Nick O'Malley

Nick O'Malley used the Rickenbacker 3000 for some songs of AM and in the "Teddy Picker" music videos.

Nick O'Malley uses the Fender P-Bass for almost all concerts which he performs, including this one at 2:04.

This is his main bass for live shows since the beginning of the AM-Tour as can be seen he uses it on stage.

At 00:24, you can see (behind Alex Turner) O'Malley using the hollow body bass, as well as 00:53-55 and throughout the video of their BBC session. He only uses it for "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?". It provides the signature bass part to the song.

O'Malley can be seen playing a Gretsch Broadkaster Bass at 1:50 in this performance of "Cornerstone" by Arctic Monkeys.

This photo, from this Sound on Sound article, shows Nick playing a Yamaha SA-70.

Nick O'Malley can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 4003 bass

One of the main Basses of Nick O'Malley, you can see at 17:37 in this live at Glastonbury 2013

Nick O'Malley uses this bass guitar for the "Tranquility Bass Hotel & Casino" Album.

Nick O'Malley uses this bass guitar for the "Tranquility Bass Hotel & Casino" Album.

in this video, norman explain the bass than nick picked for the fifth album of the arctic monkeys.

Nick O'Malley used this amp during the "WPSIATWIN" and "Favourite Worst Nightmare" era.

On page 4 of this online version of Bass Guitar Magazine, Nick says "My first amp is the Ashdown CTM (Classic Tube Magnifier), which I have to say is one of the best amps I ever heard."

"I also have a 1970s Fender Bassman, which I've always used in the studio - a very honest sounding amp." - Nick O'Malley in Bass Guitar Magazine.

You can see the amp behind nick next to the ampeg throught this arctic monkeys concert in 2007

the amp used in tranquility base era

Listed on Nick's official Ashdown artist page.

Listed on Nick's official Ashdown artist page.

This is an image taken from the August issue of Bass Guitar Magazine, in which Nick O'Malley was the cover story. You can find a pdf of the interview here. The picture is of his current pedalboard set up, and the Skychord Truck Loud can be seen on the left.

This is an image taken from the August issue of Bass Guitar Magazine, in which Nick O'Malley was the cover story. You can find a pdf of the interview here. The picture is of his current pedalboard set up, and the Micro POG can be seen in the middle.

This is an image taken from the August issue of Bass Guitar Magazine, in which Nick O'Malley was the cover story. A pdf of the interview can be found here.

The picture is of his current pedalboard set up, and the ZVex Wooly Mammoth can be seen in the middle. In the article, Nick says he uses this pedal only on "Do I Wanna Know" for live performances.

Here is an image of Nick's pedal board taken from the August issue of Bass magazine. You can see Nick's Morley Foot switch on the bottom left side.

On the linked foto of O'Malley's pedalboard, one can see an Boss TU-2 tuner.

In this article featuring an interview with Arctic Monkeys front of house engineer, Matthew Kettle, they write "Currently, lead singer Alex Turner uses an e935 dynamic mic with cardioid pattern, while the backing vocals of bass player Nick O’Malley and drummer Matt Helders come courtesy of an e945 and 904 respectively."

Touring gear for Nick O'Malley of @arcticmonkeys, playing #itunesfest 2nite! http://bit.ly/1axnMLP

At 7:47 of the Warp Speed Chic documentary, you can see Nick O'Malley playing what looks to be a Gibson J-45 Acoustic guitar in vintage sunburst. In all likelihood, given the band's frequent sharing of instruments, this is Alex Turner's guitar which he uses in this cover of the song, 'Suck it and see'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qx4tuQJ2aw

Though the J-45 is certainly a popular guitar for both studios and radio stations to carry on hand: both of the places where the guitars are played in the video examples, both guitars carry button tuners and the darker gibson logo. Such would suggest that the same guitar is in use.

Nick O'Malley uses these picks while playing for the Arctic Monkeys.