Pedalboard Archive

Joan JettPedalboard, 2015

Joan Jett's live sound in 2015 came from one pedal: an Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer mounted by her Music Man amp. Nothing else sits between the guitar and the amplifier.

Board
Single-overdrive Blackhearts rig
Context
U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Exact board snapshot
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
1 unit · Guitar to amplifier

Single-overdrive Blackhearts rig

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InputGuitar
Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer
OutputAmplifier

A source states the sequence

Inside the rig · 1 units

Pedal roles & evidence

How each unit fits Joan Jett's 2015 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.

Cited sources

Source-described orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.

Gain

Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer

Front of amp

Role in this rig

The only audio effect in Jett's 2015 rig, mounted by the amplifier for optional extra drive and level.

Identity
Documented
Position
Documented

Documented equipment · Documented order · Serial path

Technician Zach Nagy presented Jett's March 2015 rig to Premier Guitar. Sweetwater's later gear profile independently summarizes the same configuration as an amp-mounted TS9DX plus a stage tuner and quotes Nagy's description of Jett as plug-and-play. The tuner is omitted as a utility, leaving the single audio processor shown here. No order inference is necessary.

Cited sources

Methodology
  1. Premier GuitarRig Rundown: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  2. Sweetwater inSyncJoan Jett's Contributions to Music

Questions about Joan Jett's 2015 pedalboard

What pedals did Joan Jett use in 2015?
This dated entry lists one unit: Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer. 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 Joan Jett's pedals in?
A cited source states the order: Guitar → Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer → amplifier.
Is this Joan Jett's full guitar rig?
No. This dated entry covers one unit in the effects path, not every piece of gear Joan Jett 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?
Cedar Rapids, March 21, 2015. U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids. 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, Sweetwater inSync. Among them a rig rundown and a written article. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.