# Derek Trucks Guitar Rig 2019: Full Gear List & Setup

> Derek Trucks plays with no pedals at all. In 2019 he sometimes pulled even the inline tuner out to keep his SG responding straight to the amplifier.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/derek-trucks/straight-into-the-amp-2019/
- 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 | Derek Trucks |
| Board | Straight into the amplifier |
| Date | 2019-06-27 — 2019 (year precision) |
| Context | Tedeschi Trucks Band touring rig |
| Scope | Core signal path |
| Signal path | Direct · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Not applicable |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Not applicable |
| Status | Artist-confirmed direct signal path |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 2 |

Derek Trucks plays with no pedals at all. In 2019 he sometimes pulled even the inline tuner out to keep his SG responding straight to the amplifier.

## Signal chain

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

No pedals are documented in this signal path.

## Reconstruction note

Both first-person interviews describe the same live practice: guitar cable directly into the amplifier, with no effect pedal or pedal tuner in the audio path. Studio experiments and occasional one-off effects are outside this dated touring snapshot.

## Questions

### Did Derek Trucks use effects pedals in 2019?

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?

2019. Tedeschi Trucks Band touring rig. 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 Motif, MusicRadar. Among them an interview and a rig rundown. 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. [The Roots Report: An Interview with Derek Trucks](https://motifri.com/derektrucks/) — Motif (Primary source · interview), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `motif-derek-trucks-interview`
2. [Rig tour: Derek Trucks](https://www.musicradar.com/news/rig-tour-derek-trucks) — MusicRadar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2019-06-27, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `musicradar-derek-trucks-rig-tour`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Derek Trucks: [Derek Trucks board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/derek-trucks/)
- Previous board in archive order: [Davy Knowles — 2020 front path and amplifier loop](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/davy-knowles/touring-rig-january-2020/)
- Next board in archive order: [Dick Dale — Standalone spring-reverb core path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dick-dale/standalone-reverb-core-path/)