# Prince Pedalboard 1990: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 1990 Prince pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Colorsound Wah-Wah, Boss OC-2 Octave and 4 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/prince/nude-tour-stage-board-1990/ - 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 | Prince | | Board | Nude Tour onstage pedalboard | | Date | 1990-01-01 — Nude Tour, 1990 (year precision) | | Context | Nude Tour | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 6 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Split output path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Technician-documented touring board - listed order | | Audited | 2026-07-18 | | Sources | 2 | Prince's 1990 Nude Tour board was six pedals: a Colorsound wah, a Boss OC-2 octave, an SD-1 overdrive, a BF-2 flanger, a VB-2 vibrato and a DSD-2 sampler/delay, feeding a hidden rack and two amplifiers. ## 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. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Colorsound Wah-Wah | Provides Prince's foot-shaped filter sweeps before the onstage compact effects. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/colorsound-wah-wah/ | | 2 | Boss OC-2 Octave | Adds one- and two-octave-down voices to Prince's guitar signal. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-oc-2-octave/ | | 3 | Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive | Adds Prince's floor-controlled gain before the concealed clean/dirty amplifier switching system. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-sd-1-super-overdrive/ | | 4 | Boss BF-2 Flanger | Creates Prince's pronounced swept modulation, a pedal family retained across many later rigs. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-bf-2-flanger/ | | 5 | Boss VB-2 Vibrato | Introduces true pitch vibrato independently of the rack processors. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-vb-2-vibrato/ | | 6 | Boss DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay | Provides floor-controlled echo and short sampled repeats before Prince's concealed rack. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-dsd-2-digital-sampler-delay/ | ## Reconstruction note The contemporary Musician feature quotes guitar technician Dallas Schoo and explicitly lists the onstage pedalboard before describing Matt Larsen's concealed rack. Guitar Player's 2004 interview independently documents Prince still using the VB-2, octave, flanger and wah families in a later Takumi-diagrammed rig. The displayed sequence follows conventional signal function because the 1990 article lists inventory but does not trace patch cables. The PSM-5 power/master switch and EV-5 expression controller are omitted as utilities; the UREI EQ, HUSH modules, SPX90 and GP-16 units remain documented rack context rather than floor placements. ## Questions ### What pedals did Prince use in 1990? This dated entry lists 6 units: Colorsound Wah-Wah, Boss OC-2 Octave, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Boss VB-2 Vibrato, Boss DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay. 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 Prince'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. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections. ### Is this Prince's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 6 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Prince 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? Nude Tour, 1990. 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 Musician (archived by Guitarcloud), Guitar Player. Among them a written article and an interview. The units are recorded as documented 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. [Prince's Guitars and Equipment](https://www.guitarcloud.org/article/musician-1990/) — Musician (archived by Guitarcloud) (Primary source · article), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `musician-dallas-schoo-prince-1990` 2. [Prince Shares Guitar-Playing Wisdom in This Interview From the GP Vault](https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/prince-musicology-july-2004-guitar-player) — Guitar Player (Primary source · interview), published 2004-07-01, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-player-prince-musicology-2004` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Prince: [Prince board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/prince/) - [Robert Smith — Three-board Boss system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-smith/three-board-boss-system-2019/): shares Boss BF-2 Flanger, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive - [Tom Bukovac — Vertex stereo studio board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/tom-bukovac/vertex-studio-board-2012/): shares Boss VB-2 Vibrato - [Warren Haynes — Gov't Mule Ryman rack and floor rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/warren-haynes/govt-mule-ryman-rig-2023/): shares Boss OC-2 Octave - [Adam Jones — Tool touring effects board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/adam-jones/tool-dunlop-tech-board-2010/): shares Boss BF-2 Flanger - [Lindsey Buckingham — Three-path solo touring rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/lindsey-buckingham/three-path-solo-tour-rig-2012/): shares Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive - [Jeff Beck — Final tour career-spanning board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jeff-beck/final-tour-career-spanning-board-2022/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Pitch & Synth, Filter & EQ, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [Philip Sayce — That Pedal Show studio signal flow](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/philip-sayce/that-pedal-show-board-2026/) - Next board in archive order: [Randy Rhoads — Custom touring pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/randy-rhoads/custom-touring-pedalboard-1982/)