Guitar Effects Pedals

[FunkHouse9]

To get back to the question, I'm not sure. I've thought (which is stating I don't actually know) that he uses compression and possibly chorus and maybe EQ. All which cost around $100 or so a piece.

Why anybody uses Peavey and Crate amps is beyond me, they sound horrible and are horrible.

I think Peavey's are ok, but I will definitely agree with you about Crate amps. I think I've only ever played one that I liked even a little bit.

[Salukulady]

I took a picture at this year's Buffett show of one of his amps. I've zoomed way in and cropped it so you can perhaps replicate his sound using the amp settings instead of pedals.

[Staredge]

They look like Boss pedals. Color-wise, the blue one looks like a CH-1 Super Chorus, the tan one like an AC-3 Acoustic Simulator. Not sure about the other. Could be a wah, volume control, or who knows what else.

[Volcano5270]

Here a good pic of Jimmy's guitar effects pedals.

[changingchannels]

the green pedal looks like an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer.

As far as the Eddie Van Halen amps, I have owned a Peavey 5150 for years and it is a high quality high gain amp that I recommend for the more hard rockin' player. Using it for acoustic based Jimmy Buffett songs is a complete waste of time. Stick to a Fender Amp.

[Tropic_Al]

Here a good pic of Jimmy's guitar effects pedals.

It's pretty blurry, but it looks like a Boss equalizer in the middle.
Next time I have dinner w/Jimmy, I'll ask.

[FunkHouse9]

It's definitely a Tube Screamer, an EQ and although I can't read and don't own the 3rd, it's labeled Chorus, so it's probably safe to assume that's what it is. The Tube Screamer even appears to be marked with yellow tape to show where the settings should be, so it shouldn't be hard to figure out how he sets it. Now figuring out what songs Jimmy would use a Tube Screamer on is a whole other discussion. When I think Tube Screamer, I think Kirk Hammett from Metallica, not Jimmy Buffett.