Johnny MarrPedalboards & signal chains

Johnny Marr pedalboards in the archive, 1986-2018: 2 dated setups with pedal lists, routing evidence and sources. Compare the documented rigs.

Documented rigs: 02
Coverage: 1986 to 2018

Board history

Newest first

2018Documented · 2 sources

Call the Comet touring period

Programmed GT-100 live rig

Johnny Marr toured Call the Comet in 2018 on one box: a deeply programmed Boss GT-100. It holds his analogue studio recipes as presets, so he can change sound per song without leaving the microphone.

1986Visually identified · 2 sources

Nottingham, The Smiths 1986 tour

Smiths BCB-6 board

Johnny Marr's Smiths board in 1986 was six Boss compacts in a BCB-6 case, photographed at a Nottingham gig: a PSM-5 switch, a GE-6 EQ, an OD-2 overdrive, a TW-1 auto-wah, an HM-2 Heavy Metal and a CE-2 chorus. The whole of the jangle.