# Robben Ford Pedalboard 2014: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2014 Robben Ford pedalboard, pedal by pedal: TC Electronic PolyTune Mini and 5 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/vertex-touring-board-2014/ - 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 | Robben Ford | | Board | Vertex touring board | | Date | 2014-03-19 — March 19, 2014 (day precision) | | Context | Premier Guitar Rig Rundown | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 6 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Serial path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Cable-traced | | Status | Rundown-traced touring path | | Audited | 2026-08-06 | | Sources | 2 | Robben Ford's 2014 touring board is six pedals in a traced order: a PolyTune Mini, a modified Boss FV-500 volume pedal, a Vertex Boost, a Hermida Zendrive, a Strymon TimeLine and a Hall of Fame reverb, into a Dumble Overdrive Special. Newer board: [Robben Ford — Vertex travel board (2015)](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/vertex-travel-board-2015/). ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Cable-traced.** Sequence verified cable by cable. `Guitar → TC Electronic PolyTune Mini → Vertex-modified Boss FV-500 Volume → Vertex Boost → Hermida Audio Zendrive → Strymon TimeLine → TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb → amplifier` | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | TC Electronic PolyTune Mini | Tunes and mutes the guitar before anything else in the touring path. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tc-electronic-polytune-mini/ | | 2 | Vertex-modified Boss FV-500 Volume | Sets playing level and permits swells ahead of the boost and drive section. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/vertex-modified-boss-fv-500-volume/ | | 3 | Vertex Boost | Lifts clean level into the Dumble ahead of the Zendrive. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/vertex-boost/ | | 4 | Hermida Audio Zendrive | Supplies the sustaining overdrive voice after the Vertex Boost. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/hermida-audio-zendrive/ | | 5 | Strymon TimeLine | Provides programmable delay after the drive section and before reverb. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/strymon-timeline/ | | 6 | TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb | Adds the board's only ambience, last in the effects path. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/tc-electronic-hall-of-fame-reverb/ | ## Reconstruction note Premier Guitar walks the board on camera in signal-flow order, so the chain is taken directly from that rundown. The Vertex passive input interface, Roland EV-5 expression treadle, Dumble footswitch and Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Digital are utility hardware and are not duplicated as tonal pedals, following the same rule as the 2012 board. Ford's 2020 Guitar Player tour independently confirms that five of these six units were still in place six years later; the modified FV-500 volume pedal is documented only by the 2014 rundown. ## Questions ### What pedals did Robben Ford use in 2014? This dated entry lists 6 units: TC Electronic PolyTune Mini, Vertex-modified Boss FV-500 Volume, Vertex Boost, Hermida Audio Zendrive, Strymon TimeLine, TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb. 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 Robben Ford's pedals in? The order is documented from a traced cable run: Guitar → TC Electronic PolyTune Mini → Vertex-modified Boss FV-500 Volume → Vertex Boost → Hermida Audio Zendrive → Strymon TimeLine → TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb → amplifier. ### Is this Robben Ford's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 6 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Robben Ford 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? March 19, 2014. Premier Guitar Rig Rundown. 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 Premier Guitar, Guitar Player. Among them a rig rundown. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-06. ## Sources 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Rig Rundown: Robben Ford](https://www.premierguitar.com/rig-rundown-robben-ford) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2014-03-19, accessed 2026-08-06, independent group `premier-guitar-robben-ford-2014`. Filmed rundown of the touring board Mason Marangella built in 2013, walked through on camera in signal-flow order alongside the Dumble Overdrive Special #002. 2. [Take a guided tour of Robben Ford's pedalboard](https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/take-a-guided-tour-of-robben-fords-pedalboard) — Guitar Player (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2020-07-29, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `guitar-player-robben-ford-2020` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Robben Ford: [Robben Ford board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/) - [Robben Ford — Vertex travel board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/vertex-travel-board-2015/): shares Vertex Boost, Hermida Audio Zendrive, TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb, TC Electronic PolyTune Mini - [Pete Thorn — Musicom Lab switching board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/pete-thorn/musicomlab-switching-board-2014/): shares Strymon TimeLine, TC Electronic PolyTune Mini - [Guthrie Govan — Aristocrats and Steven Wilson rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/guthrie-govan/aristocrats-and-steven-wilson-2013/): shares TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb, TC Electronic PolyTune Mini - [Gary Clark Jr. — Ryman Auditorium effects-loop board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/gary-clark-jr/ryman-auditorium-loop-board-2019/): shares Hermida Audio Zendrive - [Robben Ford — Vertex stereo board V3](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/vertex-stereo-board-2012/): shares Strymon TimeLine, TC Electronic PolyTune Mini - [Doyle Bramhall II — Clapton Japan tour board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/doyle-bramhall-ii/clapton-japan-tour-board-2023/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Tuner, Reverb & Ambience, Routing & Control, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [Robben Ford — Vertex travel board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/vertex-travel-board-2015/) - Next board in archive order: [Robben Ford — Vertex stereo board V3](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robben-ford/vertex-stereo-board-2012/)