# Stevie Ray Vaughan Pedalboard 1989: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 1989 Stevie Ray Vaughan pedalboard, pedal by pedal: Custom Five-loop Switcher, V846 Wah and 4 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/stevie-ray-vaughan/late-era-1989/
- 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 | Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| Board | Late-era effects chain |
| Date | 1989-01-01 — 1988–1990 (era precision) |
| Context | In Step and final tours |
| Scope | Touring-period rig |
| Signal path | 6 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Switchable effects loops |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Reconstructed |
| Status | Documented late-era effects · reconstructed loop layout |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 3 |

Stevie Ray Vaughan's late-era chain, 1988 to 1990, put five effects into a custom five-loop switcher: a Vox V846 wah, a Fuzz Face, an Octavia, a Uni-Vibe and an Ibanez TS10 Tube Overdrive.

## 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 | Custom Five-loop Switcher | Brings multiple effect loops in and out without requiring the pedals to remain in one fixed serial chain. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/custom-five-loop-switcher/ |
| 2 | V846 Wah | Shapes the attack before the late-era fuzz and octave effects in Vaughan’s Hendrix-influenced setup. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/v846-wah/ |
| 3 | Fuzz Face | Adds the saturated, cleanup-sensitive fuzz Vaughan adopted for his late Hendrix-inspired material. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fuzz-face/ |
| 4 | Octavia | Receives the wah and fuzz signal to produce the cutting octave sound heard in Vaughan’s later shows. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/octavia/ |
| 5 | Uni-Vibe (Original black floor unit) | Adds the pulsing, asymmetrical modulation used for Hendrix-derived textures. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/uni-vibe/ |
| 6 | TS10 Tube Overdrive | Supplies the focused midrange gain Vaughan used to push his clean, high-headroom amplifier rig. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ts10-tube-overdrive/ |

## Reconstruction note

The late-era effect set is documented, but it was not one permanently active serial chain. Photo-based research shows a custom five-switch loop controller replacing the simpler earlier selector, while the sources place the Octavia after wah and fuzz in most cases and document combinations with the Tube Screamer. This schematic flattens those switchable loops into a readable order; the exact loop assignment changed and remains unverified. Vibratone and delay control switches are excluded because they did not carry the guitar signal.

## Questions

### What pedals did Stevie Ray Vaughan use in 1989?

This dated entry lists 6 units: Custom Five-loop Switcher, V846 Wah, Fuzz Face, Octavia, Uni-Vibe, TS10 Tube Overdrive. 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 Stevie Ray Vaughan'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 Stevie Ray Vaughan's full guitar rig?

No. This dated entry covers 6 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Stevie Ray Vaughan 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?

1988–1990. In Step and final tours. 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?

3 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including SRV Archive, Guitar World, SMALLGARAGE. Among them an archive record, a written article and a photograph. 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. [Stevie Ray Vaughan effects history](https://srvarchive.com/effects) — SRV Archive (Specialist source · archive), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `srv-archive`
2. [Stevie Ray Vaughan's amps and effects pedals](https://www.guitarworld.com/magazine/blues-power-depth-guide-amps-and-effect-pedals-stevie-ray-vaughan-s-arsenal) — Guitar World (Specialist source · article), published 2015-07-10, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `guitar-world-srv-arsenal`
3. [Stevie Ray Vaughan pedalboard and late-career routing research](https://small-garage.jp/pedal-board-research/stevie-ray-vaughan_gear/) — SMALLGARAGE (Specialist source · photograph), published 2025-12-13, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `smallgarage-srv-photo-research`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Stevie Ray Vaughan: [Stevie Ray Vaughan board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/stevie-ray-vaughan/)
- [Jimi Hendrix — Woodstock effects chain](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jimi-hendrix/late-live-rig-1969/): shares V846 Wah, Uni-Vibe, Fuzz Face
- [John Mayer — Compact electric board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-mayer/blue-note-tokyo-2023/): shares TS10 Tube Overdrive
- [David Gilmour — Animals-era Cornish board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/animals-tour-1977/): shares Uni-Vibe, Fuzz Face
- [David Gilmour — PULSE / Division Bell rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/): shares Uni-Vibe
- [Johnny Marr — Smiths BCB-6 board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/johnny-marr/smiths-bcb-6-board-1986/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Modulation, Gain)
- [Randy Rhoads — Custom touring pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/randy-rhoads/custom-touring-pedalboard-1982/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Modulation, Gain)
- Previous board in archive order: [Steve Vai — Story of Light experimental rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/steve-vai/story-of-light-rig-2012/)
- Next board in archive order: [The Edge — eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE programmable rack](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/the-edge/experience-innocence-rack-2018/)