Joe Walsh: Pedalboards, Eagles and Gangs

Joe Walsh is one of the most charismatic guitarists of all-time. Whether as a member of the James Gang, Barnstorm or The Eagles, Joe Walsh has endeared himself with audiences throughout the world with his bluesy guitar tone and quirky stage antics. And the James Gang song "Rocky Mountain Way" actually made the talk-box a cool pedal to have on your pedalboard. That's quite an accomplishment! Limiting Joe Walsh to a single pedalboard configuration is an impossible task. Whether as a member of the James Gang, The Eagles or as a solo artist, Walsh has relied heavily upon effects pedals to redefine his guitar tone. To kick off our analysis, we thought it would be helpful to start in the middle with the Walsh's Eagles-era pedalboard set-up:

• Pedal Effects:
• a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus pedal;
  
• two Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedals;
• a Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer pedal;
• a Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer pedal;
  
• a Dunlop Heil Talk Box; and
  
• a Boss PSM-5 Power Supply and Master Switch pedal.
  
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• Amplifiers:
• a Peavy MX 100-Watt head;
  
• a Trace Elliot TA C-200 Acoustic Combo amplifiers;
• a Leslie Hammond Rotating Speaker - driven by a custom pre-amp; and
  
• two Roland Cube-40 Combo amplifiers - used strictly for his talk-box pedal effect.