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"He uses four amps: the pictured Fender Deluxe 2x12 (set brighter) and Fender Deville 4x10 (set darker) combine for his main guitar sound, with an Ampeg combo behind them to enhance his low-end. " - on photo of his amps, Deluxe is visible at the left side.

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Zinner is shown playing one live. its a guitar that he has had since he was in his early teens. he traded one of his friends a whole bunch of comic books for the guitar. he has since customized it with stickers that he has got over the years.

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Nick's guitar tech Jesse Quitslund shows that the Pro Co Deucetone is the first pedal in his board. It can be seen at 0:41 into the video.

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In a 2003 performance on "Later... with Jools Holland," Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs can be seen using a Vox Pathfinder 10, positioned to the left of a Fender Blues DeVille amplifier.

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A custom shop first act delia that he regularly plays.

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19272-rig-rundown-the-yeah-yeah-yeahs-nick-zinner

Also on the road is his second custom First Act semi-hollowbody with two Kent Armstrong vintage-style humbuckers, Bigsby, and built-in fuzz (deactivated), used for songs that require a “thicker, rockier sound.”

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"He’s also playing one of Johnny Marr’s signature Jaguars, gifted to him by Marr himself" - this comes from PG article which desribes his rig.

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Zinner uses his vast array of effects to achieve the band’s recorded sounds through samples and looping, as well as compensate for the lack of a full-time bass player with a broader tonal spectrum. His main board (far right) is home to a DigiTech JamMan, Line 6 MM4, ProCo DeuceTone RAT (his primary fuzz tones), Boss DD-7, HBE Power Screamer, and Electro-Harmonix Graphic Fuzz. To the left of that, his second board has a DigiTech Whammy, another DigiTech Jam Man, a Line 6 DL4, Electro-Harmonix POG, and TC Electronic Flashback Delay. His third board contains a second Line 6 DL4, and three Eventide pedals: TimeFactor, PitchFactor, and Space. Finally, by his amps, is a fourth board with two more sample-loaded DigiTech JamMan pedals. Before his signal goes into his amps, it hits a TC Electronic Classic Booster + Distortion.

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this youtube video shows him using microkorg at 0:00

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In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner is shown using the Strymon blueSky Reverberator with his synth at the 5:25 mark.

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You can see the DD-7 at 1:00

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Nick uses a POG in this picture from the EHX website.

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Zinner uses his vast array of effects to achieve the band’s recorded sounds through samples and looping, as well as compensate for the lack of a full-time bass player with a broader tonal spectrum. His main board (far right) is home to a DigiTech JamMan, Line 6 MM4, ProCo DeuceTone RAT (his primary fuzz tones), Boss DD-7, HBE Power Screamer, and Electro-Harmonix Graphic Fuzz. To the left of that, his second board has a DigiTech Whammy, another DigiTech Jam Man, a Line 6 DL4, Electro-Harmonix POG, and TC Electronic Flashback Delay. His third board contains a second Line 6 DL4, and three Eventide pedals: TimeFactor, PitchFactor, and Space. Finally, by his amps, is a fourth board with two more sample-loaded DigiTech JamMan pedals. Before his signal goes into his amps, it hits a TC Electronic Classic Booster + Distortion.

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Zinner plays this on "Under the Earth", as explained by him in this Rig Rundown.

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In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs is shown using the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler on his pedalboard.

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In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs is shown using the DigiTech WH-4 Whammy on his pedalboard.

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In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs discusses his use of the Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler.

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In Premier Guitar's "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is shown using the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS.

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In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs uses the TC Electronic Flashback Delay pedal.

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You can see the eventide in this video about Nick´s Pedalboard

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This Amp Selector can be seen 5:36

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You can see at 7:00

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In this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdMdxpZiM8) at 0:39, Nick can be seen playing with this Gretsch 6119 Chet Atkins Tennessean.

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Zinner uses his vast array of effects to achieve the band’s recorded sounds through samples and looping, as well as compensate for the lack of a full-time bass player with a broader tonal spectrum. His main board (far right) is home to a DigiTech JamMan, Line 6 MM4, ProCo DeuceTone RAT (his primary fuzz tones), Boss DD-7, HBE Power Screamer, and Electro-Harmonix Graphic Fuzz. To the left of that, his second board has a DigiTech Whammy, another DigiTech Jam Man, a Line 6 DL4, Electro-Harmonix POG, and TC Electronic Flashback Delay. His third board contains a second Line 6 DL4, and three Eventide pedals: TimeFactor, PitchFactor, and Space. Finally, by his amps, is a fourth board with two more sample-loaded DigiTech JamMan pedals. Before his signal goes into his amps, it hits a TC Electronic Classic Booster + Distortion.

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The Reverb can be seen 3:08 into this video

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You can se the tuner at 3:25

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In this picture, Nick can be seen playing with an Epiphone ES-335 Dot Ebony.

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"Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) visits the EHX mothership to demo the POG and Holiest Grail."

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There are two RC-500 on stage . One of them is used by Nick .

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