Adam JonesPedalboard, 2010
Adam Jones used eight pedals on Tool's 2010 tour: an MXR Micro Amp boost, a DOD FX40B EQ, a Cry Baby 535Q wah, an MXR Dyna Comp, a Heil Talk Box, a Boss BF-2 flanger and two digital delays.
Tool touring effects board
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 8 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Adam Jones's 2010 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Gain
MXR M133 Micro Amp
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Pushes Jones's amplifier blend and is often left active for driven passages.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
DOD FX40B Equalizer
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Shapes fullness and cut before Jones's multi-amplifier rig and is frequently active with the boost.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides Jones's restrained filter sweeps and more pronounced lead articulation.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Dynamics
MXR M102 Dyna Comp
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Controls dynamics and extends sustain, particularly when feeding the talk box.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
Heil Talk Box (Red enclosure)
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Routes the guitar through a tube at Jones's microphone for the vocal-formant solo in Jambi.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Creates Jones's slow metallic movement and remains one of the most identifiable Tool modulation sounds.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Supplies repeat textures and rhythmic echoes on the main live board.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Extends the board with multiple stored delay characters and looping functions.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Serial path
Guitar tech Chris Leahey demonstrates the board and its principal effects in the historical DunlopTV rundown. That upload is now private, but surviving 2010 stills and Reverb independently identify the compact delay in this snapshot as a DD-3, alongside the Micro Amp, FX40B, 535Q, Talk Box and BF-2. No source publishes a complete cable trace, so the displayed sequence is a functional reconstruction. The two PSM-5 power/master switches, volume pedal, tuners, synthesizer controller and amplifier switching are omitted as control or utility devices.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Adam Jones's 2010 pedalboard
- What pedals did Adam Jones use in 2010?
- This dated entry lists 8 units: MXR M133 Micro Amp, DOD FX40B Equalizer, Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q, MXR M102 Dyna Comp, Heil Talk Box, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.
- What order were Adam Jones's pedals in?
- The complete order is reconstructed, not observed. The layout follows the cited routing constraints and the archive's signal-chain convention where the sources are silent: Guitar → MXR M133 Micro Amp → DOD FX40B Equalizer → Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q → MXR M102 Dyna Comp → Heil Talk Box → Boss BF-2 Flanger → Boss DD-3 Digital Delay → Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler → amplifier.
- Is this Adam Jones's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 8 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Adam Jones owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.
- When and where was this pedalboard used?
- Tool touring rig, documented September 2010. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.
- How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?
- 3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including DunlopTV, Reverb News, Guitar FX Depot. Among them a rig rundown, a written article and a photograph. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-02.