Trent Reznor

In the following SOS article, Trent Reznor's engineer said: "The music just flows out of Trent like no one else I've ever known, even though he'll burn brilliantly and then have to play video games for the next eight hours. As with any great artist, there's a lot of procrastination, but while he's playing one of those games his brain is still working and at any moment he could come up with something fantastic. That's why we'd always have to be ready to roll. If he suddenly said, 'I want to sing,' I'd hand him a [Shure] Beta 58 and run it through a Neve and [Universal Audio] LA2A. I had it set up so he could grab a mic, I'd hit two buttons and off we'd go. Most of the time he'd hand-hold a 58, but every once in a while we'd record his vocal with [an AKG] 414 because it captured the natural sound of him in a room, which he really liked. "He recorded 'Closer' with a Beta 58, and for some tracks he'd have it on a mic stand and perform right there in front of the console. In fact, when he did the vocal for 'Ruiner', he was lifting the mic stand, slamming its base into the wood floor and chipping it, while on another occasion he got so carried away that he sheared the knobs off some [Lexicon] PCM42s. There were three PCM42s in a row and he took the feedback and modulation knobs off every one of them. I was thinking, 'Fuck!' However, when he performed, the emotion came out, and in the case of 'Piggy' he was under the console singing into the Beta 58.”

"I had it set up so he (Trent) could grab a mic, I'd hit two buttons and off we'd go. Most of the time he'd hand-hold a 58, but every once in a while we'd record his vocal with [an AKG] 414 because it captured the natural sound of him in a room, which he really liked.

Trent Reznor seen with Blue Microphones "The Mouse" in this music video of How to Destroy Angels.

This Gibson ES-335 Memphis Studio Black, modified with two pickups with chrome covers, is seen here with Trent on the Hesitation Marks tour 2014.

In this photo, Reznor can be seen playing an Epiphone Sheraton II.

Guitar World 1994: What kind of guitars do you play?

REZNOR: Mostly an Eighties' Les Paul Custom. I also used an Explorer, and a Jackson I have, for which I just told the company, "Put the world's loudest pickup in this."

One of many live pics where Trent Reznor is seen playing Gibson Explorer.

Trent Reznor seen live playing Jackson Soloist

Clearly from the video, Trent is seen using a Parker Fly guitar, not to mention his admiration for the creator of the guitar, Adrian Belew, who Trent once cited 'is one of the best musicians alive'. Adrian Belew was also instrumental (no pun intended) to the development of 'The Downward Spiral'. https://www.musictech.net/guides/essential-guide/nine-inch-nails-the-downward-spiral/

'This ebony Epiphone Goth XII electric guitar is an official item from Nine Inch Nails. This specific guitar was played by Trent Reznor and smashed onstage at the Zepp Osaka in Osaka, Japan on 5.24.07 during the Performance 2007 world tour.' - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/nine-inch-nails-official-epiphone-251983152

Trent has been known to use numerous Epiphone Les Pauls on Tour, perhaps as a cheaper and cost effective alternative to Gibson as the band are rumored to have smashed up to $160,000 worth of Gibson Les Pauls in the 90s during the Downward Spiral Tour - http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/05/12/nine-inch-nails-destroyed-more-than-160000-worth-of-gibson-les-pauls-on-the-downward-spiral-tour/

he is holding the guitar in this image

he is holding the guitar in this image

this a used guitar trent used during the 90's

this is one of the guitars mentioned

this is one of the used guitars mentioned

this is one of the guitars mentioned

it's the first listed guitar that he's selling

at 0:28, Trent is seen with this guitar

Trent is playing this guitar live, 1:59 is the clearest you can see the guitar

In this photo from Kemper Amps official Facebook page, they showcase Trent Reznor's Profiler rig mount and write "Tomorrow on stage at the Verizon Center Washington DC. Trent Reznor with his Profiler Rig."

1994 interview Guitar World - REZNOR: Almost everything was direct--there was almost no miking of cabinets. I just don't like that sound very much. It sounds boring to me. So we ran through a variety of preamps and speaker simulators. Our main preamp was the new Marshall JMP-1. But I didn't use the speaker simulator in it. I took the direct out of the Marshall into the Zoom 9030, employing just the speaker simulator on that.

In this photo, Reznor can be seen playing a bass next to a rack of preamps. The 2120 can be seen next to the headstock.

In this photo, the Fucking Fucker can be seen on top of one of Reznor's euroracks

the amp is seen in this image

Trent Reznor's Metasonix TM-6 Vacuum-Tube Multimode Filter in his "Nothing Studios" is seen on a Metasonix rack to the right side of the image. Here is a closer look at the rack.

Trent Reznor's Metasonix TX-2 Butt Probe in his "Nothing Studios" is seen on a Metasonix rack to the right side of the image. Here is a closer look at the rack.

Trent Reznor's Metasonix Metasonix TX-1 Vacuum-Tube Agonizer in his "Nothing Studios" is seen on a Metasonix rack to the right side of the image. Here is a closer look at the rack.