# Zac Schulze Pedalboard 2025: Full Gear & Pedal List

> The 2025 Zac Schulze pedalboard, pedal by pedal: BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/zac-schulze/mnpr-soundcheck-floor-rig-2025/
- 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 | Zac Schulze |
| Board | MNPR Soundcheck floor rig |
| Date | 2025-04-19 — Published April 19, 2025 (day precision) |
| Context | The Louisiana, Bristol |
| Scope | Exact board snapshot |
| Signal path | 2 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Serial path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Cable-traced |
| Status | Single source · cable-traced order |
| Audited | 2026-09-03 |
| Sources | 2 |

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.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Cable-traced.** Sequence verified cable by cable.

`Guitar → BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → amplifier`

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner | Receives the guitar first, providing the tuning mute and a buffered output before the overdrive. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-tu-3-chromatic-tuner/ |
| 2 | Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer | Adds a small amount of drive and sustain to the Blues Cube rather than replacing the amplifier's core sound. | Front of amp | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ts9-tube-screamer/ |

### Identification notes

- **1. BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner:** 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.
- **2. Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer:** 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.

## Reconstruction note

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.

## Questions

### 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.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Zac Schulze – Guitar Rig Rundown - MNPR Soundcheck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbQKAEO4dOM) — MNPR Magazine (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2025-04-19, accessed 2026-09-03, independent group `mnpr-zac-schulze-rig-rundown-2025`. Filmed onstage at The Louisiana in Bristol. At 9:20 Schulze identifies the Ibanez TS9, at 10:00 he gives its Level, Drive and Tone positions, and at 10:36 he identifies the BOSS tuner before calling it a TU-3 at 10:45. The overhead close-up exposes both red instrument leads and the complete patch cable: the guitar enters the TU-3 input, its Output feeds the TS9 input, and the TS9 output continues to the amplifier.
2. [Zac Schulze on the ultimate eBay bargain Strat, and the greatest blues tone ever](https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/zac-schulze-straight-to-it) — Amit Sharma, Guitar World (Primary source · interview), published 2026-07-31, accessed 2026-09-03, independent group `guitarist-zac-schulze-interview-2026`. Schulze independently names an Ibanez TS9 as the one overdrive in the deliberately simple recording rig for Straight To It. That later setup runs into an Orange Rockerverb, so this source corroborates the TS9's continuity but does not establish the TU-3, the 2025 Blues Cube rig or its cable order. The article first appeared in Guitarist.

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Zac Schulze: [Zac Schulze board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/zac-schulze/)
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- [John Squire — Stone Roses era board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-squire/stone-roses-era-board-1989/): shares TS9 Tube Screamer
- [Robert Quine — Lean live chain](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-quine/lean-live-chain-2004/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Tuner, Gain)
- [Guthrie Trapp — 2012 touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/guthrie-trapp/touring-board-2012/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Tuner, Gain)
- [Jared James Nichols — Five-device summer touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jared-james-nichols/summer-tour-board-2026/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Tuner, Gain)
- Previous board in archive order: [Wayne Kramer — MC5 early Big Muff core](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/wayne-kramer/kick-out-the-jams-era-big-muff-1969/)
- Next board in archive order: [Zakk Wylde — Pantera winter touring rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/zakk-wylde/pantera-tour-rig-2024/)