# Kenny Wayne Shepherd Pedalboard 2012: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 2012 Kenny Wayne Shepherd pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Dunlop Uni-Vibe, Electro-Harmonix POG2 and 7 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kenny-wayne-shepherd/kenny-wayne-shepherd-tour-board-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 | Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
| Board | 2012 touring board |
| Date | 2012-02-22 — February 22, 2012 (day precision) |
| Context | Premier Guitar Rig Rundown |
| Scope | Exact board snapshot |
| Signal path | 9 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Source-described |
| Status | Cable-order walkthrough |
| Audited | 2026-08-03 |
| Sources | 2 |

Kenny Wayne Shepherd walked through his 2012 cable order: a Dunlop Uni-Vibe, an EHX POG2, an MXR CAE wah, a Tycobrahe Octavia, a King of Tone stacked with a TS808HW, an Analog Man Bi-Chorus, a JAM Delay Llama and a Boss TU-3 at the end.

## Signal chain

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

`Guitar → Dunlop Uni-Vibe → Electro-Harmonix POG2 → MXR CAE Wah → Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Octavia → Analog Man King of Tone → Ibanez TS808HW → Analog Man Bi-Chorus → JAM Pedals Delay Llama → Boss TU-3 → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Dunlop Uni-Vibe | Opens the documented chain with rotating-speaker-style modulation. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/uni-vibe/ |
| 2 | Electro-Harmonix POG2 | Builds polyphonic octave layers before wah and gain. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/electro-harmonix-pog2/ |
| 3 | MXR CAE Wah (Black finish) | Provides the treadle filter after octave generation. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/mxr-cae-wah/ |
| 4 | Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Octavia | Creates octave fuzz before the two overdrive stages. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/chicago-iron-tycobrahe-octavia/ |
| 5 | Analog Man King of Tone | Supplies two stackable low-gain voices. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/analog-man-king-of-tone/ |
| 6 | Ibanez TS808HW | Adds the hand-wired mid-forward overdrive after the King of Tone. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ibanez-ts808hw/ |
| 7 | Analog Man Bi-Chorus | Provides two independently set analog chorus sounds. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/analog-man-bi-chorus/ |
| 8 | JAM Pedals Delay Llama | Supplies analog delay near the end of the chain. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jam-pedals-delay-llama/ |
| 9 | Boss TU-3 | Tunes and mutes at the end of this documented tour-board sequence. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-tu-3/ |

## Reconstruction note

Premier Guitar publishes the complete order and identifies every model. The later Guitar World retrospective independently confirms the recurring wah, vibe, Tube Screamer, King of Tone and Bi-Chorus vocabulary without merging later additions into this dated board.

## Questions

### What pedals did Kenny Wayne Shepherd use in 2012?

This dated entry lists 9 units: Dunlop Uni-Vibe, Electro-Harmonix POG2, MXR CAE Wah, Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Octavia, Analog Man King of Tone, Ibanez TS808HW, Analog Man Bi-Chorus, JAM Pedals Delay Llama, Boss TU-3. 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 Kenny Wayne Shepherd's pedals in?

A cited source states the order: Guitar → Dunlop Uni-Vibe → Electro-Harmonix POG2 → MXR CAE Wah → Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Octavia → Analog Man King of Tone → Ibanez TS808HW → Analog Man Bi-Chorus → JAM Pedals Delay Llama → Boss TU-3 → amplifier.

### Is this Kenny Wayne Shepherd's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers 9 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Kenny Wayne Shepherd 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?

February 22, 2012. Premier Guitar Rig Rundown. 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 Premier Guitar, Guitar World. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Rig Rundown: Kenny Wayne Shepherd](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-kenny-wayne-shepherd) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2012-02-22, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `premier-guitar-kenny-wayne-shepherd-2012`
2. [Kenny Wayne Shepherd: a life in guitar gear](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kenny-wayne-shepherd-a-life-in-guitar-gear) — Guitar World (Primary source · interview), published 2023-12-12, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `guitar-world-kenny-wayne-shepherd-2023`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Kenny Wayne Shepherd: [Kenny Wayne Shepherd board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kenny-wayne-shepherd/)
- [Dann Huff — Vertex stereo studio board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dann-huff/vertex-stereo-studio-board-2012/): shares Electro-Harmonix POG2, Analog Man King of Tone
- [Scott McKeon — Tom Jones touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/scott-mckeon/tom-jones-touring-board-2022/): shares JAM Pedals Delay Llama
- [Mateus Asato — Pedalboard 2026](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mateus-asato/world-tour-board-2026/): shares Boss TU-3
- [David Gilmour — PULSE / Division Bell rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/): shares Uni-Vibe
- [Tom Bukovac — Vertex stereo studio board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/tom-bukovac/vertex-studio-board-2012/): shares Electro-Harmonix POG2, Analog Man King of Tone
- [Tyler Bryant — Shakedown touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/tyler-bryant/shakedown-board-2018/): shares Boss TU-3
- Previous board in archive order: [Keith Richards — North American tour effects](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/keith-richards/north-american-tour-effects-1981/)
- Next board in archive order: [Kevin Parker — Core signal path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kevin-parker/core-signal-path/)
