Zac SchulzePedalboard, 2025
Zac Schulze's stripped-back 2025 live chain is a BOSS TU-3 into an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer and then a Roland Blues Cube. The tuner buffers and mutes the guitar; the TS9 adds a modest lift and sustain to the amplifier sound.
MNPR Soundcheck floor rig
Order evidence: Sequence verified cable by cable
Inside the rig · 2 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Zac Schulze's 2025 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Cable-traced orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Tuner
BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Receives the guitar first, providing the tuning mute and a buffered output before the overdrive.
Schulze first calls it the BOSS tuner and then explicitly names it as a TU-3 at 10:45; the white shell, meter and jack layout are also unobstructed in the overhead close-up.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds a small amount of drive and sustain to the Blues Cube rather than replacing the amplifier's core sound.
Schulze explicitly identifies it as an Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 at 9:20 and describes all three control positions at 10:00; its model badge is legible in the close-up.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Documented equipment · Documented order · Serial path
MNPR filmed both pedals from directly overhead and Schulze named each model on camera. The complete signal order is visible rather than inferred: a red guitar lead enters the TU-3's right-side Input, the tuner's left-side Output crosses to the TS9's right-side input, and a second red lead leaves the TS9's left-side output for the Roland Blues Cube. The power adapters lying between the two pedals do not pass audio and are omitted. MNPR does not state the filming day, so the board is indexed by the video's April 19 publication date. Guitar World's 2026 interview independently confirms that the TS9 remained Schulze's sole overdrive in another deliberately simple rig, but that article documents an Orange Rockerverb recording setup rather than this exact floor rig; the 2025 board therefore remains marked single-source.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Zac Schulze's 2025 pedalboard
- What pedals did Zac Schulze use in 2025?
- This dated entry lists 2 units: BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer. 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 Zac Schulze's pedals in?
- The order is documented from a traced cable run: Guitar → BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → amplifier.
- Is this Zac Schulze's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 2 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Zac Schulze 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?
- Published April 19, 2025. The Louisiana, Bristol. This is one dated setup as documented, 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 MNPR Magazine, Guitar World. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-09-03.