Here it is in ridiculous size.

Here's a slightly smaller version:

As you can see, it's quite blurry, so unless you know the pedals by colour, it's not going to reveal that much...

mediumdry said:

Some help with colour coding :

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mediumdry said:

crimesofparis said:

where is this image from? it's backwards. interesting seeing his pedals from that time for the first time. it's Colorsound Wah pedal, BOSS master switch, BOSS super overdrive, BOSS delay, BOSS flanger, BOSS octave and BOSS vibrato.

mrfog said:

Something was initially confusing me about the order of the pedals, but I think I've figured it out: The photo appears to have been reversed - we can tell this because the BAR GRILL sign from the backdrop is showing the right way round in the mirror. Also the way the pedals are set up, Prince would have to be using his left foot to operate the wah - this is counterintuitive, plus we know his later pedal arrangements had wah on the right, stomps on the left. Judging from what we can make out of the knobs, I think the yellow pedal is either an OD-1 Over Drive or SD-1 SUPER OverDrive. Blue pedal can't be a BD-2 Blues Driver because that pedal didn't exist until 1995. It looks like it could possibly be the Compression Sustainer CS-1 or CS-2. I think it is far more likely to be the VB-2 Vibrato though, because he used that in his later pedalboards, and seemed to like it placed at the end of the chain. Can anyone think of a studio or live track from around the late '80s where he actually used the vibrato sound? Wish the pic was more in focus, and wider so we could see if the blue pedal is actually the last in line, or if there was more...

used the vibrato live during the small club 88 shows. made the "middle eastern" sound effects

Was there a diagram of his pedal set-up (circa 89-90 I think) in the article on him in International Musician and Recording World? Have a suspicion there might have been, but can't remember. I used to have the mag, but we've moved house and I can't find it with a quick look. Anybody else have this?

tab32792 said:

crimesofparis said:

tab32792 said:

where is this image from? it's backwards. interesting seeing his pedals from that time for the first time. it's Colorsound Wah pedal, BOSS master switch, BOSS super overdrive, BOSS delay, BOSS flanger, BOSS octave and BOSS vibrato.

I think you're totally right. Weird to see the octave so far in the signal chain, but I know some people like octaves after dirt. He moved it farther up the signal chain later on, right?

Not sure how to add images in here, so not sure if this will work. But here's the reversed (ie correct) SoTT pedal set-up vs his most recent set-up (2015 I guess).

So 1987 we're thinking:

LEFT: BOSS vibrato, octaver, flanger, delay, super overdrive, master switch

RIGHT: Colorsound Wah

And 2015:

LEFT: Boss vibrato, flanger, delay, octaver, turbo distortion, blues driver

RIGHT: Boss chromatic tuner, Crybaby wah, Digitech Whammy, Line 6 Effects pedal

So a lot of the same stuff, just changed models, and changes in the signal chain.

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MachineElf said:

percy28 said:

I wrote a massive journal on the celebration talked to loads of his crew . I also got to hold the super bowl guitar and chat with his last engineer Jason. Would I guys be interested in a review of celebration?

Hells yes, please do. Did you sit in on the guitar panel with Takumi and Dave Rusan? Wish someone had a recording of that to share.

mrfog said:

BF-2 & OC-2 are there obviously, white digital delay is probably a DD-2 (exact same pedal internally as the later DD-3 he used). Red Colorsound wah on the far left is circa 1980's and is identifiably not a '70s unit (because of black foot treadle). Will be of the inductorless circuit type. Any guesses on the others?

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The DD-3 came out in 1986, so that's possible too.

The yellow one, in my opinion, is an OD-1, but of course it's hard to tell. To me it looks like it only has 2 knobs.

The bright things on top of the PSM-5 are perhaps right-angle metal jacks.

Great to see this, thanks for posting!

mrfog said:

Does anyone else agree it looks like the yellow pedal has 3 knobs? This would make it definitely SD-1 and not OD-1.

I only see 2. You may have better eyes than me though.

MachineElf said:

percy28 said:

I wrote a massive journal on the celebration talked to loads of his crew . I also got to hold the super bowl guitar and chat with his last engineer Jason. Would I guys be interested in a review of celebration?

Hells yes, please do. Did you sit in on the guitar panel with Takumi and Dave Rusan? Wish someone had a recording of that to share.

co sign with MachineElf

mrfog said:

Does anyone else agree it looks like the yellow pedal has 3 knobs? This would make it definitely SD-1 and not OD-1.

yes it's a Super Overdrive. this was his setup from 85-90. the magazine from 1990 confirms this. by that point, he added a second wah pedal and the fc-100 foot controller for added effects...this leads into the D&P era.

MiceElfAgin said:

tab32792 said:

mrfog said:

tab32792 said:

yes it's a Super Overdrive. this was his setup from 85-90. the magazine from 1990 confirms this. by that point, he added a second wah pedal and the fc-100 foot controller for added effects...this leads into the D&P era.

I wonder what the second wah was for - perhaps one of them sitting cocked? Or was there 2 different sweeps for use on different songs? I know there was supposed to be a Dunlop Rotovibe pedal added to the mix during the mid-'90s...

in 1990 the second wah was a roland/boss expression pedal i believe. probably for volume. i'm not exactly sure how to post pics on here or else i would post the article

tab32792 said:

mrfog said:

tab32792 said: I wonder what the second wah was for - perhaps one of them sitting cocked? Or was there 2 different sweeps for use on different songs? I know there was supposed to be a Dunlop Rotovibe pedal added to the mix during the mid-'90s...

in 1990 the second wah was a roland/boss expression pedal i believe. probably for volume. i'm not exactly sure how to post pics on here or else i would post the article

Thanks for referencing the original article, helps a lot!

You just have to post the images somewhere on the web, copy the URL, then in the menu options at the top of the posting box select "Insert/edit image" and put the URL in there.

If you need any help PM me (I'd like a copy personally in any case, as I can't find my original mag).

mrfog said:

The DD-3 on Prince's board in more recent pictures is a later style DD-3, so won't have the 'long' DSP gate array chip that is present in the DD-2/DD-3 Prince would have been using in this '86 picture...

Also in the Third Eye Girl era pic it appears to be a DD-6.

MrFog, loving your input - I have a great interest in the history of Prince's guitars and set-up, but you've got much more knowledge on the actual gear than I do. So I appreciate all the extra info, thanks!

Another pic of the 1987 pedalboard set-up, sent to me by Groovement:

MachineElf said: