Where does Petrucci get his IIC+ Heads?

[ntg]

Seems like every IIC+ I see of his looks brand new...anyone have any insights?

 

[Elpelotero]

straight from the mesa factory...not to mention he takes great care of them.

 

[ntg]

So that begs the question, (and I even hate to ask it...) can anyone order a new IIC+ from Mesa Boogie?

 

[sundaypunch]

So that begs the question, (and I even hate to ask it...) can anyone order a new IIC+ from Mesa Boogie?

I don't know but let me speculate.

Not a chance

 

[Elpelotero]

even if you are john petrucci.. they haven't been made since the 80's. he just gets the headshells and knobs etc brand new whenever he wants

 

[ntg]

Sorry to sound ignorant, but it seems he ran across some IIC+ heads just like the rest of us regular joes, had some custom shop shells made and cleaned them up?

 

[Elpelotero]

you got the second half correct. he's been using the same 2c+'s for years, probably since the 80's. You won't find him scouring ebay like the rest of us.

 

[Bullen]

Not since the 80´s as far as I know.

According to an interview with JP after the release of Awake, his first IIC+ was a loan from Mark Snyder during the recording of Awake. He later bought the amp and it´s been his main one ever since.

He used a boogie head in the late 80´s (as seen on the WDAD-reUnite DVD), but I don´t think it was a IIC+. He also had a Quad/295 based rack rig (also seen on that DVD and was probably used on I&W) that later morphed into his Triaxis/2:90 rig.