James Valentine

In this article, James says: Clever use of plug-ins such as FilterFreak can make a guitar fit the mix.

At 0:35 in this video of Maroon 5 performing in São Paulo in 2012, Valentine can be clearly seen holding a Fano Alt de Facto TC6. This particular model is black, with a blue pickguard and a P-90 pickup at the bridge.

At the 0:33 mark of the Maroon 5 performance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," James Valentine is seen using the Fractal Audio Systems AX8 Amp Modeler/Multi-FX Processor.

The d2 was used for the distorted guitar on "Makes Me Wonder", as stated by producer/mix Ming engineer Mark Endert in this September 2007 Sound on Sound interview.

“The distorted guitars are not featured in the track, but we needed them in the choruses to make it sound like Maroon 5. Something didn’t feel right, however, and I duplicated the distorted guitar tracks to separate tracks, and offset them by an eighth note later in time, filtered them to eliminate the bottom end and took out a lot of mid with the Focusrite D2, and then brought that back in separate faders. I mixed that in behind the original guitars and for some reason it sounded much fuller and also much cleaner, because it wasn’t a real delay. With just one filtered repeat the distorted guitars immediately sounded bigger, whereas when I tried outboard delays with repeats, it sounded too crowded and washy."

You can see he wear this strap with the black Tele

From an Instagram story posted by Adam Levine, it would appear this is James Valentine's pedalboard based on a sticker that reads "JAMES VALENTINE" on one of the boxes across the top of the board. The main component of this board is a Fractal Audio FC-12 controller, which can clearly be seen.

James Valentine uses a TC Electronic Polytune 2 Pedal Tuner, according to TC Electronic's website.

On this page of TC Electronic's website, the Ditto Looper is listed among the products used by James Valentine, and it quotes him saying, "The Ditto Looper is such a great tool for jamming."

The Flashback X4 Delay is one of the TC Electronic products used by James Valentine, according to this page of their website.

You can see James Valentine's RJM Music Effect Gizmo in this Rig Rundown at 17:24.

Mentioned at 17:07 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, you can see James Valentine's Electro-Harmonix Micro POG.

In this Premier Guitar Rig Rundown, James Valentine shows us his Fulltone Full Drive 3.

At the 16:45 mark of James Valentine's rig rundown displays a ZVex Fuzz Factory.

Seen at 16:21 of this "Rig Rundown" is a MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-403 Power Distributor.

A Dunlop Cry Baby rack module can be seen at 16:22 in this rig rundown.

"The Line 6 Delay is just so versatile" - James Valentine. The DL4 can be seen at 3:20 of this rig rundown video. James Valentine says he uses this effect pedal all the time when performing.

At 17:51 James Valentine mentions the Mastermind MIDI controller. He says it's comfortable to use because it can be programmed by laptop software.

At 2:19 of this video you can see the NS-2 on James' pedalboard.

At 6:35 James talks about the Providence Anadime Pedal.

At 7:49 you can see the Fulldrive 2 in James' pedalboard.

At 7:49 you can see the Octafuzz in James' pedalboard.

James uses a Korg Pitchblack pedal tuner in his live rig as seen at 18.37 in this video. You can't see the pedal but you can see the flashing lights unique to this pedal. (To the right of the Mastermind).

The band’s February 27, 2015, gig at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. All Reverbs and Delays comming from the Fractal Axe-Fx II XL

Time: 17.25

From an Instagram story posted by Adam Levine, it would appear this is James Valentine's pedalboard based on a sticker that reads "JAMES VALENTINE" on one of the boxes across the top of the board.

Another one of the boxes across the top is the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS pedal power supply.

Visible in this March 17, 2021 Instagram story post posted by bandmate Adam Levine.

Visible in this March 17, 2021 Instagram story post posted by bandmate Adam Levine.

In this video from Ernie Ball, James Valentine discusses his signature Valentine guitar from Music Man.

On the ‘Hands All Over’ tour, James achieved his guitar tone by blending a Matchless Independence 35 head and a Divided by 13 FTR 37 head.

In a 2010 interview with Premier Guitar, James Valentine confirmed that he owns a Boogie Mark V Tube Head.

In a 2010 interview with Premier Guitar, James Valentine confirmed his use of the ZVEX Octane 3 pedal.