Tom MorelloPedalboard, 2019
Tom Morello's 2019 pedalboard puts seven effects units in the Marshall's effects loop: Cry Baby wah, DigiTech Whammy WH-1, two Boss DD-3 delays, DOD FX40B EQ, MXR Phase 90 and DigiTech XP300 Space Station. The DD-3s provide separate long and short delays; the EQ serves as a solo boost. The Atlas Underground rundown documents the units and loop routing, not every patch-cable connection.
Long-term effects-loop board
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 7 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Tom Morello's 2019 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Filter & EQ
Cry Baby Wah
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Starts Morello's compact effects chain inside the amplifier loop.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Pitch & Synth
Whammy WH-1
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Creates Morello's octave leaps and dive-bomb gestures immediately after the wah.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
DD-3 Digital Delay
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Supplies Morello's longer repeats after the pitch effects.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
DD-3 Digital Delay
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Adds a separate short-delay voice without changing the long-delay controls.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
FX40B Graphic EQ
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Acts primarily as a dependable solo-volume boost rather than a radical tonal EQ.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
Phase 90
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Closes the long-term board as a dedicated song-specific modulation voice.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Multi-effects & Modeling
XP300 Space Station
Amp loop
Role in this rig
Adds song-specific pitch and modulation programs beyond the long-running core pedals.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Serial path
The 2019 video and Morello's interview document every audio unit shown here, including the Space Station. The sources confirm that the core effects run through the Marshall's effects loop, but do not narrate every patch cable; the displayed serial order follows the photographed long-term board and is marked reconstructed. Tuners and power supply are excluded because they are not effect stages.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Tom Morello's 2019 pedalboard
- What pedals did Tom Morello use in 2019?
- This dated entry lists 7 units: Cry Baby Wah, Whammy WH-1, DD-3 Digital Delay, DD-3 Digital Delay, FX40B Graphic EQ, Phase 90, XP300 Space Station. 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 Tom Morello'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: Guitar → amplifier input → FX send → Cry Baby Wah → Whammy WH-1 → DD-3 Digital Delay → DD-3 Digital Delay → FX40B Graphic EQ → Phase 90 → XP300 Space Station → FX return.
- Is this Tom Morello's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 7 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Tom Morello 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?
- February 2019. The Atlas Underground tour rig rundown. This is one dated setup as documented, 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 Premier Guitar, Guitar World. Among them a rig rundown, an interview and a written article. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.