Nick ZinnerPedalboard, 2013
Nick Zinner played the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 2013 Mosquito tour on four pedalboards and four amplifiers. Four loopers fire samples from the records to fill the space a bass player would take, alongside a DeuceTone RAT, a Whammy, an EHX POG and several delays.
Four-board sampling rig
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 18 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Nick Zinner's 2013 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Looping
JamMan
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Handles looping and sample playback from the main board.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
MM4 Modulation Modeler
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Covers the modulation vocabulary of the records from one enclosure.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
DeuceTone RAT
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Carries Zinner's primary fuzz and distortion tones.
Premier Guitar identifies the DeuceTone RAT as the source of his primary fuzz tones.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
DD-7 Digital Delay
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Provides the workhorse delay on the main board.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Power Screamer
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Supplies the cleaner overdrive stage against the RAT's fuzz.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Graphic Fuzz
Integrated board
Role in this rig
Gives a shapeable, sculpted fuzz distinct from the RAT.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Pitch & Synth
Whammy
External loop
Role in this rig
Opens the second board with pitch dives and harmonies.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Looping
JamMan
External loop
Role in this rig
A second looper on the pitch and delay board.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
DL4 Delay Modeler
External loop
Role in this rig
Covers modelled delays and a second looping layer.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Pitch & Synth
POG
External loop
Role in this rig
Fills the low and high registers the band's two-piece line-up leaves open.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
Flashback Delay
External loop
Role in this rig
Adds a further delay colour on the second board.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
DL4 Delay Modeler
External loop
Role in this rig
Runs a further delay and loop layer on the Eventide board.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Delay & Echo
TimeFactor
External loop
Role in this rig
Provides the studio-grade delays behind the recorded sounds.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Pitch & Synth
PitchFactor
External loop
Role in this rig
Generates harmonies and pitched textures.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reverb & Ambience
Space
External loop
Role in this rig
Supplies the large ambient reverbs.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Looping
JamMan
Front of amp
Role in this rig
One of two sample-loaded loopers stationed by the amplifiers.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Looping
JamMan
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The second sample-loaded looper stationed by the amplifiers.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Classic Booster + Distortion
Front of amp
Role in this rig
The last unit the signal meets before the amplifiers.
Premier Guitar explicitly places this TC unit at the output of Zinner's effects system, feeding the amplifiers. That final position is documented even though the earlier routing is not.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Serial path
Premier Guitar enumerates four distinct pedalboards and lists what sits on each, but traces the cable path only at the very end: the TC Electronic Classic Booster + Distortion is documented as the last thing the signal meets before the amps, and it is placed accordingly. Everything else follows the order the rundown lists each board in, grouped by board, and is drawn as reconstructed. The archive's zone vocabulary has no term for a third or fourth discrete pedalboard, so boards two and three share the external-loop zone and the units stationed by the amplifiers are marked front-of-amp. Four DigiTech JamMans and two Line 6 DL4s appear because Zinner genuinely carried duplicates, several of them loaded with samples rather than used as live loopers. The four amplifiers and the drum-machine path through a Boss ODB-3 are outside the guitar board and omitted. This board rests on that one rundown.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Nick Zinner's 2013 pedalboard
- What pedals did Nick Zinner use in 2013?
- This dated entry lists 18 units: JamMan, MM4 Modulation Modeler, DeuceTone RAT, DD-7 Digital Delay, Power Screamer, Graphic Fuzz, Whammy, JamMan, DL4 Delay Modeler, POG, Flashback Delay, DL4 Delay Modeler, TimeFactor, PitchFactor, Space, JamMan, JamMan, Classic Booster + Distortion. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.
- What order were Nick Zinner's pedals in?
- The complete order is reconstructed, not observed. The layout follows the cited routing constraints and the archive's signal-chain convention where the sources are silent. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections.
- Is this Nick Zinner's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 18 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Nick Zinner owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.
- When and where was this pedalboard used?
- July 2013. Mosquito tour. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.
- How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?
- One cited source, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar. Among them a rig rundown. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-15.