Kevin ShieldsPedalboard, 2008
Kevin Shields spread 44 devices across three boards on My Bloody Valentine's 2008 reunion tour, one dedicated to You Made Me Realise. Fuzz dominates: a Vox Tone Bender, two Big Muffs, Devi Ever noise boxes, Roger Mayer octaves, Whammys and delays.
Reunion tour three-board switching system
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 44 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Kevin Shields's 2008 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Gain
Vox Tone Bender
Integrated board
Role in this rig
One of the vintage-voiced fuzz colors on Shields' main switched board.
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Gain
HBE Power Screamer
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds a selectable mid-forward overdrive voice to the main switching bank.
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Delay & Echo
Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Two identical units provide independently preset delay textures on the main board.
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Filter & EQ
Boss TW-1 T Wah
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides an early Boss touch-wah response among Shields' filter options.
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Gain
SIB Nick Nitro Fuzz Octave
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Combines saturated fuzz and octave voices in one independently switchable main-board loop.
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Gain
Roger Mayer Voodoo-1
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Supplies a smooth high-gain distortion voice on the main board.
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Looping
DigiTech JamMan
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Captures and replays phrases inside the main switched system.
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Gain
Pete Cornish SS-3
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds a buffered low-to-medium-gain drive voice in the main rack-controlled array.
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Filter & EQ
Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Offers programmable vowel and envelope sweeps alongside the older TW-1 and FT-2.
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Gain
Pete Cornish ST-2
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides a separate Cornish gain and level-shaping loop on the main board.
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Gain
Death By Audio Supersonic Fuzz Gun
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Creates unstable gated and self-oscillating fuzz textures on demand.
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Gain
Devi Ever White Spider
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds a compound high-gain noise voice to the main board's fuzz bank.
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Filter & EQ
MXR M109 Six Band Graphic EQ
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Precisely reshapes whichever fuzz or drive combination the switching preset selects.
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Delay & Echo
Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Two identical units provide independently preset delay textures on the main board.
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Filter & EQ
Boss GE-7 Equalizer
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Two units supply independently switchable EQ curves for different songs and amplifier paths.
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Modulation
Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Pan
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Creates hard rhythmic gating or stereo panning within selected song presets.
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Delay & Echo
Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay - Keeley mod
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides a modified short analog echo distinct from the two digital delays.
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Modulation
Dr. Scientist Tremolessence V1
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds a second, differently voiced tremolo option beside the PN-2.
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Gain
Electro-Harmonix Triangle Big Muff Pi
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Supplies a broad vintage Muff voice in the main board's distortion bank.
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Gain
Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides a smaller, more modern Muff variant independently of the Triangle unit.
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Filter & EQ
Boss FT-2 Dynamic Filter
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds another envelope response with a different sweep character from the TW-1 and AW-3.
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Filter & EQ
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Produces a sharply reshaped resonant voice rather than serving only as a conventional acoustic emulation.
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Modulation
Roger Mayer Voodoo-Vibe
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides broad pitch and amplitude modulation within the main switching system.
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Gain
ZVex Box of Rock (Hand-painted gold enclosure)
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds an amp-like distortion and independent boost to the main board.
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Modulation
Shere Sound Whirligig
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds an uncommon rotating modulation color to the main-board palette.
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Gain
Roger Mayer Mongoose
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides a focused Roger Mayer fuzz voice separate from the Voodoo-1 drive.
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Filter & EQ
Boss GE-7 Equalizer
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Two units supply independently switchable EQ curves for different songs and amplifier paths.
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Gain
Vorg Warp Sound
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds a coarse vintage fuzz texture within the main-board bank.
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Gain
Devi Ever Shoe Gazer
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Combines two aggressive Devi Ever fuzz circuits for layered noise textures.
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Pitch & Synth
Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Adds selectable harmony, detune and pitch-bend processing to the main board.
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Delay & Echo
Malekko Echo 600 Dark
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Ends the photographed main-board inventory with a deliberately dark analog repeat voice.
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Pitch & Synth
DigiTech Whammy
External loop
Role in this rig
Two physical units serve the secondary and dedicated noise boards.
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Looping
ZVex Lo-Fi Loop Junky (Hand-painted brown enclosure)
External loop
Role in this rig
Captures short degraded loops on Shields' secondary board.
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Delay & Echo
MG Music That's Echo Folks
External loop
Role in this rig
Provides an additional hands-on echo voice on the secondary board.
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Filter & EQ
Lovetone Meatball
External loop
Role in this rig
Offers deep envelope and external-trigger filtering on the secondary board.
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Gain
Death By Audio Octave Clang
External loop
Role in this rig
Adds abrasive upper-octave and metallic fuzz to the secondary board.
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Filter & EQ
Custom Wah in Morley Boost Wah Enclosure
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Opens the dedicated "You Made Me Realise" noise-board inventory.
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Gain
Roger Mayer Octavia - Spaceship
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Provides the classic upper-octave fuzz family central to Shields' dedicated noise passage.
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Pitch & Synth
DigiTech Whammy
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Two physical units serve the secondary and dedicated noise boards.
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Filter & EQ
September Sound Envelope Filter Wah Fuzz IIKS & Fuzz
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Combines filter, wah and fuzz stages for the extreme "You Made Me Realise" noise section.
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Gain
Devi Ever Truly Beautiful Torn's Peaker
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Adds a torn-speaker-style gated texture to the dedicated noise board.
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Gain
Catalinbread Ottava Magus V1
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Adds another distinct upper-octave voice to the noise-board stack.
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Gain
Devi Ever Godzilla Fuzz
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Contributes another aggressive fuzz layer to the dedicated noise passage.
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Gain
Devi Ever Dream Mangler
Switched loop
Role in this rig
Completes the photographed noise board with switchable, stackable fuzz sections.
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Reconstructed equipment · Reconstructed order · Switchable effects loops
Effects Bay preserves close photographs attributed to the 2008 reunion and maps every visible position; its identification list was built from the images and later community corrections, so this entry is marked reconstructed rather than treating every label as technician-confirmed. Shields independently explains that the reunion-era switching system let him carry roughly 50 pedals while normally activating only two to four, and confirms that the "You Made Me Realise" middle section had its own changing eight-to-twelve-pedal board dominated by Octavia-type effects. The numbers below preserve physical board groups, not signal flow. The photographed power/MIDI boxes, switch controller and power distribution are omitted as utilities.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Kevin Shields's 2008 pedalboard
- What pedals did Kevin Shields use in 2008?
- This dated entry lists 44 units: Vox Tone Bender, HBE Power Screamer, Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, Boss TW-1 T Wah, SIB Nick Nitro Fuzz Octave, Roger Mayer Voodoo-1, DigiTech JamMan, Pete Cornish SS-3, Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah, Pete Cornish ST-2, Death By Audio Supersonic Fuzz Gun, Devi Ever White Spider, MXR M109 Six Band Graphic EQ, Boss DD-7 Digital Delay, Boss GE-7 Equalizer, Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Pan, Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay - Keeley mod, Dr. Scientist Tremolessence V1, Electro-Harmonix Triangle Big Muff Pi, Electro-Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, and 24 more listed in full above. 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 Kevin Shields'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. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections.
- Is this Kevin Shields's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 44 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Kevin Shields 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?
- My Bloody Valentine reunion tour, circa 2008. 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 Effects Bay, Guitar World, Space Echo. Among them a photograph, an interview and an archive record. The units are recorded as reconstructed equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.