# Carlos Santana Pedalboard 2014: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2014 Carlos Santana pedalboard, pedal by pedal: LD1 Line Driver, RMC4 Picture Wah and 2 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/carlos-santana/ryman-touring-rig-2014/ - 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 | Carlos Santana | | Board | Minimal split-amplifier board | | Date | 2014-04-23 — April 23, 2014 (day precision) | | Context | Ryman Auditorium, Nashville | | Scope | Exact board snapshot | | Signal path | 4 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Split output path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Source-described | | Status | Guitar-tech-described signal path | | Audited | 2026-08-03 | | Sources | 3 | Carlos Santana played the Ryman in 2014 with four units: an LD1 line driver, an RMC4 Picture Wah, a three-way splitter feeding his stage amps, and a D-Two multitap delay in the Bludotone effects loops. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | LD1 Line Driver | Restores and stabilizes the signal before the wah and multi-amplifier split. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ld1-line-driver/ | | 2 | RMC4 Picture Wah | Adds the vocal filter sweep used selectively for melodic emphasis. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/rmc4-picture-wah/ | | 3 | AC-powered three-way splitter/mute | Splits the front-end signal toward the rack-mounted amplifier selectors and separate stage amplifiers. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ac-powered-three-way-splitter-mute/ | | 4 | D-Two Multitap Rhythm Delay | Provides time-based effects in the effects loops of the two Bludotone amplifier heads. | Amplifier loop | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/d-two-multitap-rhythm-delay/ | ## Reconstruction note Guitar tech Ed Adair explicitly described the front-end order as 50-foot cable, LD1 line driver, RMC4 wah and three-way splitter. The D-Two is shown after the split only as a separate effects-loop branch; it does not sit in series after every amplifier output. Tuner and remote amp selectors are control infrastructure and are omitted. ## Questions ### What pedals did Carlos Santana use in 2014? This dated entry lists 4 units: LD1 Line Driver, RMC4 Picture Wah, AC-powered three-way splitter/mute, D-Two Multitap Rhythm 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 Carlos Santana'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 Carlos Santana's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 4 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Carlos Santana 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? April 23, 2014. Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. 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 Premier Guitar, Pete Cornish, Mixdown Magazine. Among them a rig rundown, an official listing and a written article. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03. ## Sources 3 cited sources across 3 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Rig Rundown: Carlos Santana](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-carlos-santana) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2014-05-07, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `premier-guitar-santana-2014` 2. [Pete Cornish client list: Carlos Santana routing systems](https://petecornish.co.uk/client.html) — Pete Cornish (Primary source · official), accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `pete-cornish-client-archive` 3. [Gear Rundown: Carlos Santana](https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/columns/gear-rundown-carlos-santana/) — Mixdown Magazine (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `mixdown-santana-rundown` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Carlos Santana: [Carlos Santana board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/carlos-santana/) - [Joe Bonamassa — Four-amplifier touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joe-bonamassa/touring-rig-2013/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo) - [Philip Sayce — That Pedal Show studio signal flow](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/philip-sayce/that-pedal-show-board-2026/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo) - [Buddy Guy — Wah, overdrive and amplifier split](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/buddy-guy/touring-split-rig-2012/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ) - [Matt Schofield — Vertex dual-amplifier board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/matt-schofield/vertex-dual-amp-board-2011/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Delay & Echo) - [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) - [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) - Previous board in archive order: [Buddy Guy — Wah, overdrive and amplifier split](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/buddy-guy/touring-split-rig-2012/) - Next board in archive order: [Chet Atkins — EchoSonic integrated tape-echo path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/chet-atkins/echosonic-integrated-echo-path-1954/)