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Boss SCC-700 pedal board and additional effects
- As pictured in Guitarist Magazine June 1986.

Boss SD-1 overdrive
2 Boss GE-7 equalizers
2 Boss DD-2 digital delays
Boss CS-2 compressor/sustainer
Boss HM-2 distortion
2 Boss CE-3 chorus

2 MXR Digital Delay System I
2 MXR Digital Delay Sytem II
Pete Cornish custom volume pedal

Additional effects

Tremolo (Until We Sleep recording sessions)
MXR Pitch Transposer
Electro Harmonix Big Muff (1973 “Ram’s Head”)

Note: Very little is documented from the recording sessions. David mostly used a Boss HM-2 and MXR DDL with a Mesa Boogie for the distortions sounds.

Utrecht, Holland, April 5 1984: David is seen using a smaller rig than described above with one one of each of the MXR delay units, two Fender Twin heads and no Gallien/Krueger amp with a smaller collection of Boss pedals, a “ram’s head Big Muff” and a MXR Pitch unit (Until We Sleep). The rig might have been upgraded throughout the tour.

Guitars

- David’s 1984 tour rig;
1. 2 MXR Digital Delay System II
2. 2 MXR Digital Delay
3. 2 Conn ST-11 Strobo Tuners
4. 3 Fender Twin Reverb II heads
5. Mesa/Boogie amp
6. Gallien-Krueger 250 ML MK II
7. Schaffer Vega wireless system
8. Boss SCC-700 board,
(from top left) SD-1 overdrive, GE-6 equalizer, CE-3 chorus, CS-2 compressor, HM-2 distortion, DD-2 digital delay, DD-2 digital delay
(right side) CE-3 chorus, GE-7 equalizer

A deeper look into…

Boss SCC-700
Presented in 1982, the SCC-700 was ahead of its time. It allowed you to place seven BOSS compact pedals on the board and, with an audio switcher and computer control, store 32 memories of pedal on/off status and connection sequence. The SCC-700C foot controller then recalled the 32 memories on the effects board. - from the official Boss site
David had 9 Boss pedals on his board, many of them now deleted items, such as the DD-2 and CE-3. Phil Taylor did some minor modifications to enhance the flexibility.

Guitars

- The Boss SCC-700 effect board and pedal foot controler (these are not David’s effects).

Boss HM-2 distortion
David’s main distortion unit for the album and tour and one of Boss’ most cherished distortions, which sadly is deleted. It sounds very much like a RAT with a classic Marshall distortion. Very fat and compressed. David always used it in a combination with the MesaBoogie amp and delay.

Delays
David’s rig included 6 delay units,- 4 MXR and 2 Boss. They were all set differently, but two of the MXR DD’s were used simultaneously with one 4/4 tap and one 3/4 tap with same rate for Blue Light and Run Like Hell.