# D. Boon Guitar Rig 1983: Full Gear List & Setup

> D. Boon recorded the Minutemen's Double Nickels sessions in 1983 with a raw amp signal, no pedals and no reverb on all but a handful of tracks.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/d-boon/double-nickels-raw-studio-path-1984/
- 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 | D. Boon |
| Board | Raw Double Nickels studio path |
| Date | 1983-11-01 — November 1983 (month precision) |
| Context | Radio Tokyo sessions |
| Scope | Core signal path |
| Signal path | Direct · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Not applicable |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Not applicable |
| Status | Engineer-described unprocessed recording path |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 2 |

D. Boon recorded the Minutemen's Double Nickels sessions in 1983 with a raw amp signal, no pedals and no reverb on all but a handful of tracks.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Not applicable.** No floor effects to order.

No pedals are documented in this signal path.

## Reconstruction note

Engineer Ethan James's account states that the sessions used a raw signal with no reverb or effects, apart from one or two tracks receiving studio compression or outboard EQ. This entry represents that dominant Double Nickels recording path, not every overdub and not a claim about every Minutemen live show.

## Questions

### Did D. Boon use effects pedals in 1983?

No effects pedals are documented in this path. The archive records the guitar going straight into the amplifier, so the sound comes from the instrument, the amp and the player's hands.

### When and where was this guitar rig used?

November 1983. Radio Tokyo sessions. This is the core signal path documented for that period, not a career-wide gear list.

### How does the archive know what was on this guitar rig?

2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar, LAist. Among them a written article and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Forgotten Heroes: D. Boon](https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-d-boon?page=3) — Premier Guitar (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `premier-guitar-d-boon-oral-history`
2. [Punk legend Mike Watt on the Minutemen's early days in San Pedro](https://laist.com/podcasts/off-ramp/punk-legend-mike-watt-on-the-minutemens-early-days-in-san-pedro) — LAist (Primary source · interview), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `laist-mike-watt-interview`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by D. Boon: [D. Boon board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/d-boon/)
- Previous board in archive order: [Cory Wong — Brooklyn Bowl touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/cory-wong/brooklyn-bowl-touring-board-2022/)
- Next board in archive order: [Dan Auerbach — Turn Blue rack rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dan-auerbach/turn-blue-rack-rig-2014/)