Chris BuckPedalboard, 2022
Chris Buck's 2022 Cardinal Black touring board ran 14 units through a GigRig G2. Drives include a Mythos Golden Fleece fuzz, Snouse BlackBox Overdrive 2, Mythos Mjolnir and a King of Tone, with echo from a Catalinbread Echorec, Gurus Echosex 3 and Boss RE-202.
Cardinal Black touring system
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 14 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Chris Buck's 2022 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Gain
Mythos Golden Fleece
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Supplies the responsive, edge-of-breakup fuzz voice and stacks into overdrives.
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- Reconstructed
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Gain
Snouse BlackBox Overdrive 2
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Provides articulate low-to-medium gain and a stacking partner for the King of Tone.
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- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Great Eastern FX Small Speaker Overdrive
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Introduces a narrower, characterful drive texture before the broader gain stages.
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- Reconstructed
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Gain
Mythos Mjolnir
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Adds focused midrange and gain, particularly when paired with the Small Speaker drive.
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- Reconstructed
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Gain
Analog Man King of Tone
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Delivers the principal open overdrive and combines with fuzz or the BlackBox for heavier sounds.
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- Reconstructed
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Dynamics
Jackson Audio Bloom (White enclosure)
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Controls dynamics while retaining a parallel dry component for attack and articulation.
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- Reconstructed
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Gain
Xotic EP Booster
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Raises level for solos while adding the slight coloration of an EP-style preamp.
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- Reconstructed
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Modulation
Mooer Trelicopter
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Creates the deliberately abrupt, choppy tremolo pulse.
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- Reconstructed
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Delay & Echo
Catalinbread Echorec
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Provides patterned repeats and the rhythmic character of a magnetic-drum echo.
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- Reconstructed
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- Reconstructed
Multi-effects & Modeling
Line 6 HX Stomp XL
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Hosts utility and time-based sounds that would otherwise require several separate pedals.
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- Reconstructed
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Delay & Echo
Gurus Echosex 3
External loop
Role in this rig
Adds warm, preamp-colored repeats distinct from the digital and multi-head delays.
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- Reconstructed
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Modulation
ThorpyFX Deep Oggin
External loop
Role in this rig
Provides deep modulation outside the HX Stomp's programmable effects.
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- Reconstructed
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Delay & Echo
Boss RE-202 Space Echo
External loop
Role in this rig
Supplies spacious tape-style repeats, ambience and performance effects such as hold or ramping.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
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Reverb & Ambience
Universal Audio Golden Reverberator
External loop
Role in this rig
Provides the main long plate or hall ambience, with spring reverb available as a fallback.
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- Reconstructed
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Reconstructed equipment · Reconstructed order · Switchable effects loops
Buck's first-person MusicRadar walkthrough identifies each pedal, its purpose and several stacking relationships, but does not publish the complete G2 loop map. The devices follow the article's walkthrough order rather than a claimed cable trace. The G2 controller and patch bay are routing infrastructure and are omitted from the tonal line. Premier Guitar's later visual rundown independently confirms the continued use of the Golden Fleece, Mjolnir, BlackBox, Small Speaker, King of Tone, Trelicopter, Echorec, HX Stomp XL, RE-202 and Golden Reverberator while also documenting the board's subsequent changes.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Chris Buck's 2022 pedalboard
- What pedals did Chris Buck use in 2022?
- This dated entry lists 14 units: Mythos Golden Fleece, Snouse BlackBox Overdrive 2, Great Eastern FX Small Speaker Overdrive, Mythos Mjolnir, Analog Man King of Tone, Jackson Audio Bloom, Xotic EP Booster, Mooer Trelicopter, Catalinbread Echorec, Line 6 HX Stomp XL, Gurus Echosex 3, ThorpyFX Deep Oggin, Boss RE-202 Space Echo, Universal Audio Golden Reverberator. 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 Chris Buck'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 Chris Buck's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 14 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Chris Buck 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?
- November 2022. Cardinal Black Royal Albert Hall tour period. This is one dated setup as documented, 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 MusicRadar, Premier Guitar. Among them an interview and a rig rundown. The units are recorded as reconstructed equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03.