Doyle Bramhall IIPedalboard, 2023
Doyle Bramhall II's pedalboard for Eric Clapton's April 2023 Japan tour contains 13 connected units, including King Tone Wah, Tinsley Audio Sir Henry, Prescription Electronics Experience, two C.O.B. units, The Duellist, Ibanez EM5 and Strymon Flint. Guitar Magazine Japan photographed the board and reconstructed its routing; it did not confirm the full cable order. The disconnected Fuzz Face replica is excluded.
Clapton Japan tour board
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 13 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Doyle Bramhall II's 2023 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.
Routing & Control
Dunlop DVP3 Volume (X)
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Controls the level entering Bramhall's wah, vibe and fuzz section.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
King Tone Wah Prototype
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides the vocal filter sweep before modulation and the unbuffered fuzz group.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Tinsley Audio Sir Henry
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds the slow, asymmetric pitch-and-phase movement central to his psychedelic textures.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Prescription Electronics Experience
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Produces octave-up fuzz, conventional fuzz and reverse-style swell textures.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Acid Fuzz Italian Fuzz Compact
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds a distinct vintage British fuzz voice to Bramhall's pre-buffer gain palette.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Acid Fuzz The Zoink Machine
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Supplies the cutting, gated vintage fuzz character associated with the original Zonk circuit.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Tuner
TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini (Noir)
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides compact stage tuning before the buffered junction section.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Prescription Electronics C.O.B.
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Blends octave-up fuzz with the unaffected signal for definition and different gain positions.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Routing & Control
L.A. Sound Design PI-01
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Buffers and routes the post-fuzz section, then provides the board's stereo amplifier outputs.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
King Tone The Duellist
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides two stackable drive voices, including a channel based on the builder's reference TS808.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Prescription Electronics C.O.B.
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Blends octave-up fuzz with the unaffected signal for definition and different gain positions.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
Ibanez EM5 Echo Machine
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds short or repeating echo before the final tremolo and reverb processor.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reverb & Ambience
Strymon Flint
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides final ambience and amplitude modulation before returning to the PI-01 in stereo.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reconstructed equipment · Reconstructed order · Split output path
Guitar Magazine Japan photographed and numbered the April 2023 board with cooperation from guitar tech Mattias Johansson. Every connected device shown here is visually verified, but Johansson did not provide the full connection order; the magazine labels its own cable path as an informed reconstruction. The likely path is therefore preserved as reconstructed rather than cable-traced. The Fuzz Face replica was present but disconnected, so it is omitted. Power supplies are not audio stages, and the separate Carbon Copy-to-BD-2 mini-board is omitted because its relationship to Bramhall's guitar signal was not established. Premier Guitar's 2017 visual rundown independently confirms the long-term Vox-wah, Zonk, Experience and stereo-ambience vocabulary without being merged into this later snapshot.
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 Doyle Bramhall II's 2023 pedalboard
- What pedals did Doyle Bramhall II use in 2023?
- This dated entry lists 13 units: Dunlop DVP3 Volume (X), King Tone Wah Prototype, Tinsley Audio Sir Henry, Prescription Electronics Experience, Acid Fuzz Italian Fuzz Compact, Acid Fuzz The Zoink Machine, TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini, Prescription Electronics C.O.B., L.A. Sound Design PI-01, King Tone The Duellist, Prescription Electronics C.O.B., Ibanez EM5 Echo Machine, Strymon Flint. 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 Doyle Bramhall II'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 Doyle Bramhall II's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 13 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Doyle Bramhall II 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 2023. Eric Clapton Japan tour. 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 Guitar Magazine Japan, Premier Guitar. Among them a photograph and a rig rundown. The units are recorded as reconstructed equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03.