Joe Don Rooney is the guitar player in the American country music band Rascal Flatts.
Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Joe's guitar rig.
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Guitars
- Gibson custom built goldtop Les Paul (with image of wife's lips painted)
- Gibson 1963 SG Juniors (red and a white one)
- Gibson ES-335 (sunburst)
- James Tyler Telecaster
- Fender 1957 Reissue Stratocaster (his is sunburst)
- Taylor 714ce
- Gibson Les Paul Studio (ebony)
Amps and Cabinets
- Bogner Ectasy 101B amplifiers (x2, one is a backup)
- Bogner spare?
- Marshall mid 70's JMP 50 watt (for clean)
- VHT Power Amps (x2, one spare)
- Bogner 4x12 cabinet (used by the Bogners) G12H30 celestions
- 2x12 (used by the Marshall head. Vintage 30's)
- 1x12 cabs built by Peter Matthers (vintage 30 celestions)
- cabs miced with Shure SM57 mics and Royer R-121 Ribbon mics
Effects and More
Rack:
- TC Electronic FireworX Multi Effects Processor
- TC Electronic Reverb 4000
- TC Electronic D-Two - Multitap rhythm delay
- RJM Amp Gizmo
- Korg Rack tuner
- Palmer PDI-09 Direct Box
- Furman Power Conditioner
- Shure Wireless
- Radial Headbone
Joe's Pedalboard:
- Digital Music Corp Ground Control Pro
- Ernie Ball Volume pedal
- Boss FS-5U pedal
- Lehle 1@3 Amp switcher
- Analog Man Mini-Chorus
- Boss GE-7 EQ pedal
- Boss NS-2 pedal
- Fulltone MDV2 Mini DejaVibe 2 (wah version)
- Boss TU-15 Chromatic Tuner
The Tech pedalboard (controlled by his guitar tech who does much of the switching) has:
- Digital Music Corp Ground Control Pro
- Ernie Ball VP Volume pedal
- Boss TU-2
- Dunlop DC Brick
- Keeley Compressor
- DLS Effects RotoSim rotary speaker simulator
Checkout this great picture from 2007 of Joe's pedalboard. Thanks to Dave at DLS Effects for providing us with the photo!
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