Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey had a Leslie Combo Preamp on his Pedalboard from 1976-1980, it was rehoused into another closure not 100% sure if its Combo I or II could be either!, in 1979 the Echo Footswitch for his Korg Stage Echo was install into this box

Lindsey Buckingham is seen using what appears to be a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Custom in black during the 1977 Rumours Tour, particularly on "Monday Morning." This guitar was later replaced by an early '50s Telecaster in Nashville the same year but continued to serve as a backup to a white Les Paul Custom until the tour concluded in November 1977. The image on Tumblr provides visual evidence of this usage.

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.

Lindsey Playing a Sitar

Leslie seen on Lindsey side is used as a Organ Foldback for Lindsey, same for on John Mcvie's side The one in the Picture is a 122 but 1976-1982 a 147 was on Lindsey side

"The organ signal is sent through three Leslie speakers, one positioned near Chris-tine, one near John McVie, and the third near Lindsey Buckingham. Each one has been boosted to 180 watts by Keyboard Products and fitted with JBL speakers."

This pedalboard was used on the Mirage Tour in 1982 he also says it in Guitar World 1983 January Magazine also it can be seen in this video at 4:08

Used for the guitar on Rumours, as stated by producer Ken Caillat in this August 2007 Sound on Sound interview.

"For Lindsey I always used an SM57 and a 451. I found that those two mics complemented each other, and if I put the 57 about an inch from the cloth and the 451 about two inches from the speaker, a little off to the side, and then moved the two faders up and down both together and independently, I could change the sound radically. And you'd get a really interesting sound if you also put phase on one of them. Added to that there was always a direct, although I didn't use that so much with Lindsey unless we were feeding a Leslie with it. We had everything mic'd up for whatever effects we wanted.

Lindsey Buckingham used the Roland RE-201 Space Echo from 1975 to 1981, alongside a fuzz unit from a Sony reel-to-reel. This setup is documented in a user-uploaded photo on Tumblr.

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.

Lindsey recording Tango with the Fairlight Screen behind him!

In a photo from Anthony Suau's archive, taken during Fleetwood Mac's 1976 tour, Lindsey Buckingham is seen using a handmade preamp box.

Lindsey Buckingham used Hiwatt SE4123 Speaker Cabinets during his performances. From 1975 to 1976, he employed approximately three cabinets on stage, and from 1977 to 1982, he used about two, though the setup varied frequently. These cabinets were fitted with 4x EV12L speakers. This usage is documented in a user-uploaded photo on Tumblr.

Lindsey Buckingham utilized a Sony TC-630 2-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck, modifying its preamp section to create a fuzz unit. This custom device was repeatedly patched and rehoused in different enclosures from 1975 until it broke in 1980. A user-uploaded photo on Tumblr provides visual evidence of this setup.

Lindsey used a Korg SE-500 Stage Echo on the Tusk Tour from 79-80

In Premier Guitar's "Rig Rundown" video, Lindsey Buckingham is shown using D'Addario EXL110 Nickelwound Guitar Strings (10-46).

Lindsey Buckingham used a Shure 58 Live on the White Album tour 75/76 and Part of the Rumours Tour in 1977, All three singers used 58s in 1975 and most of 1976

Used for the guitar on Rumours, as stated by producer Ken Caillat in this August 2007 Sound on Sound interview.

"For Lindsey I always used an SM57 and a 451. I found that those two mics complemented each other, and if I put the 57 about an inch from the cloth and the 451 about two inches from the speaker, a little off to the side, and then moved the two faders up and down both together and independently, I could change the sound radically. And you'd get a really interesting sound if you also put phase on one of them. Added to that there was always a direct, although I didn't use that so much with Lindsey unless we were feeding a Leslie with it. We had everything mic'd up for whatever effects we wanted.

In this article's youtube video, it can be seen that Lindsey Buckingham is using SWR California Blonde at 10:26

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."

A single-knob RN6 was used for "Bleed for Her Love" in The Dance (Buckingham can be seen first strapping on the guitar at 30:14) and is attested by Lemmo of Norman's Rare Guitars in this March 26, 2021 demo of another single-knob RN6 at 3:05.

First time I saw one of these was with Lindsey Buckingham, one of my favorite artists. I saw him in 2008 on, I believe it was the Gift of Screws tour and he played Berklee College of Music and I was a complete mess after the show, haha! It was so good! Just like, wow.

In an article by guitar builder Rick Turner, he recounts his time working with Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac stating;

my main contribution during Rumours was installing an Alembic 'Stratoblaster' in his Strat exactly like the one I’d put in Lowell George’s guitar, the one you hear on Little Feat’s live album, Waiting for Columbus. For Lindsey, the sound of the electric on Rumours is his guitar with the ‘Blaster gain all the way up, basically destroying a succession of HiWatt amps.