# Stephen Stills Pedalboard 2012: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2012 Stephen Stills pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Unidentified boost, Unidentified drive and 2 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/stephen-stills/csn-show-day-effects-box-2012/ - 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 | Stephen Stills | | Board | CSN show-day effects box | | Date | 2012-06-27 — 27 June 2012 interview (day precision) | | Context | Hilton Short Hills, New Jersey | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 4 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Switchable effects loops | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Artist-described inventory; two models and full routing unresolved | | Audited | 2026-07-18 | | Sources | 2 | Stephen Stills described his CSN show-day effects in June 2012 as four things: an Echoplex tape echo, an old Fender tube reverb unit, a boost and a drive. The two gain pedals were not named. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented. Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Unidentified boost | Raises level or pushes the amplifier within Stills' live electric rig. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/unidentified-boost/ | | 2 | Unidentified drive | Adds a dedicated gain voice before Stills' vintage amplifier selection. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/unidentified-drive/ | | 3 | Echoplex tape echo (revision and quantity unverified) | Adds tape repeats and sustain to Stills' electric sound. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/echoplex-tape-echo-revision-and-quantity-unverified/ | | 4 | Vintage Fender tube reverb unit (revision unverified) | Provides the external spring ambience in Stills' live electric system. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/vintage-fender-tube-reverb-unit-revision-unverified/ | ## Reconstruction note MusicRadar photographed and interviewed Stills on 27 June 2012 before a CSN show. Asked what effects he liked, Stills described a combined box of effects and named Echoplexes, an old Fender Tube Reverb, a boost and a drive whose origins he left indeterminate; he also said an Eventide pitch controller belonged to an earlier road rig and is therefore excluded here. Premier Guitar's independent 2013 interview confirms the same current two-'54-Strat and vintage-amplifier context, but does not identify the four effects. Neither source supplies a board photograph, exact Echoplex count or revision, reverb revision, gain-pedal enclosures, settings or cable route. The two unknown gain devices are intentionally rendered as anonymous hardware, and the displayed gain-to-echo-to-reverb order is a conventional reconstruction rather than a documented chain. ## Questions ### What pedals did Stephen Stills use in 2012? This dated entry lists 4 units: Unidentified boost, Unidentified drive, Echoplex tape echo (revision and quantity unverified), Vintage Fender tube reverb unit (revision unverified). 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 Stephen Stills's pedals in? The complete order is reconstructed, not observed. The layout follows the cited routing constraints and the archive's signal-chain convention where the sources are silent. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections. ### Is this Stephen Stills's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 4 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Stephen Stills 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? 27 June 2012 interview. Hilton Short Hills, New Jersey. This is the rig documented for that touring 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 MusicRadar, Premier Guitar. Among them an interview. 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. [Interview: Stephen Stills talks guitars, CSN, classic songs, Jimi Hendrix](https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-stephen-stills-talks-guitars-csn-classic-songs-jimi-hendrix-550798) — MusicRadar (Primary source · interview), published 2012-06-28, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `musicradar-stills-interview` 2. [Easy Riding with Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd](https://www.premierguitar.com/easy-riding-with-stephen-stills-and-kenny-wayne-shepherd) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · interview), published 2013-08-20, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `premier-guitar-rides-interview` ## Related pages - Every documented board by Stephen Stills: [Stephen Stills board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/stephen-stills/) - [John Fogerty — Two-drawer offstage effects rack](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-fogerty/two-drawer-offstage-effects-rack-2015/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Reverb & Ambience, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Julian Lage — View with a Room touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/julian-lage/view-with-a-room-board-2023/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Reverb & Ambience, Gain) - [Jorma Kaukonen — Official two-chain Electric Hot Tuna rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jorma-kaukonen/official-electric-hot-tuna-rig-current/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Reverb & Ambience, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Dave Navarro — Jane's Addiction split-path board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/dave-navarro/janes-addiction-split-board-2024/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Reverb & Ambience, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Mateus Asato — Six-pedal travel board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mateus-asato/six-pedal-travel-board/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Reverb & Ambience, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Kevin Parker — Core signal path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kevin-parker/core-signal-path/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Reverb & Ambience, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [St. Vincent — Nice Rack true-bypass loop system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/st-vincent/nice-rack-loop-system-2013/) - Next board in archive order: [Steve Howe — Programmed POD HD500 rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/steve-howe/three-album-yes-tour-2013/)