Nick Zinner
US guitarist, composer, and producer
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Nick Zinner's Gear
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
"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.
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.
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner is shown using the Strymon blueSky Reverberator with his synth at the 5:25 mark.
Nick uses a POG in this picture from the EHX website.
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.
Zinner plays this on "Under the Earth", as explained by him in this Rig Rundown.
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.
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs is shown using the DigiTech WH-4 Whammy on his pedalboard.
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs discusses his use of the Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler.
In Premier Guitar's "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is shown using the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS.
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs uses the TC Electronic Flashback Delay pedal.
You can see the eventide in this video about Nick´s Pedalboard
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.
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.
In this picture, Nick can be seen playing with an Epiphone ES-335 Dot Ebony.
"Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) visits the EHX mothership to demo the POG and Holiest Grail."
At 5:36 in this video
There are two RC-500 on stage . One of them is used by Nick .
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Discography
Album Credits
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Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005)
Bright Eyes · 2005
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