Eric GalesPedalboard, 2023
Eric Gales's 2023 Crown touring board runs nine units: a Shure GLX-D6+ wireless, a CAE wah, a Whammy 5, then four gain voices — Brute Drive, Raw Dawg, Colossus Fuzz and a Hendrix Octavio — plus an always-on Boost DLA delay and an RC-5 looper.
Crown touring board
Order evidence: A source states the sequence
Inside the rig · 9 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Eric Gales's 2023 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.
Routing & Control
GLXD6+ Wireless
Role in this rig
Receives Gales’s guitar signal before it reaches any expression or gain effect.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Filter & EQ
CAE Wah (Gold finish)
Role in this rig
The first expression effect in Gales’s documented 2023 chain.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Pitch & Synth
Whammy 5
Role in this rig
Provides expression-controlled pitch shifts before the complete drive and fuzz section.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Brute Drive
Role in this rig
Begins Gales’s four-pedal drive and fuzz sequence with two levels of overdrive.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Raw Dawg Overdrive
Role in this rig
Adds a focused second drive voice before the two fuzz pedals.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Colossus Fuzz
Role in this rig
Supplies the first dedicated fuzz voice in Gales’s 2023 chain.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Hendrix Octavio Fuzz
Role in this rig
Ends the gain section with a pronounced upper octave before delay and looping.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Delay & Echo
Boost DLA
Role in this rig
Gales keeps this single delay active after the complete drive section.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Looping
RC-5 Loop Station
Role in this rig
Closes the 2023 board, capturing the fully processed signal after delay.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Documented equipment · Documented order · Serial path
Premier Guitar published the complete order from the wireless receiver through the RC-5. This view follows that described signal path.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Eric Gales's 2023 pedalboard
- What pedals did Eric Gales use in 2023?
- This dated entry lists 9 units: GLXD6+ Wireless, CAE Wah, Whammy 5, Brute Drive, Raw Dawg Overdrive, Colossus Fuzz, Hendrix Octavio Fuzz, Boost DLA, RC-5 Loop Station. 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 Eric Gales's pedals in?
- A cited source states the order: Guitar → GLXD6+ Wireless → CAE Wah → Whammy 5 → Brute Drive → Raw Dawg Overdrive → Colossus Fuzz → Hendrix Octavio Fuzz → Boost DLA → RC-5 Loop Station → amplifier.
- Is this Eric Gales's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 9 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Eric Gales 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?
- March 2023. Nashville Rig Rundown. 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 Premier Guitar, Guitar World. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.