# Rory Gallagher Pedalboard 1969: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 1969 Rory Gallagher board ran one pedal: Rangemaster Treble Booster. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/rory-gallagher/taste-era-1969/
- 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 | Rory Gallagher |
| Board | Taste-era boosted AC30 path |
| Date | 1969-01-01 — 1968-1970 (era precision) |
| Context | Taste live and studio rig |
| Scope | Core signal path |
| Signal path | 1 unit · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Source-described |
| Status | Documented one-unit signal path |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 2 |

Rory Gallagher's Taste-era sound, 1968 to 1970, used one unit: a Rangemaster treble booster between his Stratocaster and the normal channel of a Vox AC30.

Newer board: [Rory Gallagher — Early-1990s live pedalboard (1991)](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/rory-gallagher/early-1990s-live-pedalboard/).

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence.

`Guitar → Rangemaster Treble Booster → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Rangemaster Treble Booster | Pushes the AC30 into its cutting upper-mid overdrive while retaining the Stratocaster's attack. | — | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/rangemaster-treble-booster/ |

## Reconstruction note

The estate archive and independent gear history both document this pairing. Later Gallagher boards expanded considerably, but they are outside this representative early snapshot.

## Questions

### What pedals did Rory Gallagher use in 1969?

This dated entry lists one unit: Rangemaster Treble Booster. 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 Rory Gallagher's pedals in?

A cited source states the order: Guitar → Rangemaster Treble Booster → amplifier.

### Is this Rory Gallagher's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers one unit in the effects path, not every piece of gear Rory Gallagher 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?

1968-1970. Taste live and studio 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 pedalboard?

2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Official Rory Gallagher Website, Guitar World. Among them an official listing and a written article. 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. [AC30 Top Boost](https://rorygallagher.com/vox-ac30-topboost/) — Official Rory Gallagher Website (Primary source · official), published 2019-04-15, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `rory-gallagher-estate-archive`
2. [Rory Gallagher: the guitar gear behind the legend](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/rory-gallagher-gear-behind-the-legend) — Guitar World (Specialist source · article), published 2023-07-25, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-world-rory-gear`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Rory Gallagher: [Rory Gallagher board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/rory-gallagher/)
- Previous board in archive order: [Rory Gallagher — Early-1990s live pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/rory-gallagher/early-1990s-live-pedalboard/)
- Next board in archive order: [Roy Buchanan — Alligator comeback delay path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/roy-buchanan/alligator-return-delay-path-1985/)