Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2021 single Afrique Victime.
Music from Afrique Victime
Artists on Afrique Victime
Gear Used On Afrique Victime
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime (2021). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Mdou Moctar on Afrique Victime
Fender Standard Stratocaster Left Handed
Avg price: $492.16
Specified in this May 19, 2021 Music Radar interview.
What were the main guitars used on Afrique Victime? How would you describe their sound and character?
“It’s hard for me to answer this question. I don't really know [the terminology]. I definitely can say that I have a white Standard Stratocaster for the electric parts. And then I have this other acoustic guitar, which I bought in New York, but I can't for the life of me remember it because it's got very weird name! And that's the one I use for Layla. For the song, Layla and Tala Tannam.”
[At this point we hit the limit of our combined abilities in communicating the terminology across the language barrier and agree to get an email update on his gear list, which you can check out on the right]
Guitars: (white) left-handed Fender American Strat, (black) left-handed Fender American Strat, CME (Blue) left-handed Fender Jaguar
Amps: 2x Roland JC-120s (a Boss DD-6 is used for a slight ping delay between the two)
Pedals: D'Addario CT-20, TC Electronic Polytune 2, Boss PH-3, Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold, Rocktar Fuzz Pedal, Boss DD-6
Fender MIJ Traditional '60s Jaguar Left-Handed
Avg price: $1,650.00
Specified in this May 19, 2021 Music Radar interview. Moctar's first time playing it is documented in this November 7, 2019 video by Chicago Music Exchange.
What were the main guitars used on Afrique Victime? How would you describe their sound and character?
“It’s hard for me to answer this question. I don't really know [the terminology]. I definitely can say that I have a white Standard Stratocaster for the electric parts. And then I have this other acoustic guitar, which I bought in New York, but I can't for the life of me remember it because it's got very weird name! And that's the one I use for Layla. For the song, Layla and Tala Tannam.”
[At this point we hit the limit of our combined abilities in communicating the terminology across the language barrier and agree to get an email update on his gear list, which you can check out on the right]
Guitars: (white) left-handed Fender American Strat, (black) left-handed Fender American Strat, CME (Blue) left-handed Fender Jaguar
Amps: 2x Roland JC-120s (a Boss DD-6 is used for a slight ping delay between the two)
Pedals: D'Addario CT-20, TC Electronic Polytune 2, Boss PH-3, Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold, Rocktar Fuzz Pedal, Boss DD-6
Amplifiers used by Mdou Moctar on Afrique Victime
Avg price: $200.00
Visible throughout "Live in Niamey, Niger" starting at 2:58. It is also mentioned in this May 18, 2021 Guitar World interview.
Circa-2019, he would use a pair of Roland Jazz Chorus 120 combos, with a pedalboard populated by a Boss OD-3, the Hoof fuzz and Bellows overdrive from EarthQuaker Devices, plus an Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone and a Boss DD-6 delay that would be run in stereo.
Pedals remain a new frontier, with phaser, chorus and delay all favorites. Moctar will return from tour with different items of gear, but at home digital modeling amps such as the Fender Mustang and Roland Cube offer all-in-one solutions for processed guitar tones.