Nigel John Taylor

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

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

In 2003, a list compiled by Nigel John Taylor's guitar technician and featured on his former website, trusttheprocess.com, includes the Status (UK) Precision Bass among his gear.

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

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

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

Item can be seen at 0'34''.

In a 2003 compilation by his guitar technician, Nigel John Taylor is listed as using Ashdown Engineering RPM-1 preamps, as noted on the official Duran Duran website.

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

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.

At 5:23 we can see a variety of Dunlop Tortex picks in the mic stand, John is probably using a white Tortex (1.5) as there is a lack of visible bright, neon colors when he is holding the pick.

At 5:01 we can see an 8x10 bass cabinet right behind the sax player with an Ampeg logo on it.

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

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

In an interview with Bass Player Magazine. John states that he uses the TC Electronic D-Two Delay in his signal chain.

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

In an interview with Bass Player Magazine. John states that he uses the Countryman DI in his signal chain.

In an interview with Bass Player Magazine. John states that he uses Dunlop Tortex .60 pick with Vaseline on his right fingers for added grip.

As seen in the "My own way" video

"More legends from the 1980’s! John Taylor used Rotosound Swing Bass in the early years then moved over to our Superwound piano string design Bass Strings"

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

John can be seen using this bass in Band-aid's Do they know it's Christmas music video at 2:03

What is your favourite monophonic synthesizer for synth bass? Do you have any vintage polyphonic synthesizers!? Tommy

“I think the first ones I used were Moog's Taurus pedals, but they’re big and unwieldy. I don't have any vintage, no.”

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.

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.

Nigel John Taylor can be seen using the Roland G-77 Bass Guitar Synthesizer Controller in the music video for "I Don't Want Your Love." This is evidenced by a picture from the set, where he is clearly holding the instrument.

Nigel John Taylor has consistently utilized the Dunlop Straplok Dual Design Strap Retainer System across all his bass guitars, including brands such as Peavey and Dingwall, as evidenced by an image from GettyImages.