# Jack White Pedalboard 2005: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2005 Jack White pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Micro Amp, Whammy WH-4, Big Muff Pi, POG. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jack-white/white-stripes-board-2005/ - 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 | Jack White | | Board | White Stripes octave-and-fuzz board | | Date | 2005-06-01 — 2005 (year precision) | | Context | Get Behind Me Satan era | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 4 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Serial path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Source-described | | Status | Published serial signal order | | Audited | 2026-07-18 | | Sources | 2 | Jack White's 2005 White Stripes board is four boxes in a row: an MXR Micro Amp boost into a DigiTech Whammy WH-4, a Big Muff Pi and the original Electro-Harmonix POG — the pedals behind his bass substitutions, violent leads and organ textures. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence. `Guitar → Micro Amp → Whammy WH-4 → Big Muff Pi → POG → amplifier` | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Micro Amp | Drives the rest of the White Stripes-era chain and compensates for level changes. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/micro-amp/ | | 2 | Whammy WH-4 | Pitch-shifts the boosted signal before it reaches the Big Muff. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/ | | 3 | Big Muff Pi (White repaint) | Turns the Whammy output into White's thick, sustaining lead and riff sound. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/big-muff-pi/ | | 4 | POG | Closes the board with polyphonic upper and lower octaves for organ-like textures. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/pog/ | ## Reconstruction note A 2007 period gear guide supplies this four-unit audio order; later retrospective coverage corroborates the effect set but not every patch cable. The tuner and mute box are operational utilities and are intentionally omitted from this effects path. ## Questions ### What pedals did Jack White use in 2005? This dated entry lists 4 units: Micro Amp, Whammy WH-4, Big Muff Pi, POG. 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 Jack White's pedals in? A cited source states the order: Guitar → Micro Amp → Whammy WH-4 → Big Muff Pi → POG → amplifier. ### Is this Jack White's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 4 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Jack White 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? 2005. Get Behind Me Satan era. This is the rig documented for that touring period, 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 Player Gear Guide, Guitar World. Among them a written article. 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. [Learn how to sound like Jack White](https://guitarplayer.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/learn-how-to-sound-likejack-white-the-white-stripes/) — Guitar Player Gear Guide (Specialist source · article), published 2007-07-05, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-player-white-stripes-chain` 2. [Jack White's guitar gear through the years](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jack-white-guitar-gear) — Guitar World (Specialist source · article), published 2022-06-14, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-world-jack-white-gear` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Jack White: [Jack White board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jack-white/) - [Nick Zinner — Four-board sampling rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nick-zinner/four-board-sampling-rig-2013/): shares POG, DigiTech Whammy - [David Gilmour — PULSE / Division Bell rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/): shares Big Muff Pi, DigiTech Whammy - [Dan Auerbach — Turn Blue rack rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dan-auerbach/turn-blue-rack-rig-2014/): shares Big Muff Pi - [Dan Auerbach — El Camino touring rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dan-auerbach/el-camino-touring-rig-2012/): shares Big Muff Pi - [Lee Ranaldo — Two-board Antenna touring system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lee-ranaldo/sonic-youth-two-board-antenna-system-2009/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Pitch & Synth, Gain) - [Billy Gibbons — European tour four-effect loop](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/billy-gibbons/european-tour-rjm-loop-2019/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Pitch & Synth, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [J Mascis — Bradshaw-switched touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/j-mascis/dinosaur-jr-touring-board-2021/) - Next board in archive order: [James Burton — Analog Alien custom board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/james-burton/analog-alien-custom-board-2016/)