# DigiTech Whammy

> This pitch & synth entry consolidates documented DigiTech Whammy variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Pitch & Synth
- **Types:** Drop Tuning, Expression, Expression effect, Harmoniser, Harmony, Pitch shifter, Pitch Shifter
- **Also known as:** Black Whammy, DigiTech Whammy, DigiTech Whammy 4, DigiTech Whammy I, DigiTech Whammy II, DigiTech Whammy pitch shifter, Expression pitch shifter, Fifth-generation Whammy, Original red Whammy, original Whammy, Original Whammy, Pitch Whammy, Red pitch treadle, Second-generation Whammy, WH-1, WH-4 pitch shifter, Whammy, Whammy 2, Whammy 4, Whammy II, Whammy pedal
- **Controls:** Bypass, Classic / chords, Classic / Chords, Detune selector, Drop Tune selector, Effect select, Effect switch, Expression input, Expression treadle, Footswitch, Harmony, Harmony selector, Interval select, Interval selector, Mode selector, Pitch shift, Program selector, Treadle, Whammy selector
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 19 boards, 1994–2026

A red treadle pitch shifter with an interval-selection column and one effect footswitch.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Gilmour | PULSE / Division Bell rig | 1994-03-30 | 4 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/ |
| Ed O'Brien | Earth tour ten-loop board | 2020-02-08 | 5 | Cable-traced | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/ed-o-brien/earth-tour-loop-board-2020/ |
| Eric Gales | Crown touring board | 2023-03-01 | 3 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-gales/crown-tour-2023/ |
| Jack White | White Stripes octave-and-fuzz board | 2005-06-01 | 2 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jack-white/white-stripes-board-2005/ |
| Joe Satriani | Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards tour rig | 2010-12-01 | 7 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joe-satriani/worms-tour-rig-2010/ |
| Jonny Greenwood | Two-amplifier Radiohead board | 2016-06-01 | 7 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jonny-greenwood/radiohead-lyon-board-2016/ |
| Kevin Shields | Reunion tour three-board switching system | 2008-01-01 | 32, 39 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kevin-shields/reunion-tour-three-board-system-2008/ |
| Madison Cunningham | Ace tour board | 2026-03-01 | 5 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/madison-cunningham/ace-tour-board-2026/ |
| Matt Bellamy | Pre-Absolution floor rig | 2001-06-18 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/matt-bellamy/pre-absolution-pedalboard/ |
| Mike Campbell | Heartbreakers touring effects board | 2013-07-27 | 2 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mike-campbell/heartbreakers-touring-board-2013/ |
| Nels Cline | Pelican-case travel rig | 2018-10-01 | 3 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nels-cline/pelican-case-travel-rig-2018/ |
| Nels Cline | Wilco straight-line effects rig | 2011-11-01 | 3 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nels-cline/wilco-straight-line-rig-2011/ |
| Nick Zinner | Four-board sampling rig | 2013-07-17 | 7 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nick-zinner/four-board-sampling-rig-2013/ |
| Richard Fortus | Guns N' Roses touring effects system | 2017-07-06 | 14 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/richard-fortus/not-in-this-lifetime-tour-2017/ |
| Robert Fripp | King Crimson surround processing rig | 2019-10-30 | 1 | Cable-traced | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-fripp/king-crimson-surround-rig-2019/ |
| Steve Vai | Story of Light experimental rig | 2012-01-04 | 4 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/steve-vai/story-of-light-rig-2012/ |
| The Edge | eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE programmable rack | 2018-06-01 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/the-edge/experience-innocence-rack-2018/ |
| Tom Morello | Long-term effects-loop board | 2019-02-13 | 2 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/tom-morello/long-term-rig-2019/ |
| Trey Anastasio | Three-output Bradshaw touring board | 2024-09-16 | 2 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/trey-anastasio/post-sphere-three-output-bradshaw-board-2024/ |