# Mike Campbell Pedalboard 2013: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 2013 Mike Campbell pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Camel Toe Triple Overdrive, Whammy II and 4 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mike-campbell/heartbreakers-touring-board-2013/
- 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 | Mike Campbell |
| Board | Heartbreakers touring effects board |
| Date | 2013-07-27 — July 27, 2013 (day precision) |
| Context | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tour rig rundown |
| Scope | Exact board snapshot |
| Signal path | 6 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Reconstructed |
| Status | Tech-verified inventory · order reconstructed |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 3 |

Mike Campbell's 2013 Heartbreakers board is six units: a rare Camel Toe Triple Overdrive, an early black Whammy II, a Line 6 MM4 and DL4, a remotely switched '62 reissue spring reverb unit and a Boss RC-30 looper.

## 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 → Camel Toe Triple Overdrive → Whammy II → MM4 Modulation Modeler → '62 Reissue Reverb Unit → DL4 Delay Modeler → RC-30 Loop Station → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Camel Toe Triple Overdrive | Supplies Campbell's principal louder and more saturated lead level without replacing the small-amplifier character. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/camel-toe-triple-overdrive/ |
| 2 | Whammy II | Provides foot-controlled pitch shifts for the songs that require Campbell's programmed interval effects. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/ |
| 3 | MM4 Modulation Modeler | Provides Campbell's occasional chorus and other song-specific modulation sounds. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/mm4-modulation-modeler/ |
| 4 | '62 Reissue Reverb Unit | Adds the separate spring-reverb voice engaged from Campbell's custom remote footswitch. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/62-reissue-reverb-unit/ |
| 5 | DL4 Delay Modeler | Provides repeat echoes and stored delay sounds after the gain and modulation effects. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dl4-delay-modeler/ |
| 6 | RC-30 Loop Station | Captures and plays back phrases at the end of Campbell's 2013 floor-effects route. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/rc-30-loop-station/ |

## Reconstruction note

Steve Winstead identifies every effect in this 2013 rig, and Campbell independently confirms the Camel Toe, DL4 and MM4 as long-running tools. The published article does not provide a complete jack-to-jack trace, so the displayed order follows a conservative gain, pitch, modulation, reverb, delay and looper grouping and is explicitly reconstructed. The tuner, Green Meanie amplifier selector and reverb footswitch are omitted as control infrastructure; the audio-carrying reverb unit itself remains represented.

## Questions

### What pedals did Mike Campbell use in 2013?

This dated entry lists 6 units: Camel Toe Triple Overdrive, Whammy II, MM4 Modulation Modeler, '62 Reissue Reverb Unit, DL4 Delay Modeler, RC-30 Loop Station. 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 Mike Campbell'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 → Camel Toe Triple Overdrive → Whammy II → MM4 Modulation Modeler → '62 Reissue Reverb Unit → DL4 Delay Modeler → RC-30 Loop Station → amplifier.

### Is this Mike Campbell's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers 6 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Mike Campbell 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 27, 2013. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tour rig rundown. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.

### How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?

3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar, Tape Op, Effects Bay. Among them a rig rundown, an interview and a photograph. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.

## Sources

3 cited sources across 3 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Rig Rundown: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell](https://www.premierguitar.com/videos/rig-rundown/mike-campbell-rig-rundown) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2013-07-27, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `steve-winstead-mike-campbell-2013`
2. [Mike Campbell: Dirty Knobs & Heartbreakers](https://tapeop.com/interviews/150/mike-campbell) — Tape Op (Primary source · interview), published 2022-07-01, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `mike-campbell-first-person-tape-op`
3. [Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers Interview (DunlopTV)](https://www.effectsbay.com/2010/06/mike-campbell-of-the-heartbreakers-interview-dunloptv/) — Effects Bay (Specialist source · photograph), published 2010-06-22, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `dunlop-tv-mike-campbell-board-2010`

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