Nick Valensi is the guitar player in the band The Strokes.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Nick's The Strokes guitar rig.
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Guitars
- Epiphone Nick Valensi Riviera P-94
- 1990s Epiphone Riviera guitars with Gibson P-94 pickups
- Epiphone Dot fitted with 2 P-94 pickups
- Epiphone Casino guitar
- Gibson Faded Special Double Cutaway with 2 P-90s
- Gibson Les Paul Custom (black)
- Fender Telecaster Custom Shop
- Duesenberg semi-hollow
- Gibson Les Paul Jr '54 reissue VOS (TV yellow.)
- Gibson Les Paul, Tobacco Burst. (looks like a Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard Plain Top)
Amps and Cabinets
- Fender Super-Sonic amplifiers
- Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12"
- Fender 4x12" extension cabinets
- Carr Slant 6V combo amplifier and Carr Rambler amp
- Vox AC4TV (used for some solos including "You're So Right")
Effects and More
- Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrive pedal (a big part of his sound)
- Demeter TRM-1 Tremulator
- Vox Cooltron Bulldog Distortion
- MXR M-133 Micro-Amp (2)
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
- Durham Electronics Sex Drive guitar pedal (studio. he uses it like an overdrive)
- Death by Audio Micro Harmonic Transformer (studio)
- Maxon Analog delay (studio)
- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man (studio)
- Visual Sound Visual Volume pedal
- Visual Sound Double Trouble
