# Johnny Winter Pedalboard 2012: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 2012 Johnny Winter board ran one pedal: BOSS CE-2 Chorus. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/johnny-winter/always-on-chorus-rig-2012/
- 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 | Johnny Winter |
| Board | Always-on chorus rig |
| Date | 2012-05-23 — Documented May 23, 2012 (day precision) |
| Context | Redstone Room, Davenport, Iowa |
| Scope | Exact board snapshot |
| Signal path | 1 unit · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Source-described |
| Status | Artist-demonstrated Rig Rundown |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 3 |

Johnny Winter's late-career floor rig was one pedal: a blue Boss CE-2 Chorus, left on all night in front of his treble-heavy Music Man combo.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence.

`Guitar → BOSS CE-2 Chorus → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | BOSS CE-2 Chorus | Remains on for the entire performance to add depth to Winter's otherwise direct, treble-heavy sound. | Integrated board | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-ce-2-chorus/ |

## Reconstruction note

Premier Guitar filmed Winter demonstrating the touring rig and states that the CE-2 remained on all night. In his 2011 Vintage Guitar interview, Winter independently names the same BOSS chorus alongside his Music Man 4x10, Lazer and Firebird. His detailed 1988 interview explains that he generally avoided effects, identifies the blue chorus as his then-current exception, and separates it from earlier wah and Phase 90 periods. Those older effects are therefore not merged into this 2012 board.

## Questions

### What pedals did Johnny Winter use in 2012?

This dated entry lists one unit: BOSS CE-2 Chorus. 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 Johnny Winter's pedals in?

A cited source states the order: Guitar → BOSS CE-2 Chorus → amplifier.

### Is this Johnny Winter's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers one unit in the effects path, not every piece of gear Johnny Winter 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?

Documented May 23, 2012. Redstone Room, Davenport, Iowa. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.

### How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?

3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar, Vintage Guitar, Andy Aledort. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.

## Sources

3 cited sources across 3 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Rig Rundown: Johnny Winter](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-johnny-winter) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2012-05-23, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `premier-guitar-jason-shadrick-winter-2012`
2. [Johnny Winter](https://www.vintageguitar.com/11625/jonny-winter/) — Vintage Guitar (Primary source · interview), published 2011-09-01, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `vintage-guitar-oscar-jordan-winter-2011`
3. [Johnny Winter Interview, June 1988](https://andyaledort.com/johnny-winter-interview-june-1988/) — Andy Aledort (Primary source · interview), published 1988-06-01, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `andy-aledort-johnny-winter-1988`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Johnny Winter: [Johnny Winter board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/johnny-winter/)
- Previous board in archive order: [Johnny Marr — Smiths BCB-6 board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/johnny-marr/smiths-bcb-6-board-1986/)
- Next board in archive order: [Joni Mitchell — UCLA V-Guitar path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joni-mitchell/ucla-vg8-path-1998/)