Nick Valensi's Effects Pedals
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In an AMA he did on reddit, in answer to the question, "How come you decided to shelve the Jekyll and Hyde? As a followup, how are you making that gorgeous crunchy but smooth sound in your recent live performances with The Strokes?" Nick Valensi replied:
"the 1st gen jekkyl & hyde was my jam. i didn't like the ones that came after. lately i've been using the JHS color box and klon centaur for all overdrive sounds"
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As it can be seen in this pic, he's using the older red version that had the pentagonal shape of the original Jekyll & Hyde
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This photo of Nick Valensi's pedalboard shows he uses the MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal (it can be seen in the bottom-left corner).
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in a redit Q&A he said "the 1st gen jekkyl & hyde was my jam. i didn't like the ones that came after. lately i've been using the JHS color box and klon centaur for all overdrive sounds"
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In this video before Lollapalooza, Nick can be seen using a pedalboard with a Synth 9 and mel 9.
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A 2016 Reddit post features a photo of Nick Valensi's pedalboard, clearly showing the Klon KTR overdrive pedal in use.
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Nick Valensi pedalboard at Lollapalooza Chicago 2019 (live at his wife instagram account)
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During CRX's 2016's U Street Performance, a snapshot of Valensi was taken. One of the pedals in his pedalboard is the EHX Mel9 Tape Replay machine.
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Gear used in the new abnormal album, you can see it at the pedal board in live performances in 2021. This pedal is very important to play The Adults Are Talking.
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Nick Valensi's Fulltone GT-500 can be seen in the bottom-right corner of his pedalboard in this photo.
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In the middle of the bottom row of Nick Valensi's pedalboard, his Visual Sound V2 Series V2DT Double Trouble Dual Overdrive pedal can be seen.
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Bottom row, second from the left, Nick Valensi's Maxon DS830 Distortion Master pedal can be seen in this photo of his pedalboard.
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This photo of Nick Valensi's pedalboard shows he uses the Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Pedal Tuner (upper-right corner).
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The EHX Holy Grail Nano can be seen in this photo of Nick Valensi's pedalboard (top row, middle).
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The Demeter Tremulator can be heard in use on The Strokes' track "Juicebox."
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Nick Valensi uses the Stone Deaf FX PDF-1 Parametric Distortion Filter, as confirmed by Stone Deaf's official website.
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Recording engineer Gus Oberg talks about some of the gear used to record The Strokes' album Angles: "They used a bunch of pedals - like, for example the pink Maxon AD999 delay..."
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During CRX's 2016's U Street Performance, a snapshot of Valensi was taken. One of the pedals in his pedalboard is the Boss LS-2 line selector.
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At Lollapalooza, Nick Valensi is seen with his pedalboard featuring the Pearl CH-02 Chorus in a user-uploaded photo.
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Nick Valensi's volume pedal is a Visual Sound Visual Volume Pedal, and can be seen here on his pedalboard. Nick's is the newer style version of this pedal, with the logo in the middle of the foot pedal.
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Nick Valensi uses the Boss SP-1 Spectrum pedal, as shown in a user-uploaded photo, alongside his MXR Micro Amp and Pearl Chorus pedals.
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You can clearly see this pedal on his pedalboard.
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In this picture is possible to see nick with a TC Electronic Booster + Line Drive & Distortion.
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In this Youtube video, at '11:54', during "New York City Cops" Nick Valensi kicks on the Vox Bulldog Distortion (and MXR Micro Amp) for his guitar solo. Also can be seen in the center of his pedalboard in a photo taken in 2006 when they performed at "Top of the Pops" (I believe others have posted this photo).
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Nick Valensi's 2022 pedalboard, used with The Strokes, includes the Jason Moser Ten Years distortion effects pedal. This setup is confirmed by a user-uploaded photo.
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In this Instagram video, the old big box Memory Man can be seen in Nick's Pedalbaord at Lollapalooza. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0mYZ6Zl6yo/?img_index=2
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In this Instagram video, the Strymon Timeline can be seen in Nick's Pedalbaord at Lollapalooza. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0mYZ6Zl6yo/?img_index=2
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In this picture, Nick Valensi appears to have a Boss TR-2 Tremolo on the bottom left of his pedalboard, next to the MXR micro amp
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In a photo from 2022, shared via a Reddit post taken at a festival, Nick Valensi's pedalboard can be seen featuring the Ibanez No. 59 Standard Fuzz, located at the bottom right.
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Post in thread 'Pedalboards of the Stars collection part III' https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/pedalboards-of-the-stars-collection-part-iii.1157325/post-43711281
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