Robben Ford

“The Hermida Audio Zendrive immediately appealed to me. The Zendrive has found a way to reduce the compression I hear in a lot of other pedals, creating a more natural sound. I use the Zendrive for overdrive, a TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb pedal, the Strymon TimeLine delay, and the Vertex Boost.”

Interface (passive input), TC Electronic Polytune Mini, OD (prototype shown, however Zendrive is in its place now), Vertex Boost, Strymon Timeline, TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb Mini, Interface (buffer/splitter out to two amps)

Interface (passive input), TC Electronic Polytune Mini, OD (prototype shown, however Zendrive is in its place now), Vertex Boost, Strymon Timeline, TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb Mini, Interface (buffer/splitter out to two amps)

Robben Ford is using this overdrive pedal at 2'36".

Interface (passive input), TC Electronic Polytune Mini, OD (prototype shown, however Zendrive is in its place now), Vertex Boost, Strymon Timeline, TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb Mini, Interface (buffer/splitter out to two amps)

Robben Ford includes the TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb on his travel pedalboard, as detailed on Vertexeffects.

Robben Ford is featured on Seymour Duncan's website as an artist who uses the Palladium Gain Stage overdrive pedal.

Robben Ford's pedalboard at 2'36".

Robben Ford uses the TC Electronic Flashback Delay as part of his travel pedalboard, as detailed on vertexeffects.com.

Robbe Ford is using this chorus pedal at 2'36".

Seen on Ford's pedalboard in this September 4, 2021 Facebook post by Brian Wampler.

I did sneak a little look at Robben’s pedalboard of course…

Interface (passive input), TC Electronic Polytune Mini, OD (prototype shown, however Zendrive is in its place now), Vertex Boost, Strymon Timeline, TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb Mini, Interface (buffer/splitter out to two amps)

Robben Ford's Rig on his most recent album "Into the Sun"

Robben Ford's pedalboard includes the TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini, as detailed in the Vertex Effects blog post about his travel setup.

Guitar, T.C. Electronic Polytune Mini Tuner, Hermida Audio Zendrive, Vertex Boost, T.C. Electronic Flashback Delay, T.C. Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb, Amp

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Seen on Ford's pedalboard in this September 4, 2021 Facebook post by Brian Wampler.

I did sneak a little look at Robben’s pedalboard of course…

Seen on Ford's pedalboard in this September 4, 2021 Facebook post by Brian Wampler.

I did sneak a little look at Robben’s pedalboard of course…

In this youtube video at 23:30, Robben Ford can be seen using a Boss TU-12. Ford was using this item to perform his song, “Freedom”, at his Onhe Filter gig in 1997.

In this YouTube video at 23:30, Robben Ford can be seen using a Ernie Ball 6160 250K Volume Pedal. Ford was using this item to perform his song, “Freedom”, while playing some swellings on the solo. Robben Ford's live performance tooked place at his Onhe Filter gig in 1997.

At 14:39 in this episode of That Pedal Show with Robben Ford, a clear shot of Robben's 2024 pedalboard is show with the Silver Spring Reverb visible in the upper left hand corner of the frame.

At 1:15:25 into this That Pedal Show interview with Robben Ford, Robben demonstrates the Argo from Mythos, which is on his pedalboard.

At 1:17:52 into this interview on That Pedal Show, Robben Ford demonstrates the Harmonious Monk on his 2024 pedalboard.

At 1:19:22 Robben Ford discusses his use of the Jam Boomster. In this episode of That Pedal Show, he states he prefers this boost with his telecaster, saying:

You know what that really worked a lot with was the Tele... I like it with the Tele because the Tele has that extra brightness. And that thing really works great.

Dan from The GigRig shows Robben's pedalboard where he has this effect .

In an interview conducted by Budda Guedes, Robben Ford is visibly using the Mad Professor Electric Blue II pedal. This is confirmed at the 13:11 mark of the video, where he presents his live pedalboard configuration. At 14:50 into the video he turns the Electric Blue II on and demos what it sounds like. He has all the knobs at 12 o'clock except Tone is rolled to 2 o'clock. Robben says:

I like that setting, sounds a little dark right now, but I really like that setting.

In this YouTube video by the Guitarist magazine Robben Ford shows and plays the Mad Professor Simble Overdrive Mk2 on his touring pedalboard. At 13:19 into the video he explains his use of the pedal and at 13:53 he plays through the pedal. Robben says: >You see, it still says Zen here. I had the Zendrive pedal on here and I used the Zendrive for many, many years, and I just got the where I needed to hear something different you know.