Nigel John Taylor's Effects Pedals

In this video Duran Duran's bass tech illustrates John Taylor's equipment. Item can be seen at 0'29''.

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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In this video Duran Duran's bass tech illustrates John Taylor's equipment. Item can be seen at 0'40''.

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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in this video his tech says they used to use tc's nova delay

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A list of John Taylor's gear compiled in 2003 by his guitar technician and another one taken by his old website trusttheprocess.com.

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In the performance "Live on Austin City limits, 2022-01-22". During the song a view to a kill at 4:49, If you look close at the John's mic stand near the saxophonist, we can clearly see a white Boss pedal most likely being the Boss Tu3.

At, 7:37 - We can clearly see the Pedal has two outputs like the Tu3 Has, to further prove this isn't a boss delay is that it is a brighter color being white rather than pearl.

John's delay effects are most likely rackmounts or his TC electronic analog delay seen in his home studio. Rather than a boss delay.

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In 2008, in an interview with bass player magazine. John States that his signal chain has a Digitech Whammy in it.

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In a 2008 Interview with Bass Player Magazine. John states that he uses a proco rat in his chain.

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In an interview with Bass Player Magazine. John states that he uses an EBS Bass IQ bass envelope filter in his signal chain.

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In this video of John giving a tutorial on how he plays 'A View to a Kill' in his home studio, he is shown using this echo pedal

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At 1:41 in the YouTube video titled "Duran Duran - Girls on Film (Live @ Måndagsbörsen '81)" by neXiumvideos, you can see two pedals in front of Nigel John Taylor. The blue pedal is a Boss CE-2 Chorus, which was one of the only chorus pedals available at the time and matches the appearance of a Boss pedal.

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At 1:41 you can see two pedals in front of John, a blue pedal resembling a Boss CE-2 chorus. As well as a purple pedal most likely being a Boss BF-2 flanger.

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