Josh SmithPedalboard, 2021
Josh Smith's Spaceship board runs nine units: a PolyTune 2 Noir, a Vemuram Myriad Fuzz, a Mythos Argonaut octave fuzz, then four drive stages including the King Tone Soloist and an Automatone Preamp MKII, into a Flashback Mini, a Poly Digit and an Eventide H9.
Spaceship board
Order evidence: A source states the sequence
Inside the rig · 9 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Josh Smith's 2021 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Source-described orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Tuner
TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Noir
Role in this rig
Tunes and mutes the large board input.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Vemuram Myriad Fuzz
Role in this rig
Starts the expressive gain path with a silicon/germanium hybrid fuzz.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Mythos Argonaut
Role in this rig
Adds an analog octave-up voice after the Myriad.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Lovepedal Tchula
Role in this rig
Provides a touch-sensitive two-stage boost and overdrive.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
King Tone Soloist
Role in this rig
Adds a focused Tube Screamer-derived drive voice.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII
Role in this rig
Provides programmable analog gain and EQ at the end of the drive block.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Delay & Echo
TC Electronic Flashback Mini Delay
Role in this rig
Adds the compact conventional delay voice.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Multi-effects & Modeling
Poly Effects Digit
Role in this rig
Provides programmable multi-tap spatial processing.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Multi-effects & Modeling
Eventide H9
Role in this rig
Supplies the final programmable ambience and modulation stage.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Documented equipment · Documented order · Serial path
Sweetwater traces the audio path and Guitar World independently transcribes the central sequence. The walkthrough also shows a wah after the Myriad, but the accessible evidence does not expose its exact model; it is documented in this note rather than assigned a guessed identity.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Josh Smith's 2021 pedalboard
- What pedals did Josh Smith use in 2021?
- This dated entry lists 9 units: TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Noir, Vemuram Myriad Fuzz, Mythos Argonaut, Lovepedal Tchula, King Tone Soloist, Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII, TC Electronic Flashback Mini Delay, Poly Effects Digit, Eventide H9. 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 Josh Smith's pedals in?
- A cited source states the order: Guitar → TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Noir → Vemuram Myriad Fuzz → Mythos Argonaut → Lovepedal Tchula → King Tone Soloist → Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII → TC Electronic Flashback Mini Delay → Poly Effects Digit → Eventide H9 → amplifier.
- Is this Josh Smith's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 9 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Josh Smith 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 6, 2021. Sweetwater pedalboard walkthrough. 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 Sweetwater, 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 2026-08-03.