Rick Nielsen
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Rick Nielsen's Amplifiers
At 12:28 in this video interview, Rick Nielsen points out his 1977 Deluxe Reverbs, saying, “These are Deluxe Reverbs I have in here. I have the guts in here and these were made by Paul Rivera actually. If you look at it, it has a fat and thin switch on it, with a heavier duty transform in it and a master volume, which the normal Deluxes didn’t have.”
Rick Nielsen briefly points out his Fuch Train II amps in this video interview, admitting at 12:24, “I thought that [H] was a K when I bought it.”
Rick Nielsen’s checkered Fuchs Train-45 heads are shown briefly at 13:05 in this Rig Rundown from Premier Guitar. He notes, “They copied the heads to match my speaker cabinets that Gibson actually made for me.”
In this Instagram posted by Orange Amplifiers, Joe Perry is playing through Rick Nielsen's custom Rockerverb MK3 combo at Johnny Depp's home studio. Orange confirms this in the caption:
"Joe Perry playing Rick Nielsen's custom Rockerverb MK3 combo at Johnny Depp's home studio. Goodnight."
Rick Nielsen can be seen with 2 Ampeg V-4 with a red Marshall 1959 and his Sound City cabinets in the top photo
The album cover of "We're All Alright!" features Rick Nielsen using several Marshall Super Lead 1959 amp heads. Among them are at least six units, including his distinctive red one. The amps appear to include models from both the 1967-1976 and 1976-1980 production years.
In the top photo Rick is seen with 4 Sound City 4x12s
Kirk Hammett posted on his Instagram two photos with Rick Nielsen, showing some of Rick’s amps, which include two red Marshall JMP 2203 Mk II Master Lead 100w.
In a photo posted by Kirk Hammett on Instagram, Rick Nielsen is seen with a rig that includes a Marshall JCM900 4100 100-watt 2-channel Tube Head.
Rick Nielsen can be seen using the Fender Hot Rod DeVille 410 on Howard Stern in 2006
Rick Nielsen can be seen using the 1978 Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb amplifier. Originally, he played it as a whole unit, but in the early 2000s, he had the amp separated from the cabinet to integrate it into his amp rig. This amplifier was modded by Paul Rivera, featuring a fat and thin switch to achieve Nielsen's signature tone.
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