Ry CooderGuitar Rig, 2018
Ry Cooder's 2018 core path uses no pedals: a custom Green Man tube preamp with level, EQ and a phase-correcting splitter into two matched small amps.
Green Man dual-amplifier core
Documented equipment · Documented order · Not applicable
Cooder describes the route explicitly as guitar into the Green Man, then stereo outputs into two amplifiers. He says he uses the device onstage, at home and in the studio and is never without it. Fretboard Journal independently records its transformer, tube, volume, tone, dual-output and phase-switch functions, while the official album credits state that Green Man changed the record. Because Green Man is a custom preamp and splitter rather than a conventional stompbox, and no pedals are documented in this core route, the archive represents it as a direct signal path with no pedal placements instead of importing delay pedals seen in other undated images.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Ry Cooder's 2018 guitar rig
- Did Ry Cooder use effects pedals in 2018?
- 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?
- The Prodigal Son core rig, May 2018. Studio, home and 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?
- 3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar, Fretboard Journal, Concord. Among them an interview and an official listing. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.