Joe BonamassaPedalboard, 2022
Joe Bonamassa's Time Clocks board, nicknamed Boomer, holds nine effects plus four routing boxes: a signature Cry Baby, a Micro POG, a Way Huge Overrated Special, a TS808, a signature Fuzz Face, a Supa-Trem, a Micro Flanger, a Rotosphere and a Boss DD-2.
"Boomer" Time Clocks touring board
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 13 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Joe Bonamassa's 2022 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Filter & EQ
Signature Cry Baby Wah (Pelham Blue finish)
Role in this rig
Provides the filter sweep at the front of the floor rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Pitch & Synth
Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
Role in this rig
Adds octave layers to single-note lines; new to the board since the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Way Huge Smalls Overrated Special
Role in this rig
Supplies the board's principal midrange-forward overdrive voice.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
TS808 Tube Screamer
Role in this rig
Carries the long-standing Tube Screamer gain voice, retained from the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Signature Fuzz Face
Role in this rig
Provides the board's only fuzz voice, retained from the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Supa-Trem
Role in this rig
Carries the tremolo that has stayed on the board since the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Micro Flanger
Role in this rig
Supplies the flanging sweep, retained from the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Rotosphere
Role in this rig
Provides rotary-speaker simulation, retained from the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
BOSS DD-2 Digital Delay
Role in this rig
Supplies the board's delay, replacing the DD-3 documented on the 2013 rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Routing & Control
Amplifier Splitter
Role in this rig
Feeds the several amplifiers the rig runs at once.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Routing & Control
Amplifier Loop Box
Role in this rig
Places part of the board in the amplifier loops instead of ahead of the preamp.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Routing & Control
Lehle A/B/C Switcher
Role in this rig
Selects between amplifier paths in the split rig.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Routing & Control
Mesa/Boogie Revolver Footswitch
Role in this rig
Controls the rotating speaker cabinet from the floor; carries no audio itself.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Split output path
Premier Guitar names all thirteen units at the Ryman but publishes no signal order - its enumeration is a walk-through of the board that places the wah twelfth, so it cannot be read as a chain. The sequence shown here therefore follows the archive's reconstruction convention and is drawn as reconstructed. The four routing and control utilities have no position under that convention and are grouped after the effects; no source states where they sit. The documented architecture of the 2013 rig, where the delay and Rotosphere ran in the amplifier loops, is deliberately not carried over, and placement zones are left unset rather than inferred. Dunlop independently documents the Overrated Special as designed with Bonamassa. Amplifiers, guitars and the Voodoo Lab power supply are omitted.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Joe Bonamassa's 2022 pedalboard
- What pedals did Joe Bonamassa use in 2022?
- This dated entry lists 13 units: Signature Cry Baby Wah, Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, Way Huge Smalls Overrated Special, TS808 Tube Screamer, Signature Fuzz Face, Supa-Trem, Micro Flanger, Rotosphere, BOSS DD-2 Digital Delay, Amplifier Splitter, Amplifier Loop Box, Lehle A/B/C Switcher, Mesa/Boogie Revolver Footswitch. 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 Joe Bonamassa'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 Joe Bonamassa's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 13 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Joe Bonamassa 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?
- Ryman Auditorium rundown, August 2022. Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. 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, Dunlop. Among them a rig rundown and an official listing. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-10.