Pedalboard / 041
Ed O'Brien
O'Brien's compact solo-tour system placed programmable EQ and compression ahead of two gain stages, a Whammy, four distinct delays and a final Echoplex-style preamp.
Signal path / A
Earth tour ten-loop board
Photographed · loop order traced
Documented equipment · Cable-traced order · Switchable effects loops
Close photographs expose the ten RJM Mastermind loop connections and The King of Gear records them in numbered order. O'Brien independently identifies the same live board and explains the Whammy, Cali76, Page, Deluxe Memory Man, Belle Epoch Deluxe and its companion preamp. The RJM controller and guitar input selector are omitted because they route or control the signal rather than create an audio effect; the ten loop devices are shown in their documented order.