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Mick Ronson

Ronson's core effect path pairs a first-generation Tone Bender with the early Italian wah he famously left parked as a fixed filter.

Board
Ziggy-era core effects
Context
David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 3 cited sources
Order
Reconstructed
Scope
Core signal path
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
2 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Ziggy-era core effects

Documented effects - signal order reconstructed

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Serial path

Dunlop examined Ronson's surviving early Italian-made Cry Baby, loaned by producer Bob Rock, and documents that Ronson placed it at a fixed position. Ant Macari identifies the MK I Tone Bender as the Ronson-era sound, while Premier Guitar describes the gain device upstream of the wah. No period cable trace fixes the complete 1972 floor order, so the display is marked reconstructed. Echoplex units reported for some Ziggy performances are excluded because the evidence does not tie one to every show or to this fixed core path.

Cited sources

  1. Dunlop ManufacturingMick Ronson Cry Baby Wah
  2. BOSS ArticlesHistory in the Making: The BOSS TB-2W Tone Bender
  3. Premier GuitarDunlop Mick Ronson Cry Baby Wah Review