Gear history
The boards behindthe records
What was actually on the floor when those records were made, why each pedal was there, and what it costs today. Assembled from interviews, rig rundowns and live photography.
- Rigs
- 23
- Records
- 58
- Tracks
- 128
- Pedals
- 55
2 rigs, filtered to Wah and filter, 1960s.
- Jimi HendrixThe Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1966 to 1970
Close to every effect a modern board takes for granted was, in 1967, four boxes Hendrix was using in public for the first time. The fuzz, the wah, the octave and the Uni-Vibe between them define what an electric guitar is allowed to sound like.
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
4 pedals · 3 records · 6 tracks
- Eric ClaptonCream · 1966 to 1968
The Cream-era rig is almost nothing: a Les Paul, a cranked Marshall, and a wah used as a vocal effect rather than a funk rhythm tool. That restraint is exactly why the tone still gets chased.
Vox V846 Wah
2 pedals · 2 records · 3 tracks
This is editorial gear history, the same kind every guitar magazine and rig-rundown video publishes. No artist, band or manufacturer listed here is affiliated with Gear Avail, and nothing on these pages is an endorsement. Rigs change between tours and between takes, so each one is scoped to a documented era rather than presented as a career-long setup. Where only the sessions are documented, the record is listed without specific tracks.