# Albert Collins Guitar Rig 1988: Full Gear List & Setup > Albert Collins played his Custom Telecaster through a 100-foot cable straight into a loud Fender combo. No pedals: the amp and his right hand did the work. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/albert-collins/late-1980s-100-foot-cable-direct-rig/ - Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt - Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/ ## At a glance | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Artist | Albert Collins | | Board | 100-foot-cable direct rig | | Date | 1988-01-01 — Late 1980s touring core (era precision) | | Context | Late-career touring setup | | Scope | Core signal path | | Signal path | Direct · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Not applicable | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Source-described | | Status | Direct core path documented; not a career-wide no-effects claim | | Audited | 2026-08-02 | | Sources | 3 | Albert Collins played his Custom Telecaster through a 100-foot cable straight into a loud Fender combo. No pedals: the amp and his right hand did the work. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence. No pedals are documented in this signal path. ## Reconstruction note Guitar Player and Guitar World's 2021 profile identify Collins' favored 100-watt Quad Reverb and 100-foot cord. Bill Milkowski's contemporaneous September 1990 Guitar World report independently documents the long-cable stage routine and witnesses Collins plugging straight into a Fender Twin at Tramps, showing that the exact backline could vary. These sources establish the durable direct core rather than one exact photographed floor layout, so the entry remains era-level and contains no pedal placements. It does not claim Collins never used an effect in a studio, guest appearance or other undocumented setup. ## Questions ### Did Albert Collins use effects pedals in 1988? No effects pedals are documented in this path. The archive records the guitar going straight into the amplifier, so the sound comes from the instrument, the amp and the player's hands. ### When and where was this guitar rig used? Late 1980s touring core. Late-career touring setup. This is the core signal path documented for that period, not a career-wide gear list. ### How does the archive know what was on this guitar rig? 3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Guitar Player, Guitar World. Among them a written article and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-02. ## Sources 3 cited sources across 3 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Here's How to Replicate the Magic of the Blues Greats](https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/heres-how-to-replicate-the-magic-of-the-blues-greats) — Guitar Player (Specialist source · article), published 2022-06-30, accessed 2026-08-02, independent group `guitar-player-collins-rig` 2. [Why Albert Collins was the true master of the Fender Telecaster](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/albert-collins-master-of-the-telecaster) — Guitar World (Specialist source · article), published 2021-05-28, accessed 2026-08-02, independent group `guitar-world-collins-profile` 3. [Albert Collins is one of the most overlooked Tele players](https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/albert-collins-iceman) — Guitar World (Primary source · interview), published 1990-09-01, accessed 2026-08-02, independent group `guitar-world-collins-1990` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Albert Collins: [Albert Collins board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/albert-collins/) - Previous board in archive order: [Adam Jones — Tool touring effects board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/adam-jones/tool-dunlop-tech-board-2010/) - Next board in archive order: [Albert King — Late-career single-phaser path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/albert-king/late-career-phase-90-rig-1978/)