It's not a big deal. I can see some Boss Pedals(old ones), an amp modeller(looks like Digitech??),cry baby and a foot switch, it's not a whole lot. Using laptop to record this playing using a DAW is a good idea, unless he's trying to use softwares like NI Guitar Rig 2 or IK Amplitube 2 which are fine for recording but sounds like shit for playing live. Cannot compare with a real tube amp. There's the Mac, which means he'll definelty be using Logic if he's recording. All and all, this is nothing big. I play like shit and the gears keep growing every year. I hope he plays better than me.