# Billy Gibbons Pedalboard 2019: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2019 Billy Gibbons pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octavio Fuzz and 3 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/billy-gibbons/european-tour-rjm-loop-2019/ - 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 | Billy Gibbons | | Board | European tour four-effect loop | | Date | 2019-11-01 — 2019 European tour (era precision) | | Context | Frankenhalle, Nuremberg | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 4 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Switchable effects loops | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Tech-identified rack - order reconstructed | | Audited | 2026-08-04 | | Sources | 2 | Billy Gibbons carried four effects on ZZ Top's 2019 European tour, switched by an RJM loop: a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octavio fuzz, a Boss OC-3 octave, a Boss GE-7 EQ and an MXR Carbon Copy analog delay, feeding Marshall and Magnatone amps. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented. Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octavio Fuzz | Adds the bright upper-octave rasp and saturated attack in Gibbons' switched effects rack. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dunlop-jimi-hendrix-octavio-fuzz/ | | 2 | Boss OC-3 Super Octave | Supplies a controllable lower octave distinct from the Octavio's upper-octave fuzz. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-oc-3-super-octave/ | | 3 | Boss GE-7 Equalizer | Shapes the mid-heavy response of the effects loop before the rig fans out to its amplifiers. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-ge-7-equalizer/ | | 4 | MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay | Adds dark repeats and optional modulation as the time-based voice in Gibbons' compact rack. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/mxr-carbon-copy/ | ## Reconstruction note Longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis identifies the four effects installed in the photographed RJM loop and describes the signal continuing to multiple amplifier paths. The article lists the loop contents but does not number their connections, so this display uses a conventional fuzz, octave, EQ and delay sequence and marks it reconstructed. The wireless receiver, RJM switcher, guitar-matching MEQ processor, MIDI controller and duplicated backup rack are omitted. Premier Guitar's independent 2015 tech-guided rundown corroborates Francis' role and the architecture of Gibbons' touring system, but is not used to claim the later pedal inventory. ## Questions ### What pedals did Billy Gibbons use in 2019? This dated entry lists 4 units: Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Octavio Fuzz, Boss OC-3 Super Octave, Boss GE-7 Equalizer, MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay. 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 Billy Gibbons'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. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections. ### Is this Billy Gibbons's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 4 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Billy Gibbons 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? 2019 European tour. Frankenhalle, Nuremberg. This is the rig documented for that touring period, not a career-wide gear list. ### How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard? 2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Gitarre & Bass, Premier Guitar. Among them an interview and a rig rundown. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-04. ## Sources 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [ZZ-Top-Tech Elwood Francis](https://www.gitarrebass.de/stories/zz-top-tech-elwood-francis/) — Gitarre & Bass (Primary source · interview), published 2020-02-07, accessed 2026-08-04, independent group `gitarre-bass-elwood-francis-2019` 2. [Rig Rundown: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill \[2015\]](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-zz-tops-billy-gibbons-and-dusty-hill-2015) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2015-09-16, accessed 2026-08-04, independent group `premier-guitar-zz-top-2015` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Billy Gibbons: [Billy Gibbons board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/billy-gibbons/) - [Warren Haynes — Gov't Mule Ryman rack and floor rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/warren-haynes/govt-mule-ryman-rig-2023/): shares MXR Carbon Copy, Boss GE-7 Equalizer - [Jeff Beck — Final tour career-spanning board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jeff-beck/final-tour-career-spanning-board-2022/): shares Boss OC-3 Super Octave - [The Edge — eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE programmable rack](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/the-edge/experience-innocence-rack-2018/): shares Boss OC-3 Super Octave - [Davy Knowles — 2020 front path and amplifier loop](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/davy-knowles/touring-rig-january-2020/): shares MXR Carbon Copy - [Dann Huff — Vertex stereo studio board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dann-huff/vertex-stereo-studio-board-2012/): shares Boss GE-7 Equalizer - [Jerry Garcia — Wolf onboard-loop effects chain](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jerry-garcia/wolf-obel-effects-chain-1978/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Pitch & Synth, Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [Ariel Posen — Goodwood studio and travel board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/ariel-posen/goodwood-studio-board-2021/) - Next board in archive order: [Billy Gibbons — Cheap Sunglasses studio effects](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/billy-gibbons/cheap-sunglasses-studio-effects-1979/)