Mick TaylorPedalboard, 1998
Mick Taylor was seen in spring 1998 with two small Ibanez pedals: a distortion, probably from the Tube Screamer family, and a chorus used for one jazz-rock piece. Neither model is confirmed.
Two-pedal live rig
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 2 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Mick Taylor's 1998 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
Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable)
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds the rig's only dedicated gain stage ahead of the Fender amplifier.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Small Ibanez chorus (model unverified)
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides the light modulation heard during one jazz-rock-oriented number in the observed show.
- Identity
- Reconstructed
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reconstructed equipment · Reconstructed order · Serial path
A Thomann technical guide recounts a spring 1998 Mick Taylor concert and describes an unusually simple rig: Les Paul, Fender Twin Reverb and two small Ibanez pedals, one distortion and one chorus. The author calls a Tube Screamer the probable distortion model rather than a confirmed identification, and does not name the chorus model. Taylor independently told Guitar World in 2012 that chorus remained one of the effects he used, lending category-level support without identifying the 1998 unit. No source traces the two pedals' cable order. The display uses the conventional gain-before-modulation sequence and a two-control compact-series silhouette for the unidentified chorus; both visual identifications remain explicitly provisional.
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 Mick Taylor's 1998 pedalboard
- What pedals did Mick Taylor use in 1998?
- This dated entry lists 2 units: Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable), Small Ibanez chorus (model unverified). 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 Mick Taylor'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 → Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable) → Small Ibanez chorus (model unverified) → amplifier.
- Is this Mick Taylor's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 2 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Mick Taylor 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?
- Spring 1998. Mick Taylor Band concert. 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 Thomann, Guitar World. Among them a written article and an interview. The units are recorded as reconstructed equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.