikab Loops
This is one of 2 identical trays that contain the effects for the Ambikab effects loops.  The Space Reverbs in these trays (Space Reverbs #2 & #3) are always set to PLATE, and the TimeFactors are controlled by the Expanders and expression pedals, as described above.
TGR Photo - delays for days
The whole blinking, bleeping, and flashing apparatus. Notice the Alesis Microverb is back in (atop the CAE Super Tremolo). There’s a listing of handwritten presets taped to the Eventide Space #1 at the top; that unit is controlled by the Expanders as noted above.
TGR Photo - Komets
The Komet Trainwrecks in place at MSG. All EL-34; no more 6L6.
cabs and leslie - PS.jpg
The Komet Ambikabs and Leslie G-37, along with Koa #1 at MSG.
leslie close PS
Here’s a close-up of the Leslie label making clear it’s the G-37.

CAE Expander 1:

Channel

Effect

A

Hold (TimeFactor repeats)

B

Vintage (TimeFactor setting)

C

Band (TimeFactor setting)

D

OFF (bypasses TimeFactor)

CAE Expander 2:

Channel

Effect

A

FishHole (Space Reverb #1 setting)

B

Shimmer (Space Reverb #1 setting)

C

Spring (Space Reverb #1 setting)

D

Micro (bypasses Microverb)

RST 24 Midi Controller Channel Comparison Chart:

Channel

CAE December Rebuild

MSG NYE Run

1

Leslie Speed

Leslie Speed

2

Victoria Reverberato

Victoria Reverberato

3

Bradshaw Tremolo

Bradshaw Tremolo

4

Bass Envelope Filter

Bass Envelope Filter

5

DM 2000

DM 2000

6

DM 2000 MOD function

DM 2000 MOD function

7

DM 2000 HOLD function

DM 2000 HOLD function

8

CAE Wah

CAE Wah

9

Leslie ON/OFF

Leslie ON/OFF

10

Space (pre)

Space (pre)

11

Mutron

Mutron

12

Shin-Ei Univibe

Shin-Ei Univibe

13

Boss OC-2

Boss OC-2

14

Moog Analog Delay

Moog Analog Delay

15

?

POG

16

Whammy II

Whammy II

17

Tuner and Amp A/B

Tuner and Amp A/B

18

Trey 94

Ross

19

TS-808

808-Less

20

Klon

Klon

21

POG

808-More

22

MOOG tap

MOOG Tap

23

Eventide tap

Eventide Tap

24

Boomerang

Boomerang