# Robert Cray Guitar Rig 1989: Full Gear List & Setup

> Robert Cray said in 1989 that he plugs straight into two Fender Super Reverbs. No effects pedals sit in the live path.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-cray/super-reverb-direct-1989/
- 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 | Robert Cray |
| Board | Dual Super Reverb direct path |
| Date | 1989-01-01 — 1989 (year precision) |
| Context | Guitar World interview |
| Scope | Core signal path |
| Signal path | Direct · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Not applicable |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Not applicable |
| Status | Artist-documented pedal-free path |
| Audited | 2026-08-03 |
| Sources | 2 |

Robert Cray said in 1989 that he plugs straight into two Fender Super Reverbs. No effects pedals sit in the live path.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Not applicable.** No floor effects to order.

No pedals are documented in this signal path.

## Reconstruction note

The 1989 first-person interview explicitly rejects effects in this rig. A separate 1997 interview documents later studio Space Echo and stage Magnatone vibrato use; those choices are evidence of evolution, not additions to the 1989 path.

## Questions

### Did Robert Cray use effects pedals in 1989?

No effects pedals are documented in this path. The archive records the guitar going straight into the amplifier, so the sound comes from the instrument, the amp and the player's hands.

### When and where was this guitar rig used?

1989. Guitar World interview. This is the core signal path documented for that period, not a career-wide gear list.

### How does the archive know what was on this guitar rig?

2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Guitar World, FUZZ Magazine. Among them an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-03.

## Sources

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

1. [Robert Cray discusses Albert Collins, gear and Strong Persuader](https://www.guitarworld.com/gw-archive/robert-cray-discusses-albert-collins-gear-and-his-new-album-1989-guitar-world-interview) — Guitar World (Primary source · interview), published 1989-01-01, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `guitar-world-robert-cray-1989`
2. [Robert Cray interview](https://www.guyguitars.com/eng/interviews/RobertCray.html) — FUZZ Magazine (Primary source · interview), published 1997-01-01, accessed 2026-08-03, independent group `fuzz-magazine-robert-cray-1997`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Robert Cray: [Robert Cray board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-cray/)
- Previous board in archive order: [Robby Krieger — Forrest Penner live board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robby-krieger/forrest-penner-live-board-2020/)
- Next board in archive order: [Robert Fripp — King Crimson surround processing rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-fripp/king-crimson-surround-rig-2019/)