Nick Harmer's Effects Pedals

Nick Harmer uses the Boss FRV-1 on his pedalboard, dialed quite high to get a very washy sound.

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At 10:55 Nick begins to describe his search for an appropriate distortion "I went through a bunch of boutique things, then the rat came up in conversation again. I kinda plugged it in on a whim half expecting it not to work [and] it's amazing."

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In this post, L.A. Sound Design shared the pedalboard they made for Death Cab for Cutie. There's a Providence Anadime Bass Chorus seen on Nick's pedalboard.

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In this Rig Rundown with Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie, he talks about not just the pedals on his board, but also four others of which he got rid of sometime between the beginning of the tour and at the time of filming this Rig Rundown.

The first was the Super Hard On by Zvex, removed for adding "too much grit".

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In this Rig Rundown with Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie, he talks about not just the pedals on his board, but also four others of which he got rid of sometime between the beginning of the tour and at the time of filming this Rig Rundown.

The fourth was a JHS Colour Box.

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In this Rig Rundown with Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie, he talks about not just the pedals on his board, but also four others of which he got rid of sometime between the beginning of the tour and at the time of filming this Rig Rundown.

The third was a Bass Tube Screamer.

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In this post, L.A. Sound Design shared the pedalboard they made for Death Cab for Cutie. There's a Mr. Black Supermoon seen on Nick's pedalboard.

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In this Rig Rundown, Nick Harmer uses the Maxon AD999 on his pedalboard mostly for swelling.

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Mr. Nick Harmer uses the Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner Pedal on his pedalboard.

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On this Rig Rundown with Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie, his pedalboard can be seen containing two Voodoo Lab power supplies side-by-side.

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In this Rig Rundown with Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie, he talks about not just the pedals on his board, but also four others of which he got rid of sometime between the beginning of the tour and at the time of filming this Rig Rundown.

The second is the Bass Philosopher by Pigtronix, removed because compression was already being added when using live.

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In this post, L.A. Sound Design shared the pedalboard they made for Death Cab for Cutie. There's a 3Leaf Octabvre Mini seen on Nick's pedalboard.

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