# Scotty Moore Guitar Rig 1955: Full Gear List & Setup

> Scotty Moore plugged Elvis Presley's guitar sound straight into Ray Butts' custom EchoSonic from May 1955. The slapback lived inside the amp, not in a pedal.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/scotty-moore/echosonic-direct-path-1955/
- 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 | Scotty Moore |
| Board | EchoSonic direct path |
| Date | 1955-05-24 — From May 24, 1955 (day precision) |
| Context | Elvis Presley touring and recording rig |
| Scope | Core signal path |
| Signal path | Direct · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Not applicable |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Not applicable |
| Status | Documented direct-to-amplifier path |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 3 |

Scotty Moore plugged Elvis Presley's guitar sound straight into Ray Butts' custom EchoSonic from May 1955. The slapback lived inside the amp, not in a pedal.

## Signal chain

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

No pedals are documented in this signal path.

## Reconstruction note

Moore's historical archive dates his purchase of the EchoSonic to May 24, 1955 and documents its integrated tape delay. Guitar.com independently reports exclusive use with Elvis from that date through the 1968 Comeback Special, while Premier Guitar confirms that the amp reproduced Sun's studio slapback live. No separate floor effect is documented in this dated core path, so the integrated amplifier echo is described but not misrepresented as a pedal placement.

## Questions

### Did Scotty Moore use effects pedals in 1955?

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?

From May 24, 1955. Elvis Presley touring and recording 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 ScottyMoore.net, Guitar.com, Premier Guitar. Among them an archive record and a written article. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.

## Sources

3 cited sources across 3 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Scotty Moore's EchoSonic Amplifier](https://scottymoore.net/echosonic.html) — ScottyMoore.net (Primary source · archive), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `scotty-moore-official-archive-echosonic`
2. [How to Sound Like Scotty Moore](https://guitar.com/guides/essential-guide/sound-like-scotty-moore/) — Guitar.com (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-com-scotty-moore-guide`
3. [Scotty Moore: 1931-2016](https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/scotty-moore-1931-2016) — Premier Guitar (Specialist source · article), published 2016-06-29, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `premier-guitar-scotty-moore-2016`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Scotty Moore: [Scotty Moore board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/scotty-moore/)
- Previous board in archive order: [Scott McKeon — Tom Jones touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/scott-mckeon/tom-jones-touring-board-2022/)
- Next board in archive order: [Seth Lee Jones — Mono-to-stereo TPS board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/seth-lee-jones/that-pedal-show-stereo-board-2026/)