Davy KnowlesPedalboard, 2020
Davy Knowles split his 2020 rig in two: an RMC wah, a Boss TU-3W, a Mythos High Road Fuzz, a BMF The Godfather overdrive and a Foxrox Octron in front of the amp, then an MXR Carbon Copy, a JHS Lucky Cat and a JHS Spring Tank in the amp loop.
2020 front path and amplifier loop
Order evidence: A source states the sequence
Inside the rig · 8 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Davy Knowles's 2020 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Source-described orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Filter & EQ
RMC Wah (model not recalled)
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Opens the front-of-amp path with a vocal sweep.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Tuner
BOSS TU-3W
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Tunes and buffers the front-of-amp path.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Mythos High Road Fuzz
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Supplies the main gated and sustaining fuzz voice.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
BMF Effects The Godfather
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds a separate front-end drive voice after the fuzz.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Pitch & Synth
Foxrox Octron
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds octave textures before the amplifier input.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Delay & Echo
MXR Carbon Copy
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Begins the time-effects loop with short ambience.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Delay & Echo
JHS Lucky Cat
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Provides the longer controllable delay stage in the loop.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Reverb & Ambience
JHS Spring Tank
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Finishes the loop with switchable spring ambience.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Documented equipment · Documented order · Serial path
Knowles describes the route on camera. He could not recall the RMC wah model, so the archive preserves that uncertainty. One additional small front-path enclosure is not identifiable and is deliberately omitted. The later Guitar Thrills interview confirms the recurring Octron and minimal routing vocabulary but is not merged into this 2020 snapshot.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Davy Knowles's 2020 pedalboard
- What pedals did Davy Knowles use in 2020?
- This dated entry lists 8 units: RMC Wah (model not recalled), BOSS TU-3W, Mythos High Road Fuzz, BMF Effects The Godfather, Foxrox Octron, MXR Carbon Copy, JHS Lucky Cat, JHS Spring Tank. 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 Davy Knowles'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 Davy Knowles's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 8 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Davy Knowles 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?
- January 29, 2020. Official touring-rig walkthrough. 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 pedalboard?
- 2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Davy Knowles, Guitar Thrills. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03.