# Madison Cunningham Pedalboard 2026: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2026 Madison Cunningham pedalboard, pedal by pedal: VPJR Tuner, RC-5 Loop Station, Milkman and 5 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/madison-cunningham/ace-tour-board-2026/ - 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 | Madison Cunningham | | Board | Ace tour board | | Date | 2026-03-01 — March 2026 (month precision) | | Context | Third Man Records, Nashville | | Scope | Exact board snapshot | | Signal path | 8 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Serial path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Single source · reconstructed order | | Audited | 2026-08-15 | | Sources | 2 | Madison Cunningham's Ace tour board is eight pedals: a VPJR tuner and volume, an RC-5 looper feeding the whole path, a Milkman delay, a 3 Series fuzz, a Whammy, a Chroma Console, an always-on Artificial Blonde vibrato and a Galaxy '74 tape echo. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented. Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it. `Guitar → VPJR Tuner → RC-5 Loop Station → Milkman → 3 Series Fuzz → Whammy → Chroma Console → Artificial Blonde → Galaxy '74 Tape Echo & Reverb → amplifier` | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | VPJR Tuner | Opens the board, handling swells and silent tuning in one enclosure. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/vpjr-tuner/ | | 2 | RC-5 Loop Station | Captures live loops that Cunningham builds parts over. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/rc-5-loop-station/ | | 3 | Milkman | Adds slapback and level lift ahead of the dirt section. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/milkman/ | | 4 | 3 Series Fuzz | Supplies the board's only fuzz voice. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/3-series-fuzz/ | | 5 | Whammy | Shifts octaves and keys, an effect Cunningham has used since her Revealer sessions. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/ | | 6 | Chroma Console | Provides the board's texture and lo-fi movement. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/chroma-console/ | | 7 | Artificial Blonde | Runs essentially always on, with a second footswitch jumping to a faster, deeper vibrato. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/artificial-blonde/ | | 8 | Galaxy '74 Tape Echo & Reverb | Closes the board with echo and reverb together. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/galaxy-74-tape-echo-and-reverb/ | ### Identification notes - **5. Whammy:** Cunningham on its use: "I had this DigiTech Whammy pedal that can change octaves and keys... plugged it in and digitally altered it a full octave down." - **7. Artificial Blonde:** Derived from the JHS Emperor she kept always on in vibrato mode. Cunningham on the Emperor: "It has a subtle warble that is almost cooler than a tremolo... I just keep it on all the time." ## Reconstruction note Premier Guitar filmed this board at Third Man Records and lists its contents, but does not describe the cable routing between pedals, so the order is reconstructed from the archive's published convention rather than observed. The board rests on that single rundown; the Guitar.com interview cited alongside it is four years older and documents a different board, so it substantiates only the two units that carry across — the DigiTech Whammy and the vibrato lineage behind the signature Artificial Blonde. The Radial PZ-DI visible on the board is a direct box rather than an audio effect and is omitted, as is the Fender Princeton it runs into. ## Questions ### What pedals did Madison Cunningham use in 2026? This dated entry lists 8 units: VPJR Tuner, RC-5 Loop Station, Milkman, 3 Series Fuzz, Whammy, Chroma Console, Artificial Blonde, Galaxy '74 Tape Echo & Reverb. 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 Madison Cunningham'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: Guitar → VPJR Tuner → RC-5 Loop Station → Milkman → 3 Series Fuzz → Whammy → Chroma Console → Artificial Blonde → Galaxy '74 Tape Echo & Reverb → amplifier. ### Is this Madison Cunningham's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 8 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Madison Cunningham 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? March 2026. Third Man Records, Nashville. 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.com. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-15. ## Sources 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Rig Rundown: Madison Cunningham](https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/madison-cunningham) — John Bohlinger, Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2026-04-15, accessed 2026-08-15, independent group `premier-guitar-cunningham-rig-rundown`. Filmed at Third Man Records in Nashville during the Ace tour. Lists the board contents and the amp and guitars, but does not describe cable routing between the pedals. 2. [Madison Cunningham on tackling grief in songwriting, and the end of the idea of the "female guitarist"](https://guitar.com/features/interviews/madison-cunningham-new-album-revealer-jhs-pedals/) — Tamzin Kraftman, Guitar.com (Primary source · interview), published 2022-08-26, accessed 2026-08-15, independent group `guitar-com-cunningham-revealer`. Four years earlier and describing a different board, so it does not substantiate this one. Cited for the two units that carry over: her account of the DigiTech Whammy, and of the JHS Emperor kept always on in vibrato mode that the signature Artificial Blonde was derived from. ## Related pages - Every documented board by Madison Cunningham: [Madison Cunningham board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/madison-cunningham/) - [Eric Gales — Crown touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-gales/crown-tour-2023/): shares RC-5 Loop Station, DigiTech Whammy - [David Gilmour — PULSE / Division Bell rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/): shares DigiTech Whammy - [Ed O'Brien — Earth tour ten-loop board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/ed-o-brien/earth-tour-loop-board-2020/): shares DigiTech Whammy - [Jack White — White Stripes octave-and-fuzz board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jack-white/white-stripes-board-2005/): shares DigiTech Whammy - [Trey Anastasio — Three-output Bradshaw touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/trey-anastasio/post-sphere-three-output-bradshaw-board-2024/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Multi-effects & Modeling, Pitch & Synth, Modulation, 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, Pitch & Synth, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [Lou Reed — Perfect Night acoustic feedback-control path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lou-reed/perfect-night-feedbucker-path-1997/) - Next board in archive order: [Marcus King — 2026 touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/marcus-king/touring-board-2026/)