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What gear does The Strokes use?

The Strokes' guitars start with Albert Hammond Jr.'s 1985 reissue '72 Fender Stratocaster, now a Fender signature model, and Nick Valensi's 1995 Epiphone Riviera fitted with P-94s, both through Fender Hot Rod DeVille amps on Is This It. Valensi has also played a Gibson Les Paul Custom and a white Fender Telecaster, and Nikolai Fraiture a Fender Jazz Bass.

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What guitars do The Strokes use?

Albert Hammond Jr. plays a 1985 reissue '72 Fender Stratocaster, now his Fender signature model. Nick Valensi's main guitar is a 1995 Epiphone Riviera with P-94s, plus Gibson Les Paul Custom and Special models and a white Telecaster. Julian Casablancas has played an Epiphone Dot and a Telecaster.

What guitar does Nick Valensi play?

Mixdown reports he played a 1995 Epiphone Riviera for years, a Gibson Les Paul Custom on heavier First Impressions of Earth tracks and a white custom Fender Telecaster on Angles. Epiphone launched a Nick Valensi Riviera P94 signature model in 2007.

What amps do The Strokes play through?

Both guitarists ran Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12 combos in the early 2000s. Hammond is now a Blackstar artist on an Artist 30 plus a Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb, and Valensi has lately run a Roland JC-120 with a Magnatone Stereo Twilighter.

What pedals did The Strokes use on Is This It?

Mixdown says Valensi's early records were driven by a first generation Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde, with an MXR Micro Amp for leads and solos on the first two albums. He has said he later moved to a JHS Colour Box and a Klon Centaur for overdrive.

What bass and drums do The Strokes play?

Nikolai Fraiture's main bass is a sunburst Fender American Standard Jazz Bass into an Ampeg SVT-CL and SVT-810E cab, with a Rickenbacker 4003 on Last Nite. Fabrizio Moretti plays Ludwig Classic Maple kits, Zildjian A Custom cymbals and Ahead 5B sticks.

What microphone did Julian Casablancas use?

Mixdown says he sang the early records into an Audio-Technica 4033A condenser, often through a small Peavey practice amp, and live he has used a Shure SM58 and later a Beta 58A.

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The Strokes are the New York band behind Is This It, Room on Fire, Angles, The New Abnormal and Reality Awaits: Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedals of the Is This It era and since, plus the bass rig, drums, synths and mics, from gear rundowns, producer interviews, signature model launches and the records members have named.

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