Albert Hammond Jr is a musician and guitar player in the garage rock band The Strokes. Albert is also a solo artist. He released his debut album Yours To Keep in 2006 and followed up with ¿Cómo Te Llama? in 2008.
Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Albert's guitar rig.
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Guitars
- Fender '85 Strat - Olympic white (Japan reissue of the '72 model)
- Gibson Les Paul Junior (a backup guitar)
- Guild Acoustic (vintage sunburst)
- Martin acoustic
- Rickenbacker 3 pickup guitar (black)
Amps
- Fender Hot Rod Deville 2x12" amplifier
- Fender Twin Reverb
- Hiwatt Custom 50 Head and 2 4x12 Hiwatt cabinets
- small Peavey amp (studio)
Effects
- Boss TU-2
- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal
- Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay
- Menatone Shut Up and Drive pedal
- MXR Micro amp
- Visual Sound V2 Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrive (uses two Visual Sound pedals)
Picks
- Dunlop Tortex .88mm guitar picks
Note: Hammond used 12 gauge strings but more recently has been using 11 gauge strings
- Thomastik-Infeld George Benson strings, gauge 12 (used on first album)
