Pedalboard Archive

Roger McGuinnGuitar Rig, 2025

Roger McGuinn's touring twelve-string goes to the venue's soundboard with no floor compressor and no stage effects in the path.

Board
Touring direct path
Context
Roger McGuinn solo touring rig
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Not applicable
Scope
Core signal path
Routing
Not applicable
Audited
Signal
Direct · Guitar to amplifier

Touring direct path

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InputGuitar
Direct signalNo floor effects
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Documented order · Not applicable

McGuinn told Guitar World that he owns and uses a JangleBox at home but cannot use it on the road because electrical interference produces hum; onstage he goes through the soundboard. His 2017 Vintage Guitar interview independently establishes a compression-only philosophy and says the Rickenbacker sounds better without the phase shifter he once toured. The home JangleBox, historical phase shifter and studio compressors are therefore excluded from this dated live snapshot.

Cited sources

Methodology
  1. Guitar WorldRoger McGuinn on his stolen Rickenbacker, signature guitars and life in guitars
  2. Vintage GuitarRoger McGuinn

Questions about Roger McGuinn's 2025 guitar rig

Did Roger McGuinn use effects pedals in 2025?
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?
November 2025 touring setup. Roger McGuinn solo touring rig. 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, Vintage Guitar. Among them an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.