Doyle Bramhall II: Touring Pedalboards

Many guitarists were first introduced to Doyle Bramhall II through his involvement with Roger Waters and Eric Clapton. On tour with Roger Waters, Bramhall somehow managed to faithfully reproduce the original vibe of Pink Floyd's classics "Money" and "Comfortably Numb" while simultaneously injecting his playing style and character. If you're a Pink Floyd fan, it can be safely assumed that you have watched Roger Water's In the Flesh DVD and were blown away by Bramhall's virtuosity. If you're not a Pink Floyd fan, we strongly recommend that you pick of a copy of the In the Flesh DVD and savour the guitar playing of Doyle Bramhall II, Snowy White and Andy Fairweather Low.

Still not interested in Pink Floyd? That's o.k., because you may have caught Bramhall touring with Eric Clapton in support of his The Road to Escondido, Back Home, and Me and Mr. Johnson albums. We have previously provided an overview of the pedalboard set-up used by Bramhall during the recording of the Welcome album. So you be asking why we're revisiting Bramhall's pedalboard set-up again. Well, you asked us too! Many of you are Doyle Bramhall II/Pink Floyd fans and aspire to recreate the guitar tones heard on the In the Flesh DVD. Others prefer the Doyle Bramhall II/Eric Clapton sound. As we believe that both incarnations of Doyle Bramhall II are equally special, we decided to provide the following breakdown of Bramhall stage set-ups for both tours:

Roger Waters In the Flesh Tour:

• Electric Guitars:
• a left-handed 1964 Fender Stratocaster with vintage Van Zandt pickups; and
  
• a left-handed Fender Stratocaster copy with a sparkle red finish (built by Charlie Wirz).

• Amplifiers:
• Yamaha DG-130 HD Digital Head - built-in digital processor features compression, modulation, delay, tap tempo delay, reverb, wah, and speaker simulations. Also used by Doyle Bramhall II during his 1999 appearance on Austin City Limits. The portable and more affordable Yamaha DG Stomp pedal has virtually the same circuitry and effects as the DG-130 HD; and
  
• a Marshall 1960A 4X12Speaker Cabinet.

• Guitar Effects:
• a Fulltone Deja Vibe pedal (the gold colored model) - most notably heard on the solo for "Time" from the In the Flesh DVD;
• a Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face pedal;
• a Roger Mayer Octavia pedal - used occasionally during the first solo on "Dogs";
• a Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere pedal - heard on "Eclipse" from the In the Flesh DVD;
  
• a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler pedal with EX-1 Expression Pedal;
  
• a Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Reissue pedal; and
• a Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah pedal.

Eric Clapton Tours:

• Amplifiers:
• a Fender Bassman; and
  
• a Fender Super Reverb.

• Effects Pedals:
• a Fulltone Deja Vibe pedal;
• a Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere pedal;
• a SIB Fatdrive Tube Pre-amp pedal;
• a Pete Cornish P-2 Fuzz;
  
• a Blackbox Music Electronics Quicksilver Delay pedal;
  
• a Blackbox Music Electronics Oxygen Compression pedal;
• an Xotic Effects USA RC Booster pedal;
  
• an Analogman BicompROSSor pedal;
• a Jim Dunlop wah-wah pedal;
  
• an Analog Man Sun Face NKT fuzz pedal;
• a Fulltone '70 Fuzz Pedal;
• a Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Reissue pedal;
  
• a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler pedal with EX-1 Expression Pedal;
• a Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler pedal;
• a Lehle 3at1 SGoS switch pedal (the blue one);
• a Boss TU-2 Tuner pedal; and
• two Voodoo Lab Pedal Power units.
  

That's a lot of pedals! Here's a helpful link to a photograph of Doyle Bramhall II's pedalboard during the Eric Clapton tours to help you with your pedalboard layout and signal paths

Comments, corrections and requests always welcome.