# Lindsey Buckingham Pedalboard 2012: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2012 Lindsey Buckingham pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive and 3 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lindsey-buckingham/three-path-solo-tour-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 | Lindsey Buckingham | | Board | Three-path solo touring rig | | Date | 2012-10-10 — Solo tour, October 2012 (day precision) | | Context | Lindsey Buckingham 2012 solo tour | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 4 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Split output path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Source-described | | Status | Touring-rig documented - separate electric and acoustic paths | | Audited | 2026-07-18 | | Sources | 2 | Lindsey Buckingham's 2012 solo tour rig is four Boss pedals split by instrument: an SD-1 and DD-3 for electric guitar, a second DD-3 and an RC-30 looper for acoustic. The nylon-string chorus and reverb come from the amps. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive | Provides the only dedicated gain pedal in Buckingham's 2012 electric path. | Distorted amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-sd-1-super-overdrive/ | | 2 | Boss DD-3 Digital Delay | Two physical DD-3 units provide simple delay independently to Buckingham's electric and acoustic paths. | Distorted amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-dd-3-digital-delay/ | | 3 | Boss DD-3 Digital Delay | Two physical DD-3 units provide simple delay independently to Buckingham's electric and acoustic paths. | Clean amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-dd-3-digital-delay/ | | 4 | Boss RC-30 Loop Station | Plays background vocals and a small amount of pre-recorded guitar during selected acoustic songs. | Clean amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-rc-30-loop-station/ | ## Reconstruction note Premier Guitar documents three separate backline paths and explicitly assigns each pedal to the electric or acoustic route. Buckingham independently confirmed in 2021 that his live electric core remained a Boss overdrive and DD-3. Two DD-3 placements are retained because the 2012 rundown identifies one in each physical path. The RC-30 carries background vocals and a small amount of guitar on selected acoustic songs. Amplifier-internal chorus and reverb are described but not represented as pedals. ## Questions ### What pedals did Lindsey Buckingham use in 2012? This dated entry lists 4 units: Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, Boss RC-30 Loop Station. 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 Lindsey Buckingham's pedals in? A cited source states the order. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections. ### Is this Lindsey Buckingham's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 4 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Lindsey Buckingham 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? Solo tour, October 2012. Lindsey Buckingham 2012 solo tour. This is the rig documented for that touring period, 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.com. 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 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Rig Rundown: Lindsey Buckingham](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-lindsey-buckingham) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2012-10-10, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `premier-guitar-shadrick-buckingham-2012` 2. [Lindsey Buckingham on Fleetwood Mac and his first album in a decade](https://guitar.com/features/interviews/lindsey-buckingham-solo-album-fleetwood-mac-2021/) — Guitar.com (Primary source · interview), published 2021-09-17, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-com-buckingham-2021` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Lindsey Buckingham: [Lindsey Buckingham board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lindsey-buckingham/) - [Robert Smith — Three-board Boss system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-smith/three-board-boss-system-2019/): shares Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay - [Prince — Nude Tour onstage pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/prince/nude-tour-stage-board-1990/): shares Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive - [Adam Jones — Tool touring effects board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/adam-jones/tool-dunlop-tech-board-2010/): shares Boss DD-3 Digital Delay - [The Edge — eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE programmable rack](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/the-edge/experience-innocence-rack-2018/): shares Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive - [J Mascis — Bradshaw-switched touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/j-mascis/dinosaur-jr-touring-board-2021/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Kevin Shields — Reunion tour three-board switching system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kevin-shields/reunion-tour-three-board-system-2008/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [Leigh Stephens — Blue Cheer fuzz-and-wah core](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/leigh-stephens/blue-cheer-fuzz-wah-core-1966-1969/) - Next board in archive order: [Lou Reed — Perfect Night acoustic feedback-control path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lou-reed/perfect-night-feedbucker-path-1997/)