Lindsey Buckingham
guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer
Lindsey Buckingham's Effects Pedals
Lindsey Buckingham used a Morley VOL Volume Pedal during Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Tour in 1977-1978, as evidenced by a photo showing the pedal to his right. This pedal is likely the one used for the studio recordings of "Dreams" and "Oh Daddy" on the Rumours album.
Lindsey Buckingham used a Boss OD-1 OverDrive pedal during the latter part of the Tusk Tour. According to his tech, Ray Lindsey, in 2003, Buckingham's tone notably changed around early August 1980, coinciding with the failure of his Tape Machine Fuzz Box on tour.
As published in the Premier Guitar Rigrundown source, he uses minimal effects - just a Boss SD-1 and a Boss DD-3 Delay for his electric rig.
At 10:30 in this Rig Rundown for Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac and Buckingham Nicks, his gear is displayed, showing a Boss FS-5U Nonlatching Footswitch.
Used live for The Dance and his 2012 solo tour (which includes, by extension, One Man Show), as mentioned in this October 1997 Guitar interview and in this October 9, 2012 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown article.
Guitar, October 1997, "Lindsey Buckingham: Back in Mac" by Mike Mettler
In addition to his trusty Turners, Buckingham leaned heavily on his solid-body '92 Gibson Chet Atkins, notably during The Dance's back-to-back readings of 'Go Insane' and 'Big Love'. 'Landslide' sees the debut of a new, "delicate-sounding" Taylor acoustic, and 'Say You Love Me' gets its own special revamping: "There I'm playing a longneck 5-string banjo, getting a little bluegrassy on the intro, and then I slip right into the folkiness of the song."
For amps, Buckingham switched from the older Mesa/Boogies he'd used on his solo tour to Dual Rectifiers. "The Mac sound is a bit bigger and I needed something beefier," he explains. "And I'm still not using a major amount of pedals, just a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive and a Boss DD-5 Digital Delay."
Premier Guitar, Rig Rundown, "Lindsey Buckingham" by Jason Shadrick (October 9, 2012).
He uses minimal effects, just a Boss SD-1 and Boss DD-3 Delay for his electric rig and a Boss DD-3 delay and Boss RC-30 looper with background vocals and a little bit of guitar for a few acoustic songs. For nylon-string, he uses chorus and reverb from the amps.
The Boss RC-30 looper is used by Lindsey Buckingham with background vocals and a little bit of guitar for a few acoustic songs as published by Premier Guitar.
At 10:21 in this Rig Rundown for Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac and Buckingham Nicks, his gear is displayed, showing a Voodoo Lab Pedal Switcher.
At 9:23 in this rig rundown, Lindsey Buckingham's Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus can be seen.
The current proof comment incorrectly links Lindsey Buckingham to the Sketchy Sounds Unicorn Apocalypse fuzz pedal. The Tumblr photo does not provide evidence of his use or ownership of this gear.
In a photo from Anthony Suau's archive, taken during Fleetwood Mac's 1976 tour, Lindsey Buckingham is seen using a handmade preamp box.
Used live for The Dance, as mentioned in the October 1997 Guitar interview "Lindsey Buckingham: Back in Mac" by Mike Mettler.
In addition to his trusty Turners, Buckingham leaned heavily on his solid-body '92 Gibson Chet Atkins, notably during The Dance's back-to-back readings of 'Go Insane' and 'Big Love'. 'Landslide' sees the debut of a new, "delicate-sounding" Taylor acoustic, and 'Say You Love Me' gets its own special revamping: "There I'm playing a longneck 5-string banjo, getting a little bluegrassy on the intro, and then I slip right into the folkiness of the song."
For amps, Buckingham switched from the older Mesa/Boogies he'd used on his solo tour to Dual Rectifiers. "The Mac sound is a bit bigger and I needed something beefier," he explains. "And I'm still not using a major amount of pedals, just a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive and a Boss DD-5 Digital Delay."
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Discography
Law and Order
1981
Go Insane
1985
Out of the Cradle
1992
Under the Skin
2006
Live at the Bass Performance Hall
2008
Gift of Screws
2008
Seeds We Sow
2011
Songs From The Small Machine - Live In L.A.
2011
Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie
2017
Lindsey Buckingham
2021
20th Century Lindsey
2024
Buckingham Nicks
2025
Album Credits
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Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie
Christine McVie & Lindsey Buckingham · 2017
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Engineer Mixing Engineer
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Songs From The Small Machine - Live In L.A.
Lindsey Buckingham · 2011
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Producer