Nile Rodgers [Chic] Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024

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  • @premierguitar
    @premierguitar  Год назад +5

    Shop the Rig:
    Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster: sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy61qM
    2-Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12 Combos: sweetwater.sjv.io/xkNdxd
    Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer 40th Anniversary: sweetwater.sjv.io/DKkxEo
    Boss DD-3 Digital Delay: sweetwater.sjv.io/21QdzO
    Korg Pitchblack Poly Tuner: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXZkvL
    Radial ProRMP 1-channel Passive Re-amping Device: sweetwater.sjv.io/MmNe43
    Eventide PowerMax: sweetwater.sjv.io/75JgAr

    • @PulpoensalsA
      @PulpoensalsA 11 месяцев назад

      There is an error...it is not the 2x12 combo, the combos are 4x10, like mine ;)

  • @GregSB1
    @GregSB1 Год назад +6

    Saw him and the band in NOLA with Duran Duran in June. Their musicianship was astounding.

  • @carfaxguitars
    @carfaxguitars Год назад +84

    Saw Nile getting onto a train in London once with a gig bag on his back, I'm guessing the hitmaker was inside. No security, just the man and a gig bag with a priceless guitar on his back!

    • @MrAwesomeSaucesome
      @MrAwesomeSaucesome Год назад +2

      @InjectBleach tf is wrong with you going around all the comments being grumpy 😆
      Joking aside though, hope everything is aight, don't give in x

    • @curragh4635
      @curragh4635 Год назад

      ​@InjectBleach we found the liberal mouth breather

    • @brisson182
      @brisson182 Год назад

      @@InjectBleachI’m sorry you have a small P3N1S and hate life

    • @shakesquire84
      @shakesquire84 Год назад

      @@InjectBleach what?? That's an awesome story you jackass.

    • @markrushton1516
      @markrushton1516 Год назад +8

      He did leave it on the Tube once. Luckily someone realised what it was and returned it

  • @erickubica9998
    @erickubica9998 Год назад +31

    So cool to see legends like Nile Rodgers use simple rigs. Tone is in the hands

  • @tonelok
    @tonelok Год назад +33

    At least a billion bucks worth of music created by that guitar and those fingers. They opened for Duran Duran and boy are they hard to follow. Had the entire arena up and dancing start to finish. Long live The Hitmaker!

    • @kevinmaillet4712
      @kevinmaillet4712 Год назад +1

      He also produced, and played a little, on Duran Durans album Notorious

  • @MrKeefelm
    @MrKeefelm Год назад +14

    So lm very surprised there’s no compressor! I’d have put serious money on Nile having a ton of it on that funky clean sound! Show what I know🤷‍♂️

    • @theWARMJET
      @theWARMJET Год назад

      me too 😂 no compressor Indeed. That Strat must be thinner and lighter like a AF squier

    • @gagslovedotcom
      @gagslovedotcom 6 месяцев назад

      I was more surprised that the delay was one of the first things in the chain usually that goes at the end of the chain or in an effects loop

    • @MrKeefelm
      @MrKeefelm 6 месяцев назад

      @@gagslovedotcomyep first rule! There are none!!!

  • @Emmanuel.Gasser
    @Emmanuel.Gasser Год назад +8

    No compressor? That's suprising.

  • @gabrielledebourg2487
    @gabrielledebourg2487 Год назад +14

    Nile's rig feels very much like a nice working class musicians' rig. Except for the Hitmaker, his backup is the regular production model (not even the Custom Shop version!), regular old Fender Hot Rod amps, and higher end (but not crazy expensive or unattainable) pedals. Very cool to see!

    • @HeartOfLightning
      @HeartOfLightning 9 месяцев назад

      Absolutely! More of a legend for it, too 😊

  • @daniellesaux6152
    @daniellesaux6152 Год назад +11

    The look of panic on the guitar tech's face when the Hitmaker leaves his hands and John looks it over! Priceless!
    Listen to "Savoir Faire" and you'll realize that Nile is a jazz guy at heart!

  • @defsantiago
    @defsantiago Год назад +6

    Nobody talking about that guitar tech’s tattoo on his left arm. You KNOW your tech is hardcore when he gets the FACEPLATE OF A MESA DUAL RECTIFIER tattooed on his left arm. Lol

  • @michael_caz_nyc
    @michael_caz_nyc Год назад +16

    Love Nile. I've had the pleasure of taking his recording classes, and also hanging out with him, in several NYC clubs. He is honestly one of the coolest, most down-to-earth people ever. Nile is a huge Influence & Inspiration for me. Just a Phenomenal guitar-player. Listen to the Chic Track: "So Fine" to hear Nile Rip-on-Guitar. oNe LoVe from NYC

    • @DarrenGlen
      @DarrenGlen 11 месяцев назад

      you got to hang out with him? damn super jealous . i have conversations with Nile in my dreams sometimes! thats how much i dig the guy

  • @derekwilliams5149
    @derekwilliams5149 Год назад +12

    Really great to see this and John is always the best of doing these interviews. He's a true musician. Always asks the right questions so we can all geek out on it.....yes

  • @Kameratzas
    @Kameratzas Год назад +6

    I love my hand wired Snow White autowah, it’s a very versatile Pedal. I had no idea Nile uses one!

  • @M7CPublishing
    @M7CPublishing Год назад +5

    That strat looked like it had extra strings - maybe just the reflection. I have fond memories of listening to Le Freak as a child - on tape!

  • @tompoynton
    @tompoynton Год назад +8

    I once got an EasyJet plane from Bristol to Paris just after Nile had played with Chic at Glastonbury that weekend. To my surprise he got on the same plane as me with that very same guitar in its case, and in his hand

    • @jochemjonker3362
      @jochemjonker3362 Год назад +1

      I think that Nile is a very gentile and commen human,no big star attitude.
      Years ago,he played at the festival "into the great wide open",a very intimate music festival at different locations on the Wadden island Vlieland,in the north of the Netherlands. To get there,you have to take a ferry.There excists a picture of him(was released in an article about this festival, in the Volkskrant newspaper)where he sits in loungeroom of this ferry,among other passengers and he was having a great time.

    • @DarrenGlen
      @DarrenGlen 11 месяцев назад

      was there a seat reserved next to him for Hitmaker?

    • @tompoynton
      @tompoynton 11 месяцев назад

      @@DarrenGlen he was a few rows back from me, but there may well have been!

  • @michaelanderson4265
    @michaelanderson4265 Год назад +7

    Great video! Can you do a “Rig Rundown” of Jerry Barnes’ bass rig..? Thanks

    • @darrenwells2277
      @darrenwells2277 Год назад +1

      Agreed... Amazing Bassist!

    • @KeeperOfPoops
      @KeeperOfPoops Год назад

      Personally I think it was bad video, it's so boring when it's a techie doing the gear and not the real musician

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 Год назад +32

    I’m genuinely surprised that you guys haven’t talked to him sooner but it’s still awesome seeing y’all sit down with one of the greatest funk guitarists and producers of all time

    • @Millo1868
      @Millo1868 Год назад +3

      Yup, definitely a guitar god.

    • @TheBbtlegit
      @TheBbtlegit Год назад +1

      Well we know why they haven't talked to him sooner. They always show disrespect to black artists. Nothing new.

    • @andrewpappas9311
      @andrewpappas9311 Год назад +2

      @@TheBbtlegit I highly doubt that’s it, like maybe he’s just been extremely difficult to get a hold of since he’s busy producing people or whatever but I have no idea

    • @TheBbtlegit
      @TheBbtlegit Год назад

      @@andrewpappas9311 Really to busy. You can do better than that.

    • @andrewpappas9311
      @andrewpappas9311 Год назад +1

      @@TheBbtlegit Like I said, I don’t know the reason but that was my best guess

  • @Esparoba1
    @Esparoba1 Год назад +7

    Let' talk about Gert the guitar tech, he's one of the best on the block and genuine nice guy! The perfect fit for Nile Rodgers!
    Cheers Rob

  • @stevenstabile4379
    @stevenstabile4379 Год назад +4

    Niles is Great!! My Buddy , Rich Hilton, whom I did tons of sessions with in New York, is one of his Keyboard players and I believe his music director!!! He's a monster in his own right!!

  • @kaganozmeric9822
    @kaganozmeric9822 Год назад +2

    A terrific musician with a terrible bonnet. Everybody is free to wear whatever they fancy, but if I were friends with Mr Rodgers I would say "Hey Nile why don't let your hair free buddy?".
    Other than that he is one of the milestones of the modern popular music. If you are a budding guitarist study his guitar work like your holy book. Hats off to Nile Rodgers (pun definitely intended)

  • @santiagovictor2004
    @santiagovictor2004 Год назад +3

    Not too long ago I discovered who Nile was because of the vaughan brothers back in the late 80s

  • @6minus3minus2
    @6minus3minus2 Год назад +14

    Very cool to see Nile's settings on the amp. Taking notes for next time I'm playing some of his songs.

  • @soulblue398
    @soulblue398 Год назад +1

    irst time ever that John asks to grab someone's guitar/ The man just couldn't help himself. I understand, would do the same.

  • @damianrf6309
    @damianrf6309 Год назад +2

    Did you hear about the time he left The Hitmaker on a train?

  • @javierservigon
    @javierservigon Год назад +4

    I saw him in 2016 opening for Duran Duran... legend!

  • @GerryBlue
    @GerryBlue Год назад +1

    Glad you asked about strings and pic, but this video being sponsored by D'daddario maybe you had to? Please always ask about strings and picks

  • @spacerockwizard
    @spacerockwizard Год назад +2

    Was just listening to Nile with the group, Material last night. This is bassist/producer, Bill Laswell's group. Nile plays on their record titled, One Down. Timeless funk.

  • @garycoates4987
    @garycoates4987 Год назад +4

    The man is the coolest human on planet earth 🌎

  • @tompoynton
    @tompoynton Год назад +3

    Interesting pedal chain he’s got going there, unless it’s from left right for some reason…

  • @jacqueslapidieux3182
    @jacqueslapidieux3182 Год назад +4

    So pretty much the same set up as your average bedroom guitarist - the genius of Niles is in his songs and his fingers. If everyone did what he does, would make most of the guitar industry redundant.

    • @DarrenGlen
      @DarrenGlen 11 месяцев назад +1

      he also plays using the picks UPSIDE DOWN...little known fact...in other words, hitting the strings with the wide fat end of the pick

  • @josemelrose5465
    @josemelrose5465 Год назад +2

    Thank you for being thorough with your questions! I’ve been trying to find information on Nile’s setup for a while, the pick thickness of .50 is handy information 🙏

  • @Rich-TheCosmicSurferBand
    @Rich-TheCosmicSurferBand Год назад +3

    That's a Duran Duran drumm set on the back right there 👆🏼

  • @macdad159
    @macdad159 Год назад +2

    I remember in the 1970's seeing Chic on television and seeing that hitmaker guitar. I knew then and there I wanted to play a Strat.

  • @Kouros-t6d
    @Kouros-t6d Год назад +2

    More and more DISCO rig rundown!!! DISCO RULES!

  • @danpritchett5617
    @danpritchett5617 Год назад +7

    Great producer! Great guitar player!

  • @msmoniz
    @msmoniz Год назад +2

    I'm not really a Strat guy though many of my favourite players play Strats, but I gotta say I was lucky enough probably 10 years back to play a Nile Rodgers Custom Shop Hitmaker Strat that had all the wear marks and was weathered as close as possible to his original, and MY GOD if it wasn't one of the best sounding, feeling, and playing Strats I have ever played! If not for the fact it was $10,000 I would've bought it!!!

  • @adrianaellig8897
    @adrianaellig8897 Год назад +1

    No compressor?!! Wow wasn't expecting this. 😮

  • @Louis_Rain
    @Louis_Rain Год назад +3

    Love this, kinda feel like John said, love to see this guitar I've heard my whole life. Classic! Nile's tech is super cool and humble, also John is your best Rig Rundown host by miles. Cheers!

  • @nathanmacdonald5992
    @nathanmacdonald5992 Год назад +2

    Keith Urban cameo :))

  • @johnmossey
    @johnmossey Год назад +2

    Gert is the best guitar tech name ever. Sounds too good to be true.

  • @pleasantlindsey33
    @pleasantlindsey33 Год назад +2

    Been waiting for this one for a long time!

  • @StratsRUs
    @StratsRUs Год назад +1

    Does anyone know exactly how light this guitar and its Fender artist version is ? Thank you

  • @gregmize01
    @gregmize01 Год назад +3

    Legend!!!!

  • @seansrecords
    @seansrecords Год назад +2

    seeing him live next week 👍

  • @nigman2023
    @nigman2023 Год назад +1

    It’s about time rig rundown on someone iconic like Niles let get a rundown on Robert Cray and Keb’mo and another one on Buddy Guy.

  • @ParabolicDavid
    @ParabolicDavid Год назад +1

    string through no less. wow!!

  • @jet_black
    @jet_black Год назад +3

    Love the hard-tail.

  • @daviddalziel884
    @daviddalziel884 Год назад +1

    I know they’re Fender amps but which model ? Thanks

  • @Mets_xx_Fan_01
    @Mets_xx_Fan_01 Год назад +2

    That Strat is legendary

  • @trebleboost7
    @trebleboost7 Год назад +1

    Awesome minimalist rig! Is he using the Vertex 'Nyle' pedal at all? (compressor).

  • @BossNotes
    @BossNotes Год назад +1

    Nile is the perfect example of , it’s not what to play , it’s when NOT to play !

  • @jefbuelens
    @jefbuelens Год назад +2

    The guitar tech has a Flemish accent, I suspect he's Belgian 🙂

    • @jochemjonker3362
      @jochemjonker3362 Год назад

      Your right,probably Belgium, cause Gert is name,mich more commen in Belgium than in the Netherlands.

  • @Robstafarian
    @Robstafarian Год назад +2

    The world needs more hardtail Strats.

  • @grantandrews4826
    @grantandrews4826 Год назад +2

    Absolutely the coolest strat of all time.

  • @ZackSeifMusic
    @ZackSeifMusic Год назад +2

    Absolute LEGENDARY player

  • @lazloryder
    @lazloryder 2 месяца назад

    Niles is an underrated guitar God! And what a cool practical set up. Anyone can be Niles!…well at least play on the same gear :).

  • @patreidcocolditzcastle632
    @patreidcocolditzcastle632 Год назад +1

    brilliant. imo NILE is the most underrated guitarist ever. his totally genius level

  • @kendouble9705
    @kendouble9705 Год назад +1

    To hear Nile shredding listen to Chic’s Real People. His autobiography is well worth reading too.

  • @maxisingleone
    @maxisingleone Год назад

    Can anybody explain how he use the Radial boxes? One from pedalboard to amp? But why? And the other one from wireless to pedals??

  • @goatman3057
    @goatman3057 Год назад +1

    Mad professors are the bomb!

  • @sssyruppp
    @sssyruppp 2 месяца назад

    the mirror pickguard makes it look like he's rocking 12 strings on there

  • @trebleboost7
    @trebleboost7 Год назад +1

    So what was the 'Hitmaker' that sold at the auction recently? (I simply don't know the history but there must be more than one...)

  • @heathband
    @heathband Год назад +1

    Why the 2 Radials between the board and the amp I wonder? Just in case of venues w a ton of distance/cabling between board and amps?

    • @maxisingleone
      @maxisingleone Год назад

      This is the main question!! But no answer here... 😮

  • @gangpardos3833
    @gangpardos3833 10 месяцев назад

    nile rodgers messing around witha tube screamer is prolly hilarious, he prolly thinks it is too

  • @SoloPlaticando-ts4xx
    @SoloPlaticando-ts4xx 11 месяцев назад

    Nile's rig rundown is probably the worst episosde of this show, it's well... he has his guitar and talent.

  • @goatman3057
    @goatman3057 Год назад +1

    You guys gotta rig run down Gran Hechicero! He’s the best!

  • @longlivebytor
    @longlivebytor Год назад +1

    Wow! That is a really, really simple rig.

  • @mfnpjparty
    @mfnpjparty Месяц назад

    how in the world is there not a compressor or three on Nile's board...

  • @TennTones
    @TennTones 10 месяцев назад

    Any idea what mic is being used on the DeVille? Thanks

  • @MrGabrielHirsch
    @MrGabrielHirsch Год назад +1

    Wait, no Compressor Pedal? This rig is half the size of my livingroom rig! 😮

    • @maxisingleone
      @maxisingleone Год назад

      The live sound is always soo compressed and with chorus almost all the time...! This thech says that the chorus is for ¿one song?.... 🤷🏽‍♂️ And no compressor pedal? I think that the sound gets compressor maybe on the mic signal... I saw the live show this past july and i repeat... "the guitar sound is soooo compressed" always...!! 🕺🏻🎸🎶🔊🎈🛸🛸🎶😘😘

    • @nazarenkodenys
      @nazarenkodenys Год назад

      Probably the microphone model and positioning gives compressing effect

  • @guilleags6599
    @guilleags6599 Год назад +1

    el sonido strat por excelencia, es el genio de la lampara con guitarra

  • @sgtwurstmesser
    @sgtwurstmesser 9 дней назад

    That JMP stole the show.

  • @lightningrt434
    @lightningrt434 Год назад

    Guitar tech says “yeah goes all the way back to the B52s” lol.

  • @joejohnson8966
    @joejohnson8966 Год назад +1

    10:20 wisdom

  • @GrahamsYouTube
    @GrahamsYouTube Год назад +1

    if any guitar has mojo, that has it for sure!

  • @fishinmagician89
    @fishinmagician89 Год назад

    Sounds great! oh wait...

  • @vayabroder729
    @vayabroder729 Год назад +1

    Love Niles!

  • @yumakeigo9094
    @yumakeigo9094 11 месяцев назад

    I guess the guitar tech is French.

  • @wolfgangcordsen3430
    @wolfgangcordsen3430 Год назад +1

    Man, I love your channel! ❤

  • @ZXZ-im5gn
    @ZXZ-im5gn Год назад +1

    ज़बरदस्त!

  • @Utube-g3g
    @Utube-g3g Год назад

    John, where’s a black tube screamer? It’s dark red sparkle.

  • @adrianlyord5300
    @adrianlyord5300 10 месяцев назад

    I’m A Drummer 🥁 but…. I’m a BIG fan of Nile Rodgers and CHIC … his guitar 🎸 playing and music are legendary!!!! Thanks 🙏 for this interesting video!

  • @steveymoon
    @steveymoon Год назад

    This must be both the simplest and the dullest of rig run-downs ever. I would have guessed Strat >> Compressor >> Wah >> Chorus >> Fender Twin.

  • @dominbuleto
    @dominbuleto Год назад

    At first I thought Ritchie Sambora was touring with Nile😅

  • @Jamzocd
    @Jamzocd Год назад +1

    It’s light because it’s a hard tail!

  • @Ibanezguy2007
    @Ibanezguy2007 Год назад +4

    He couldn't even be assed to come out himself and talk?

    • @nazarenkodenys
      @nazarenkodenys Год назад

      Why would it be necessary? There are enough videos of him demonstrating licks.
      And guitar / rig are not magic.
      It is literally his fingers and tube amp

  • @ParabolicDavid
    @ParabolicDavid Год назад

    10:25 as long as you have the backup, you won't need the... "oops where is the camera light...??" I love the raw nature of these.

  • @ThePanchomack
    @ThePanchomack Год назад

    Great Episode ... John´s doing such an amazing Job. Reaaly love the way he interviews the people and keeping great vibes all the time

  • @jordanpratt3821
    @jordanpratt3821 Год назад

    Im afraid that guitar would no longer be on the road with me. Just cant trust people.

  • @AndreaAustoni
    @AndreaAustoni Год назад

    I never understood why those are called speed knobs. They're smooth so my hand slips on them. I need knurled or ribbed knobs.

  • @ZeBubba
    @ZeBubba Год назад

    Cool to see he’s using the standard production model signature instead of the custom shop. It’s not always the more expensive model that works best.

  • @richardjones1257
    @richardjones1257 Год назад

    The most beautiful guitar I have ever seen not too mention historical Nile is the best!!’

  • @michaeloneill5824
    @michaeloneill5824 Год назад

    the joy of guitar and music. f..k yehhhh

  • @johnbonamigo5696
    @johnbonamigo5696 Год назад

    Finally a true amazing rig thats nuts and bolts of great sound

  • @ShlomirBareket
    @ShlomirBareket Год назад

    so the use of a compressor is just a myth?!!!

  • @forddriver8827
    @forddriver8827 Год назад

    Well done John, glad you got this one.

  • @flagace4889
    @flagace4889 Год назад

    Boss DD-3... Who needs anything more? Pros use it... Must be good...

  • @frankcarter6427
    @frankcarter6427 Год назад

    my favourite guitarist by far

  • @rocknrollguitar
    @rocknrollguitar Год назад

    Keith Urban on that stage too...

  • @Grecki_Bog_Domestos
    @Grecki_Bog_Domestos Год назад

    Hello I am John BOOOOOLIGHER