See the Light: Jeff Healey's Pedalboard

While Jeff Healey has traded his Stratocaster for a trumpet in recent years, his rocking overdrive tone on songs like "Confidence Man" and "See the Light" is still revered by blues-rockers around the world. Not surprisingly, reproducing Healey's tone as heard on the See the Light album will be a difficult task. This is largely due to the fact that Mr. Healey opted to plugged his Squier Stratocaster directly into the soundboard. Nevertheless, when performing Jeff Healey Band covers live you can get close to the See the Light tones by plugging into a Marshall JCM 800 Lead Series 100-watt head and a 4x12 Marshall cabinet, along with the following assortment of off-the-shelf pedals:

• a MXR flanger - the key to the "Angel Eyes" tone;
• a Jim Dunlop Crybaby wah - used primarily during extended solos in live performances;
  
• a Boss Equalizer GE-7; and
  
• a Tokai Overdrive TOD-2 pedal.
  

Be prepared to crank the master volume on the Marshall head to at least eight (note: bring ear plugs). If your bank account will allow, order a set of Rod Evans' Eliminator-1 Series pickups for your Stratocaster, which Jeff Healey preferred over the stock pickups on his Squier Stratocasters. Act quickly though, because it would appear that Mr. Rod Evans is no longer manufacturing pickups (buy and read about Rod Evans' pickups here).

Comments and corrections always welcome!