# John Mayer Pedalboard 2023: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2023 John Mayer pedalboard, pedal by pedal: PolyTune 3, Katana Clean Boost, TS10 Tube Overdrive and 7 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-mayer/blue-note-tokyo-2023/ - 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 | John Mayer | | Board | Compact electric board | | Date | 2023-12-01 — December 2023 (month precision) | | Context | Blue Note Tokyo | | Scope | Exact board snapshot | | Signal path | 10 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Serial path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Documented rig · reconstructed signal path | | Audited | 2026-07-18 | | Sources | 2 | John Mayer's compact board for the December 2023 Blue Note Tokyo shows: a PolyTune 3, a Katana clean boost, two Ibanez TS10 overdrives around a blacked-out Centaur, an RC-500 looper, an Aqua-Puss, a Chrono delay and a Strymon Flint. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented. Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it. `Guitar → PolyTune 3 → Katana Clean Boost → TS10 Tube Overdrive → Box It Later → Centaur Overdrive → TS10 Tube Overdrive → RC-500 Loop Station → Aqua-Puss MkII → Chrono Delay DLY-4 → Flint V1 → amplifier` | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | PolyTune 3 | The electric guitar enters here. Its buffer stabilizes the long cable run that follows. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/polytune-3/ | | 2 | Katana Clean Boost | Pushes every drive pedal after it while preserving the attack of the guitar. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/katana-clean-boost/ | | 3 | TS10 Tube Overdrive | The lower-gain TS10 sits before the Centaur and can push it into a more focused lead sound. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ts10-tube-overdrive/ | | 4 | Box It Later | Adds level and provides a controllable insertion point inside the gain section. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/box-it-later/ | | 5 | Centaur Overdrive (Dark enclosure) | Forms the core drive voice, with a TS10 available on either side for different gain stacks. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/centaur-overdrive/ | | 6 | TS10 Tube Overdrive | Boosts the output of the Centaur, producing a more compressed and saturated lead stage. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ts10-tube-overdrive/ | | 7 | RC-500 Loop Station | Captures phrases after the complete drive section while leaving delays and ambience downstream. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/rc-500-loop-station/ | | 8 | Aqua-Puss MkII | Provides the tight slapback echo that appears throughout Mayer’s clean and edge-of-breakup sounds. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/aqua-puss-mkii/ | | 9 | Chrono Delay DLY-4 | Handles tempo-synced and longer repeats after the analog slapback delay. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/chrono-delay-dly-4/ | | 10 | Flint V1 | Closes the board with amplifier-style tremolo and reverb before the signal reaches the amp. | — | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/flint-v1/ | ## Reconstruction note The pedals are documented from the December 2023 shows. Parts of the cable run pass beneath the board, so the published signal order includes informed reconstruction. ## Questions ### What pedals did John Mayer use in 2023? This dated entry lists 10 units: PolyTune 3, Katana Clean Boost, TS10 Tube Overdrive, Box It Later, Centaur Overdrive, TS10 Tube Overdrive, RC-500 Loop Station, Aqua-Puss MkII, Chrono Delay DLY-4, Flint V1. 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 John Mayer'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: Guitar → PolyTune 3 → Katana Clean Boost → TS10 Tube Overdrive → Box It Later → Centaur Overdrive → TS10 Tube Overdrive → RC-500 Loop Station → Aqua-Puss MkII → Chrono Delay DLY-4 → Flint V1 → amplifier. ### Is this John Mayer's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 10 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear John Mayer 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? December 2023. Blue Note Tokyo. 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 Guitar Magazine Japan, Guitar World. 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. ## Sources 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [John Mayer's compact electric pedalboard](https://guitarmagazine.jp/gear/2024-0222-john-mayer-pedal/) — Guitar Magazine Japan (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2024-02-22, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-magazine-japan-blue-note-2023` 2. [John Mayer is using three pedalboards on his current tour](https://www.guitarworld.com/news/john-mayer-solo-tour-pedalboards-2023) — Guitar World (Specialist source · article), published 2023-03-17, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `john-mayer-gear-solo-tour-photos` ## Related pages - Every documented board by John Mayer: [John Mayer board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-mayer/) - [Nels Cline — Wilco straight-line effects rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nels-cline/wilco-straight-line-rig-2011/): shares Centaur Overdrive - [Stevie Ray Vaughan — Late-era effects chain](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/stevie-ray-vaughan/late-era-1989/): shares TS10 Tube Overdrive - [Mark Morton — Lamb of God switched touring rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mark-morton/lamb-of-god-rig-2026/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Utility, Tuner, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Michael Lemmo — Compact Allan Rayman touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/michael-lemmo/allan-rayman-tour-board-2024/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Tuner, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Madison Cunningham — Ace tour board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/madison-cunningham/ace-tour-board-2026/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Tuner, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [J Mascis — Bradshaw-switched touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/j-mascis/dinosaur-jr-touring-board-2021/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [John Lennon — Paperback Writer session Pep Box path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-lennon/paperback-writer-pepbox-session-1966/) - Next board in archive order: [John McLaughlin — Fourth Dimension touring effects](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-mclaughlin/fourth-dimension-touring-effects-2010/)