Jeff Beck

"It's been on his pedalboard for the whole time. I know he loves the Klon and it's a really, really great sounding pedal. A little bit on the noisy side for me - just a little hissy - but in between the hiss there are some really nice notes that come out of it. Sometimes it will be tune specific. Some songs will require a little bit more drive than others. It's kind of because he rides the volume part quite a bit that whatever is closest to max, he's going to want to have that setting to a certain point. So then he can gauge the sensitivity on the guitar," says Jeff Beck's guitar tech. - Rig Rundown of Jeff Beck (the link needs to be replaced.)

Beck continues to use Marshalls, specifically a JCM2000 that supposedly shares very little circuitry with retail models and that he boosts with a Klon Centaur. The man has also enjoyed a flirtation employing a pair of dimed Fender Pro Jr. amps, and let's not forget his trusty Magnatone models.

"I think the one thing he does like about this pedal is the versatility. It's the fact that it has different circuits, like on the side. If you look down on the left hand side there will be like a reference to Hendrix, a reference to Clapton and then a Shaft thing. So basically it's two cry babies and a wah. The one thing that is really interesting that I really appreciate is that he still cares about his tone. So he'll get down and start tinkering, even right in the middle of the set, if it sounded great during sound check. But now there's people around and he's really going up. So it may not be the same type of vibe so he changes it up," says Jeff Beck's guitar tech. (the source is missing - Rig Rundown of Jeff Beck)

Yeah, I’ve got a Snarling Dog wah. That’s a radical pedal. I mean it’s one or two steps further than any wah pedal ever known. It’s got an active circuit, as opposed to just a battery-powered toggle pot. So it kicks in a lot more dB and a lot more sweep and a lot more depth variable in the wah-wah itself. You can preset it so it won’t take your head off, which is good. I’ve seen guys play it in a bar where it’s time to leave the building.

See the gallery of the '95 tour on the linked page for a pic of Jeff Beck's "board" consisting only a Rat and an A/B switch. Photo's description says: "So, how does Jeff get that sound? Some massive effects rack right? Wrong, this is it. A Pro-Co Rat into an A/B switch which feeds either a 50W MKII Marshall or a '59 Reissue Bassman (which he doesn't use much), he also has onstage matching backup rigs. Delays/echos are added at the mixing board."

"The Rotosphere he just likes to add for color. It's not really a primary part of his tone, but he likes to kick that in for the big Leslie kind of sound. It only comes on every once in a while. There's not a set tune that it's on. He'll kick it in during a solo just because and then he'll kick it in a place where you wouldn't think that it would be," says Jeff Beck's guitar tech.

According to Beck's tech, Stevie Prior, they were still deciding on the delays to use for his solo shows, but really liked the El Capistan as a tape echo.

"The Aqua-Puss and the Carbon Copy are two things that I brought into it because at the beginning of the tour they were playing a Les Paul and Mary Ford tune called 'How High the Moon', and so we wanted to get a pretty good sounding slapback. The Aqua-Puss is really nice for that. The repeats are pretty accurate to the actual sound of the guitar, whereas with the Carbon Copy the repeats are a little bit on the darker side," explains Jeff Beck's guitar tech.

Beck has said over the years that he ran Vox AC30s in the studio with the Yardbirds, and a key part of his sound during this period was a Tone Bender MK I.

"With the Carbon Copy the repeats are a little bit on the darker side. There's a couple of tunes where he'll use the Carbon Copy on where it doesn’t make it so that you notice it so much - it's subtle. The way we have it set is only for like three repeats. For the most part, [Jeff] likes to play very dry, so anything that is going to color the sound like that, he notices too much and it gets in the way," says Jeff Beck's guitar tech.

According to Beck's tech, Stevie Prior, they were still deciding on the delay to use for his solo shows, but like the Brigadier as it sounds like a darker delay from the 80s.

According to Beck's tech, Stevie Prior, Jeff is using the reverb pedal for his solo shows.

Mentioned here on Macaris website that Jeff Beck is a user of the Overdriver.

According Jeff Beck's tech, Stevie Prior, Beck uses an Octave Divider during his solo shows that's controlled in an offstage rack by Prior.

This rig diagram from 2003 shows the BF-2 flanger.

According to "client list" on Pete Cornish website, Beck uses Pete Cornish SS-3.

This rig diagram from 2003 shows the EBS octaver pedal.

Guitar.com: What kind of chorus is it? Beck: It’s a Boss pedal. Guitar.com: Just a little box? A CE-5 or something like that? Beck: Yeah. There might be an octave thing in there, ’cause I have to take over the bass line of a certain part where Tony is soloing. I have a dual guitar stroke, octave lower bass sound for that. But that’s only in there for about a minute.

"An A/B box for the amps. So we go either with the Fender or the Marshall. We can also kick in both. It's really straight forward. It's a good sounding pedal," says Jeff Beck's guitar tech.

Dunlop Echoplex Delay EP103 can be seen on the photo of Jeff Beck's 2018 pedalboard posted on this TheGearPage thread: Jeff Beck's board and amps from last night in Arizona (https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/jeff-becks-board-and-amps-from-last-night-in-arizona.1961155/)

According to Fulltone Jeff Beck uses Catalyst .

• product page states:

  this modified Archer has now become a feature on a legendary guitarist’s pedalboard replacing the Klon as heard all over the album “Loud Hailer” and on stage.

• J.Rockett Archer can be seen on Jeff Beck's 2022 pedalboard in this YouTube video from Tom Bukovac: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97ELUQaLhg&t=337 (at 5:37 mark)

• J.Rockett Archer can be seen on the photo of Jeff Beck's 2018 pedalboard posted on this TheGearPage thread: Jeff Beck's board and amps from last night in Arizona

• in the video interview with Carmen Vandenberg, former bandmate of Jeff Beck, when she's asked if Jeff uses Archer she answers: "yeah, he uses one, the other one". (the other one to Archer Ikon which she uses). See www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjPTxWBLQyQ&t=382 at 6:22 mark

In an Instagram post by Rodenberg Amplification, a listing for a Prototype Rodenberg Hot Chili Gas Overdrive, formerly owned and used by Jeff Beck is shown and verified by the manufacturer.

Empress Tremolo2 visible in the photo of Jeff Beck's pedal board from the auction of his items at Christie's, January 2025, see: Jeff Beck - The Guitar Collection

BOSS OC-3 Super Octave visible in the photo of Jeff Beck's pedal board taken from the auction of his items at Christie's, January 2025, see: Jeff Beck - The Guitar Collection

MXR Flanger is visible in the photo of Jeff Beck's pedal board taken from the auction of his items at Christie's, January 2025, see: Jeff Beck - The Guitar Collection

The Neo Instruments Ventilator II is confirmed to be used by Jeff Beck, as it is clearly visible in the photograph of his pedal board taken from the auction of his items at Christie's in January 2025.

The MXR M222 Talk Box is confirmed to be used by Jeff Beck, as evidenced by its presence in a photograph of his pedal board from the auction of his items at Christie's in January 2025, see: Jeff Beck - The Guitar Collection

Dunlop CAE Wah is confirmed to be used by Jeff Beck, as evidenced by its presence in a photograph of his pedal board from the auction of his items at Christie's in January 2025, see: Jeff Beck - The Guitar Collection

Part of the 2022 rig . On sale in Christie's

Part of his 2022 live pedalboard.

Jeff Beck used the Tychobrahe Pedalflanger on the track "Blue Wind," as confirmed by Eric on the website SMALLGARAGE in their article "Jeff Beck 使用機材."