# Buddy Guy Pedalboard 2012: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 2012 Buddy Guy pedalboard, pedal by pedal: BG95 Signature Wah, Tube Screamer, JD-7 Injector. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/buddy-guy/touring-split-rig-2012/
- 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 | Buddy Guy |
| Board | Wah, overdrive and amplifier split |
| Date | 2012-01-01 — 2012 (year precision) |
| Context | 2012 touring rig |
| Scope | Touring-period rig |
| Signal path | 3 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Split output path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Source-described |
| Status | Guitar-tech-described signal path |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 3 |

Buddy Guy kept his 2012 touring path to three boxes: his two-voice BG95 signature wah, a Tube Screamer overdrive and a JD-7 Injector splitter feeding two stage amps.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence.

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | BG95 Signature Wah | Provides Guy's vocal sweep for the Hendrix-referencing section of his live show. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/bg95-signature-wah/ |
| 2 | Tube Screamer | Adds gain and sustain to the comparatively clean Chicago Blues Box amplifiers. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tube-screamer/ |
| 3 | JD-7 Injector | Buffers and divides the post-overdrive signal to Guy's pair of stage amplifiers. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jd-7-injector/ |

## Reconstruction note

Guitar tech Gilbert Garza described the order as wireless and cable into the signature wah, then Tube Screamer, then JD-7 splitter. The wireless receiver is infrastructure and is omitted. A 2009 first-person interview documents the immediately preceding wah-only approach, while Garza explains that the later overdrive supplied extra gain and sustain into cleaner amplifiers; the board is therefore dated to the documented 2012 configuration rather than generalized across Guy's career.

## Questions

### What pedals did Buddy Guy use in 2012?

This dated entry lists 3 units: BG95 Signature Wah, Tube Screamer, JD-7 Injector. 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 Buddy Guy's pedals in?

A cited source states the order. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections.

### Is this Buddy Guy's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers 3 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Buddy Guy 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?

2012. 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?

3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Vintage Guitar, Dunlop Manufacturing, Premier Guitar. Among them an interview and an official listing. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.

## Sources

3 cited sources across 3 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Buddy Guy: Keeping the Blues Alive and Definitely Kicking](https://www.vintageguitar.com/14777/buddy-guy-3/) — Vintage Guitar (Primary source · interview), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `gilbert-garza-buddy-guy-rig-interview`
2. [Buddy Guy Artist Profile and Signature Wah](https://www.jimdunlop.com/artists/buddy-guy/) — Dunlop Manufacturing (Primary source · official), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `buddy-guy-dunlop-artist-statement`
3. [Buddy Guy: Keepin' the Blues Alive!](https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/buddy-guy-keepin-the-blues-alive?page=2) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · interview), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `buddy-guy-first-person-2009`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Buddy Guy: [Buddy Guy board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/buddy-guy/)
- [Dave Navarro — Jane's Addiction split-path board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dave-navarro/janes-addiction-split-board-2024/): shares Tube Screamer
- [Joan Jett — Single-overdrive Blackhearts rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joan-jett/single-overdrive-blackhearts-rig-2015/): shares Tube Screamer
- [Marcus King — 2026 touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/marcus-king/touring-board-2026/): shares Tube Screamer
- [Johnny Marr — Smiths BCB-6 board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/johnny-marr/smiths-bcb-6-board-1986/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Gain)
- [Randy Rhoads — Custom touring pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/randy-rhoads/custom-touring-pedalboard-1982/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Gain)
- [Robert Randolph — Nashville pedal-steel board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-randolph/nashville-pedal-steel-board-2017/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Gain)
- Previous board in archive order: [Bruce Springsteen — Magic tour remote and offstage rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/bruce-springsteen/magic-tour-remote-and-offstage-rig-2007/)
- Next board in archive order: [Carlos Santana — Minimal split-amplifier board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/carlos-santana/ryman-touring-rig-2014/)