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Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen's compact 2007 system keeps lead boost and delay under his custom remote while guitar tech Kevin Buell handles rotary and flanger effects offstage for specific songs.

Board
Magic tour remote and offstage rig
Context
Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Reconstructed
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Switchable effects loops
Audited
Signal
5 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Magic tour remote and offstage rig

Guitar-tech documented touring rig - cable order reconstructed

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Switchable effects loops

Kevin Buell identifies the Dyna Comp and MC401 as the lead sound, the DD-3 as the delay, and the RT-20 and BF-3 as song-specific effects he operates offstage. The source describes control responsibility but not a cable trace, so the display groups the first three in the main path and the latter two in a switching zone without claiming exact serial order. The custom onstage stomp box is a remote controller and is omitted. Musician's independent 1992 report documents the same operating philosophy - simple player controls with delay, overdrive and flanger hardware handled around or under the stage - but none of its older devices are merged into this 2007 snapshot.

Cited sources

  1. MixBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
  2. MusicianRiding with Springsteen