John Scofield

Another of Scofield’s pedals, the Digitech Whammy-Wah is his, “favorite of the DigiTech ones,” (6:23). “Most people like the other whammy pedal I like this one,” he says. “I don't know. It's kind of a lot of different effects. The way I have is set up right now it's six presets I have a set for a couple of wahs that I use occasionally. The second is auto wah I use that a lot if you like that auto wah thing…I have a [pre]set so I can whammy down the whole set. That's kind of a whammy bar effect, but on the pedal. And then I use this preset which brings it up one octave. Then I have a [pre]set to go up two octaves if I want for some really ‘out’ type effect. And then this last preset that I have it's set so it's octave below, and the original note - like an octaver thing. That's kind of whammy bar effect but on the pedal…”

The RAT distortion pedal can be seen on John's pedalboard. Confirmation of this being John's board can be found on John's official site.

At 5:47 and 14:02 you can glimpse Scofield's pedalboard and a silver klon is visible on the floor.

“Mason Mangella convinced me to use this because it's true bypass,” Scofield says in this video at 3:43. “This is pretty subtle. It's a distortion thing, but it's a blues kind... not a real crunch. As much as anything I use the distortion of the AC30. It's a natural thing,” Scofield said.

John Scofield famously used a Boss CE-3 (NOT CE-2) Chorus pedal that’s been modified to be true bypass. “I turn it up all the way and played this kind of fake Leslie sound. It's just another vibrating device,” (5:49).

“The most important thing of all,” according to John Scofield, “is the tuner,” (2:52). “I use the little Mini PolyTune here to tune up,” he says. “And if you want you can tune up like that, with all six strings. I never do that. I get one note at a time, one string at a time. I like this tuner. Also, it's small, which really comes in handy trying to fit all this stuff on a board.”

John Scofield’s Boss EQ pedal has been modified by his guitar tech at Vertex to be true bypass. “I use this occasionally for rhythm if I want super treble,” Scofield says (5:13).

“It’s a nice reverb,” Scofield says at (3:18). “A quick reverb. I leave it on all the time, although occasionally if I really want some definition I like to play without reverb, so I will turn it off.”

John Scofield uses a Boomerang Phrase Sampler to create loops and samples. “One of my favorite devices is the boomerang phrase sampler,” Scofield says at (8:16). “I take off my shoe I always wear this kind of shoes in order to do this.” “You can also now that its in reverse play backwards. You can go like this, where I played the phrase and then it came back to me backwards. You can turn off the original phrase, the original guitar, and play it until comes like backwards but you don't hear the original. That’s if you wanna do some really weird stuff…”

John Scofield also uses an Electro-Harmonix Microsynth. “which is a real bizarre kind of Electroharmonix pedal which gets this cool sound that I like once in awhile,” (10:01).

The Line 6 DL4 can be seen on John's pedalboard. Confirmation of this being John's board can be found on John's official site.

A "Vintage Rat" reissue is listed in this 2003 Pro Co interview.

Gear List

Guitar: Ibanez Artist AS200

Amp: Mesa/Boogie Mark III

Effects: Pro Co Vintage Rat/Rat 2

Album: Uberjam-John Scofield Band

OH!-ScoLoHoFo (john Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, Al Foster

Sco uses this chorus pedal as stated in this article.

Next is a breakout insert interface going into a Vertex-modified Boss CE-3 Chorus, Neunaber Technologies WET Reverb, and another Vertex true-bypass loop (for the Boomerang Phrase Sampler and Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth).

From a video of John Scofield and John Medeski wishing JAM pedals a happy 10th anniversary.

Scofield uses the, “Empress Tremolo unit, which is a vibrato,” (5:13).

According to the product website John Scofield uses the Hall of Fame reverb pedal.

"I like the Waterfall pedal and use it a lot now. It does what my old chorus did and some cool new stuff that I've never heard before."

Sco has this filter modeler pedal as stated in this article.

The signal enters the board through a Vertex input buffer and then through a true-bypass loop that contains the DigiTech Whammy XP100. From there it goes through a TC Electronic Polytune Mini, Vertex Axis Wah, J. Rockett Blue Note overdrive, and a Vertex-modified Boss GE-7 Equalizer.

According to the Fulltone Website, John uses the Fulltone Supa-Trem ST1.

Gifted to Scofield by Pro Co, as featured in this 2003 article from the company website.

In recognition of the 25th Anniversary of the PRO CO Rat, the manufacturer recently presented the first of its custom stainless steel commemorative 25th anniversary vintage Rats to legendary guitarist John Scofield.

The signal enters the board through a Vertex input buffer and then through a true-bypass loop that contains the DigiTech Whammy XP100. From there it goes through a TC Electronic Polytune Mini, Vertex Axis Wah, J. Rockett Blue Note overdrive, and a Vertex-modified Boss GE-7 Equalizer.

In this photo source, the EHX Micro Synthesizer is visible as a part of Scofield's pedalboard.