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Neil Young

Young's red control box accessed a tube spring reverb, vintage octave divider, AC analog delay, compact flanger and Echoplex while the Whizzer physically set the saturated tweed Deluxe.

Board
Red board and vintage effects rig
Context
2009 tour
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Reconstructed
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Switchable effects loops
Audited
Signal
5 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Red board and vintage effects rig

Tech-documented inventory - order reconstructed

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Switchable effects loops

Longtime tech Larry Cragg identifies every named effect in and around the 2009 red board, the four Whizzer preset buttons, reverb kill, loop bypass, mute and an unidentified 'ugly button.' The Whizzer and utility switches are omitted because they control the amp or routing rather than process audio, and the unknown unit behind the ugly button is not guessed. The source enumerates effects but does not trace their internal connections, so the display order is reconstructed. Young's independent 1992 interview confirms that the overdrive comes from the Deluxe itself rather than a distortion pedal.

Cited sources

  1. Guitar WorldNeil Young's guitar rig: from Old Black to his Fender Deluxe
  2. Guitar Player, archived by Thrasher's WheatIn The Eye Of The Hurricane