Nile Rodgers

"Rodgers’ affectionately nicknamed Hitmaker is a 1960 Stratocaster with a 1959 neck. He got it for a trade-in long ago at a small shop in Miami Beach, Fla. Exceptionally light in weight, it has a maple fingerboard and bears a well-worn white finish. Rodgers says it doesn’t sound like any other Stratocaster in the world," reads this article.

GQ posted this excerpt from Nile Rodgers' autobiography, "Le Freak" in 2011. In it he describes the guitar that he traded to obtain one of the most important guitars in history.

"One day, following a gig in Miami, Nard got me to trade in my prized jazz guitar, a hollow-bodied Gibson Barney Kessel, for a sleek solid-bodied Fender Stratocaster, the six-string equivalent of trading in a Range Rover for a Porsche."

Nile Rodgers posted this photo on his facebook page. The post says, "This Gibson L5 Custom is one damn fine guitar and it sounded amazing in this space at Drexel"

"However, there is another guitar hero in my herd. It's my plexiglass Guitarman and it usually stands-in for The Hitmaker in videos and TV appearances. It doesn't get the credit it deserves because it's a great sounding instrument, but its main role is to play The Hitmaker's Body Double."

At 1:55, Nile Rodgers uses a Fender Thinline Telecaster. In this video, he talks about his collaboration with Daft Punk for their last album "Random Access Memory"

#Iwokeupcrying today. I dreamt about #aljarreaur #rip & it felt real. I awakened missing him. Here we’re #jamming at my #birthday #party in #London #80s. #jazz #funk #randb #love #backintheday

When asked on Twitter what guitar amplifier he uses live, Nile Rodgers replies, "@fender Hot Rod DeVille" (posted Dec 2014)

Original gear Guitar: 1960 Fender Stratocaster with maple 1959 neck and hardtail bridge (neck pickup only), Master Volume: 10, Neck Tone: 10

Direct input: Neve 8068 console with 31102 channel strips (Mic Preamp Level: -30dB, High Frequency: 12kHz, HF Level: +6dB, Mid Frequency: 4.8kHz, MF level: +4dB, Hi Q: On, Low Frequency: 220Hz, LF Level: -6dB, High Pass Filter: 160Hz, Low Pass Filter: off)

Amp: c. 1968-77 Fender Deluxe Reverb (Normal Channel input 1, Volume: 4, Treble: 7, Bass: 5) with Oxford 12K5 12-inch speaker

Effects (outboard): Neve 33609 compressor (settings unknown), Pultec EQP 1A3 2-Band EQ (settings unknown)

Strings/Tuning: D’Addario XL120 .009-.042/Standard

Pick: Fender Thin

In this photo, the reference laboratory show Nile's pedal setup

In this photo, the reference laboratory show Nile's pedal setup

In this photo, the reference laboratory show Nile's pedal setup

At Septembrer 8th of 2018, Nile Rodgers in his Instagram's stories, showed him practice for the Private Gig in the Olympia Hall in Paris, for Canal Plus.

In the first of the two stories is possible to heard that he is playing with an auto-wah. In a minute, the camera man shows the pedalboard, and it's possible to see the Mad Professor Snow White pedal.

Here is Nile playing with the pedal: https://www.instagram.com/p/BorSUHbFPAh/

In this interview, Nile Rodgers explain there is no finner pick than this one.

Critically-acclaimed guitarist and producer, Nile Roders, posted this photo on his official Twitter page. In the shot, he is playing a coral sitar, made by Danelectro.

The tweet reads: " Paying tribute to arranging genius Thom Bell on our track "Queen" w/ Coral Electric Sitar #oldschool vibe."