# John Squire Pedalboard 1989: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 1989 John Squire pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Jen Cry Baby Wah, Fuzz Face, TS-9 Tube Screamer and 2 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-squire/stone-roses-era-board-1989/ - 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 Squire | | Board | Stone Roses era board | | Date | 1989-01-01 — 1988–1990 (era precision) | | Context | The Stone Roses touring era | | Scope | Core signal path | | Signal path | 5 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Serial path | | Unit evidence | Visually identified | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Corroborated inventory · reconstructed order | | Audited | 2026-08-15 | | Sources | 2 | John Squire built one of the most layered guitar sounds of its era from five pedals: a Jen Cry Baby wah, a Fuzz Face, an Ibanez TS-9, a Boss PH-2 phaser and a BF-2 flanger. The density came from stacking them, not from owning many. ## 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 → Jen Cry Baby Wah → Fuzz Face → TS-9 Tube Screamer → PH-2 Super Phaser → BF-2 Flanger → amplifier` | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Jen Cry Baby Wah | Opens the chain as the filter behind Squire's vocal lead phrasing. | Front of amp | Visually identified | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/cry-baby-wah/ | | 2 | Fuzz Face | Squire's core fuzz since the band's early years, stacked with the Tube Screamer for solos. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fuzz-face/ | | 3 | TS-9 Tube Screamer | Stacks with the Fuzz Face to thicken and sustain solo lines. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ts9-tube-screamer/ | | 4 | PH-2 Super Phaser | Provides the phase movement in the modulation pair. | Front of amp | Visually identified | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ph-2-super-phaser/ | | 5 | BF-2 Flanger | Supplies the sweeping flange heard across the first album. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/bf-2-flanger/ | ### Identification notes - **2. Fuzz Face:** Both sources name it. Ground Guitar: "Squire's go-to fuzz pedal since the early years is a Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face", a silicon model early on with Dunlop replicas later. - **3. TS-9 Tube Screamer:** Mixdown describes the Fuzz Face and TS-9 as "stacked on top of each other at times for guitar solos". - **5. BF-2 Flanger:** Both sources name the BF-2; its sound is identified on "Made of Stone" and "I Am the Resurrection". ## Reconstruction note No rig rundown of this era exists, so the board is built from two independent editorial gear features that name the same five effects. Neither traces a cable path, so the order follows the archive's published convention. One relationship is documented rather than inferred: the Fuzz Face and the TS-9 were stacked together for solos, and they are placed adjacently to reflect that. Squire's reverb came from an Alesis Midiverb II operated from offstage by a friend rather than from a pedal at his feet, so it falls outside a pedalboard record and is omitted here, as are the Fender Twin Reverbs and the Mesa/Boogie he moved to around 1988. The inventory is marked visually identified rather than documented because only the Fuzz Face carries per-unit sourcing in both features. ## Questions ### What pedals did John Squire use in 1989? This dated entry lists 5 units: Jen Cry Baby Wah, Fuzz Face, TS-9 Tube Screamer, PH-2 Super Phaser, BF-2 Flanger. 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 Squire'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 → Jen Cry Baby Wah → Fuzz Face → TS-9 Tube Screamer → PH-2 Super Phaser → BF-2 Flanger → amplifier. ### Is this John Squire's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 5 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear John Squire 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? 1988–1990. The Stone Roses touring era. This is the core signal path documented for that 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 Mixdown Magazine, Ground Guitar. Among them a written article. The units are recorded as visually identified equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-15. ## Sources 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Gear Rundown: The Stone Roses](https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/gear-rundown-stone-roses/) — Mixdown Staff, Mixdown Magazine (Specialist source · article), published 2025-11-24, accessed 2026-08-15, independent group `mixdown-stone-roses-gear-rundown`. Editorial gear feature. Names the Fuzz Face, TS-9, Jen wah, Boss PH-2 and BF-2, describes the Fuzz Face and TS-9 as "stacked on top of each other at times for guitar solos", and dates the switch from Fender Twin Reverbs to Mesa/Boogie at around 1988/1989. 2. [John Squire Guitars & Gear](https://www.groundguitar.com/john-squire/) — Ground Guitar (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-08-15, independent group `ground-guitar-john-squire`. Independently corroborates the same five effects. Documents the Fuzz Face in the main sourced listing — silicon early, Dunlop replicas later — while the TS-9, wah, PH-2 and BF-2 appear only in its FAQ section without per-unit sourcing, which is why the inventory here is recorded as visually identified rather than fully documented. ## Related pages - Every documented board by John Squire: [John Squire board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-squire/) - [Slash — Blues Ball floorboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/slash/blues-ball-tour-2024/): shares TS9 Tube Screamer, Cry Baby Wah - [Rory Gallagher — Early-1990s live pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/rory-gallagher/early-1990s-live-pedalboard/): shares BF-2 Flanger - [David Gilmour — Animals-era Cornish board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/animals-tour-1977/): shares Fuzz Face, Cry Baby Wah - [Eric Johnson — Ah Via Musicom four-amp system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-johnson/ah-via-musicom-four-amp-rig-2018/): shares Fuzz Face, Cry Baby Wah - [Henrik Freischlader — Openness Tour dual-amplifier board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/henrik-freischlader/openness-tour-board-2016/): shares TS9 Tube Screamer - [Joe Bonamassa — "Boomer" Time Clocks touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joe-bonamassa/boomer-touring-board-2022/): shares Fuzz Face, Cry Baby Wah - Previous board in archive order: [John Petrucci — The Astonishing tour switching system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-petrucci/astonishing-tour-loop-system-2016/) - Next board in archive order: [Johnny Marr — Programmed GT-100 live rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/johnny-marr/call-the-comet-live-2018/)