Mateus AsatoPedalboard, 2026
Mateus Asato's 2026 pedalboard is ten units: a Boss TU-3 and a JHS Clover preamp ahead of a JAM Pedals Wahcko, then three drives — a Vemuram Jan Ray, a red-sparkle Browne Amplification Carbon X and a Vemuram Las Lunas — a volume treadle, a JAM Pedals RetroVibe mk.3, a Strymon El Capistan and a Neunaber Illumine.
Pedalboard 2026
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 10 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Mateus Asato's 2026 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.
Tuner
Boss TU-3
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Opens the reconstructed chain and mutes the rig for silent tuning between songs.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
JHS Clover
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Sits at the front of the chain as an always-on preamp, setting the input voicing before the wah and the drives.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
JAM Pedals Wahcko
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The only filter on the board, placed after the preamp and ahead of the gain stages.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Vemuram Jan Ray
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The lowest-gain of the three drives, taken first in the reconstructed gain block.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Browne Amplification Carbon X
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The middle drive stage, with two independently footswitchable channels to stack or swap.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Vemuram Las Lunas
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The highest-gain of the three drives, taken last in the reconstructed gain block.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Routing & Control
Unidentified volume/expression pedal
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Sits after the gain block so swells and level rides carry the modulation, delay and reverb behind it.
No maker's mark is legible on this treadle in the frame, and its black shell, light ribbed plate and knurled brass heel fitting match no catalogued compact volume pedal. It is placed by position, not identified.
- Identity
- Unresolved
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
JAM Pedals RetroVibe mk.3
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The board's only modulation, taken after the volume pedal and ahead of the delay.
The daisy artwork, the D/C/V/S legends along the top edge and the single footswitch are the stock mk.3 face rather than a one-off paint job: the two-footswitch mk.4 sits in a landscape enclosure, and the WaterFall carries two toggles where this has one.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
Strymon El Capistan
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Carries the repeats, placed after the vibe and before the reverb.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reverb & Ambience
Neunaber Illumine
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Closes the chain, running the ambient tail into the amplifier.
- Identity
- Visually identified
- Position
- Reconstructed
Visually identified equipment · Reconstructed order · Serial path
One overhead photograph carries this board: Asato posted it on 29 July 2026, the day before the first of two sold-out Manila shows at Aster, Mandala Park, on his 2026 world tour. The post has since been removed and no archive holds it, so the board rests on a dated capture of that frame and is marked single-source. Nine of the ten units are identified from their own graphics — the Vemuram, Browne, Strymon and BOSS wordmarks are legible, and the RetroVibe's daisy face, D/C/V/S legends and single footswitch are the stock mk.3 rather than a custom paint job. The volume treadle carries no legible branding and stays unidentified: it is a short black shell with a light ribbed plate and a knurled brass fitting at the heel, which matches none of the compacts checked against it. No cabling is visible beyond the power run, so the order is reconstructed: it follows the archive's published convention and, where the convention is silent, the shortest cable route through the two rows — in at the back-right tuner, down to the Clover, right to left along the front row through the wah and the three drives to the treadle, then across to the vibe and left along the back row through the delay to the reverb. Two partly hidden coloured shapes sit behind the wah in the frame; they are the Wahcko's own yellow-to-teal toe section rather than further pedals, so no eleventh or twelfth unit is published. The power supply is omitted as a utility device; nothing else standing on the board is left out.
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 Mateus Asato's 2026 pedalboard
- What pedals did Mateus Asato use in 2026?
- This dated entry lists 10 units: Boss TU-3, JHS Clover, JAM Pedals Wahcko, Vemuram Jan Ray, Browne Amplification Carbon X, Vemuram Las Lunas, Unidentified volume/expression pedal, JAM Pedals RetroVibe mk.3, Strymon El Capistan, Neunaber Illumine. 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 Mateus Asato'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 → Boss TU-3 → JHS Clover → JAM Pedals Wahcko → Vemuram Jan Ray → Browne Amplification Carbon X → Vemuram Las Lunas → Unidentified volume/expression pedal → JAM Pedals RetroVibe mk.3 → Strymon El Capistan → Neunaber Illumine → amplifier.
- Is this Mateus Asato's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 10 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Mateus Asato 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?
- July 29, 2026. World Tour 2026, Manila. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.
- How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?
- One cited source, listed above with the date each was read, including Instagram. Among them a photograph. The units are recorded as visually identified equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-09-01.