The Strokes

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Contents 1 Julian Casablancas 2 Nick Valensi 2.1 Guitars 2.2 Amps/Pedals 3 Albert Hammond Jr. 3.1 Guitars 3.2 Amps/Pedals 4 Nikolai Fraiture 5 Fab Moretti

Julian Casablancas

Julian has used countless combinations of weird overdriven mic, DI, and what-have-you combinations to get that filtered vocal sound. If you're interested in that, or/and reading arguments over how much the Strokes suck, go here.

Nick Valensi

Guitars

• His main guitar, which he uses nearly always, is a 1990s Epiphone Riviera with Gibson P-94 pickups. He has several models in different colors (all with P-94s), including various naturals, one in vintage sunburst, one in red, and a 12-string elite in red.
• In 2005, Epiphone released a signature model of his guitar, the Epiphone Elitist Nick Valensi Riviera P-94, and followed it up in 2007 with a standard model Nick Valensi Riviera P-94.
• Epiphone Dot fitted with 2 P-94s
• Epiphone Casino
• Epiphone Sheraton
• Gibson Faded Special Double Cutaway with 2 P-90s
• Gibson Les Paul Custom (in black)
• Fender Telecaster Custom
• Duesenberg semi-hollow
• Hammond, Jr.'s various backup guitars, including a yellow Gibson Les Paul Jr. and a Les Paul Special.

Amps/Pedals

Valensi's main amplifier is a 2x12" Fender Hot Rod DeVille, used with Fender 4x12" extension cabinets during live shows. He also purchased a Carr Slant 6V combo amp to use on the last few stops of the First Impressions tour. His pedalboard consists of a Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrive, Demeter TRM-1 Tremulator tremolo, Vox Cooltron Bulldog Distortion, MXR M-133 Micro-Amp (2) and a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner.

Albert Hammond Jr.

Guitars

• His main guitar is a Fender Stratocaster, a Japanese '85 reissue of a 1972, in either Arctic white or Olympic white.
• three other white Stratocasters
• Gibson Les Paul Junior
• Gibson Les Paul Special
• Rickenbacker 325 (black)
• Gretsch hollowbody
• Guild acoustic (vintage sunburst)
• Martin acoustic

Amps/Pedals

Albert's main amplifier is a 2x12" Fender Hot Rod Deville. He also owns a Fender Twin Reverb. His pedalboard consists of two Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrives, a Boss DD-3 digital delay, Boss TU-2 tuner, and one or two MXR Micro Amps.

Nikolai Fraiture

Nikolai plays a variety of basses, but is usually seen playing his Fender Jazz bass. He has also appeared playing a black and white Rickenbacker (such as the one in the "Last Nite" video), a Music Man Sterling (such as the one in the "Juicebox" video) and a Fender Precision Bass (seen as his backup bass during live performances). He uses an Ampeg SVT Classic amp for most live work and has an artist page on Ampeg's website.

Fab Moretti

• Ludwig classic maple drums: 22x14 kick, 13x9 rack tom, 16x16 floor tom, 14x5 wood snare
• Zildjian cymbals: 14" A New Beat hi-hats, 22" A Custom ride, 20" A Custom crash
• Ahead sticks