# Mick Taylor Pedalboard 1998: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 1998 Mick Taylor pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable) and 1 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mick-taylor/spring-1998-two-pedal-live-rig/
- 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 | Mick Taylor |
| Board | Two-pedal live rig |
| Date | 1998-03-01 — Spring 1998 (era precision) |
| Context | Mick Taylor Band concert |
| Scope | Touring-period rig |
| Signal path | 2 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Reconstructed |
| Order evidence | Reconstructed |
| Status | Eyewitness effects inventory; exact models and order unresolved |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 2 |

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.

## 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 → Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable) → Small Ibanez chorus (model unverified) → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Small Ibanez distortion (Tube Screamer probable) | Adds the rig's only dedicated gain stage ahead of the Fender amplifier. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tube-screamer/ |
| 2 | Small Ibanez chorus (model unverified) | Provides the light modulation heard during one jazz-rock-oriented number in the observed show. | Front of amp | Reconstructed | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/small-ibanez-chorus-model-unverified/ |

## Reconstruction note

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.

## Questions

### 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.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Which Sounds Do I Need?](https://www.thomann.dk/onlineexpert_page_guitar_amps_which_sounds_do_i_need.html) — Thomann (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `thomann-mick-taylor-1998-eyewitness`
2. [Former Rolling Stones Guitarist Mick Taylor Discusses Gear, Bluesbreakers, Iridium and The Stones](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-former-rolling-stones-guitarist-mick-taylor-discusses-gear) — Guitar World (Primary source · interview), published 2012-05-03, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-world-mick-taylor-2012`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Mick Taylor: [Mick Taylor board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mick-taylor/)
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- [Dave Navarro — Jane's Addiction split-path board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dave-navarro/janes-addiction-split-board-2024/): shares Tube Screamer
- [Joan Jett — Single-overdrive Blackhearts rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joan-jett/single-overdrive-blackhearts-rig-2015/): shares Tube Screamer
- [Brian May — Black plywood touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/brian-may/classic-treble-booster-1977/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Modulation, Gain)
- [John McLaughlin — Fourth Dimension touring effects](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-mclaughlin/fourth-dimension-touring-effects-2010/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Modulation, Gain)
- [Jimi Hendrix — Woodstock effects chain](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jimi-hendrix/late-live-rig-1969/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Modulation, Gain)
- Previous board in archive order: [Mick Ronson — Ziggy-era core effects](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mick-ronson/ziggy-era-core-effects-1972/)
- Next board in archive order: [Mike Campbell — Heartbreakers touring effects board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mike-campbell/heartbreakers-touring-board-2013/)