# Doyle Bramhall II Pedalboard 2023: Clapton Japan Tour

> Doyle Bramhall II's 2023 Clapton tour pedalboard: 13 units, Experience fuzz, Duellist, EM5 and Flint. Photo-based inventory; stereo routing reconstructed.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/doyle-bramhall-ii/clapton-japan-tour-board-2023/
- 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 | Doyle Bramhall II |
| Board | Clapton Japan tour board |
| Date | 2023-04-01 — April 2023 (month precision) |
| Context | Eric Clapton Japan tour |
| Scope | Exact board snapshot |
| Signal path | 13 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Split output path |
| Unit evidence | Reconstructed |
| Order evidence | Reconstructed |
| Status | Editorial board photograph · routing explicitly reconstructed |
| Audited | 2026-08-03 |
| Sources | 2 |

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.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented.

Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it.

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Dunlop DVP3 Volume (X) | Controls the level entering Bramhall's wah, vibe and fuzz section. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dunlop-dvp3-volume-x/ |
| 2 | King Tone Wah Prototype | Provides the vocal filter sweep before modulation and the unbuffered fuzz group. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/king-tone-wah-prototype/ |
| 3 | Tinsley Audio Sir Henry | Adds the slow, asymmetric pitch-and-phase movement central to his psychedelic textures. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tinsley-audio-sir-henry/ |
| 4 | Prescription Electronics Experience | Produces octave-up fuzz, conventional fuzz and reverse-style swell textures. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/prescription-electronics-experience/ |
| 5 | Acid Fuzz Italian Fuzz Compact | Adds a distinct vintage British fuzz voice to Bramhall's pre-buffer gain palette. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/acid-fuzz-italian-fuzz-compact/ |
| 6 | Acid Fuzz The Zoink Machine | Supplies the cutting, gated vintage fuzz character associated with the original Zonk circuit. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/acid-fuzz-the-zoink-machine/ |
| 7 | TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini (Noir) | Provides compact stage tuning before the buffered junction section. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tc-electronic-polytune-2-mini/ |
| 8 | Prescription Electronics C.O.B. | Blends octave-up fuzz with the unaffected signal for definition and different gain positions. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/prescription-electronics-c-o-b/ |
| 9 | L.A. Sound Design PI-01 | Buffers and routes the post-fuzz section, then provides the board's stereo amplifier outputs. | Integrated board | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/l-a-sound-design-pi-01/ |
| 10 | King Tone The Duellist | Provides two stackable drive voices, including a channel based on the builder's reference TS808. | Integrated board | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/king-tone-the-duellist/ |
| 11 | Prescription Electronics C.O.B. | Blends octave-up fuzz with the unaffected signal for definition and different gain positions. | Integrated board | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/prescription-electronics-c-o-b/ |
| 12 | Ibanez EM5 Echo Machine | Adds short or repeating echo before the final tremolo and reverb processor. | Integrated board | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ibanez-em5-echo-machine/ |
| 13 | Strymon Flint | Provides final ambience and amplitude modulation before returning to the PI-01 in stereo. | Integrated board | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/strymon-flint/ |

## Reconstruction note

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.

## Questions

### 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.

## Sources

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

1. [Doyle Bramhall II's Pedalboard: Vintage-Oriented Effect Selection](https://guitarmagazine.jp/gear/2023-0712-doyle-bramhall-ii-effector/) — Guitar Magazine Japan (Primary source · photograph), published 2023-07-12, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `guitar-magazine-japan-doyle-bramhall-2023`
2. [Rig Rundown: Doyle Bramhall II](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-doyle-bramhall-ii) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2017-01-11, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `premier-guitar-doyle-bramhall-2017`

## Related pages

- Budget rebuild of this board (editorial, priced): [Doyle Bramhall II pedalboard on a budget](https://pedalboardarchive.com/budget/doyle-bramhall-ii/clapton-japan-tour-board-2023/)
- Every documented board by Doyle Bramhall II: [Doyle Bramhall II board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/doyle-bramhall-ii/)
- [Seth Lee Jones — Mono-to-stereo TPS board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/seth-lee-jones/that-pedal-show-stereo-board-2026/): shares TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini
- [Cody Matlock — Photographed compact pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/cody-matlock/instagram-board-july-2026/): shares Strymon Flint
- [Gary Clark Jr. — Ryman Auditorium effects-loop board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/gary-clark-jr/ryman-auditorium-loop-board-2019/): shares Strymon Flint
- [Julian Lage — View with a Room touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/julian-lage/view-with-a-room-board-2023/): shares Strymon Flint
- [Guthrie Govan — Aristocrats and Steven Wilson rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/guthrie-govan/aristocrats-and-steven-wilson-2013/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Tuner, Reverb & Ambience, Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain)
- [Mateus Asato — Pedalboard 2026](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mateus-asato/world-tour-board-2026/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Tuner, Reverb & Ambience, Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain)
- Previous board in archive order: [Dimebag Darrell — Vulgar Display of Power core path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dimebag-darrell/vulgar-display-core-path-1992/)
- Next board in archive order: [Duane Allman — Early and session fuzz setup](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/duane-allman/early-session-fuzz-1968/)