Role in this rig
Adds Prince's floor-controlled gain before the concealed clean/dirty amplifier switching system.
Documented setup
- Exact setting not documented
- 1990 tour board
Effect profile /Gain
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Also catalogued as SD-1
Explore the documented settings, signal-chain positions and roles of Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive in dated rigs by Lindsey Buckingham, Prince, Robert Smith, and 1 more. Every appearance remains tied to its supporting sources.
- Pedalboards
- 4
- Artists
- 4
- Archive records
- 4
Controls in the archive
DriveLevelTone
How this pedal appears in the archive
These are not generic specifications. Every entry is tied to a dated artist rig and preserves what the sources support: its job in that rig, known settings and its place in the signal path.
How the archive verifies pedalboards1990–2019Dated coverage
8Cited sources
Role in this rig
Provides the only dedicated gain pedal in Buckingham's 2012 electric path.
Documented setup
- Electric rig
- Exact settings not documented
Role in this rig
Three separate units preserve distinct gain settings that the Bradshaw system can select per song.
Documented setup
- Three units in rack
- Different preset gain levels
Role in this rig
The long-serving overdrive, in use across four decades of Cure records.
Documented setup
- In use since the 1980s
- Exact positions not published