# Nick Zinner Pedalboard 2013: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2013 Nick Zinner pedalboard, pedal by pedal: JamMan, MM4 Modulation Modeler, DeuceTone RAT and 15 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nick-zinner/four-board-sampling-rig-2013/ - Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt - Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/ ## At a glance | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Artist | Nick Zinner | | Board | Four-board sampling rig | | Date | 2013-07-17 — July 2013 (day precision) | | Context | Mosquito tour | | Scope | Exact board snapshot | | Signal path | 18 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Serial path | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Single source · reconstructed order | | Audited | 2026-08-15 | | Sources | 1 | 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. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented. Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | JamMan | Handles looping and sample playback from the main board. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jamman/ | | 2 | MM4 Modulation Modeler | Covers the modulation vocabulary of the records from one enclosure. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/mm4-modulation-modeler/ | | 3 | DeuceTone RAT | Carries Zinner's primary fuzz and distortion tones. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/deucetone-rat/ | | 4 | DD-7 Digital Delay | Provides the workhorse delay on the main board. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dd-7-digital-delay/ | | 5 | Power Screamer | Supplies the cleaner overdrive stage against the RAT's fuzz. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/power-screamer/ | | 6 | Graphic Fuzz | Gives a shapeable, sculpted fuzz distinct from the RAT. | Integrated board | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/graphic-fuzz/ | | 7 | Whammy | Opens the second board with pitch dives and harmonies. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/ | | 8 | JamMan | A second looper on the pitch and delay board. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jamman/ | | 9 | DL4 Delay Modeler | Covers modelled delays and a second looping layer. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dl4-delay-modeler/ | | 10 | POG | Fills the low and high registers the band's two-piece line-up leaves open. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/pog/ | | 11 | Flashback Delay | Adds a further delay colour on the second board. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/flashback-delay/ | | 12 | DL4 Delay Modeler | Runs a further delay and loop layer on the Eventide board. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dl4-delay-modeler/ | | 13 | TimeFactor | Provides the studio-grade delays behind the recorded sounds. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/timefactor/ | | 14 | PitchFactor | Generates harmonies and pitched textures. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/pitchfactor/ | | 15 | Space | Supplies the large ambient reverbs. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/space/ | | 16 | JamMan | One of two sample-loaded loopers stationed by the amplifiers. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jamman/ | | 17 | JamMan | The second sample-loaded looper stationed by the amplifiers. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jamman/ | | 18 | Classic Booster + Distortion | The last unit the signal meets before the amplifiers. | Front of amp | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/classic-booster-distortion/ | ### Identification notes - **3. DeuceTone RAT:** Premier Guitar identifies the DeuceTone RAT as the source of his primary fuzz tones. - **18. Classic Booster + Distortion:** 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. ## Reconstruction note 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. ## Questions ### 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. ## Sources 1 cited source across 1 independent group. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Rig Rundown: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-the-yeah-yeah-yeahs-nick-zinner) — Rebecca Dirks, Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2013-07-17, accessed 2026-08-15, independent group `premier-guitar-zinner-rig-rundown`. Documents the Mosquito tour's four pedalboards and four amplifiers. The TC Electronic Classic Booster + Distortion is explicitly located at the effects system's output, immediately upstream of amplification; the rundown does not establish a full cable sequence for the preceding boards. ## Related pages - Every documented board by Nick Zinner: [Nick Zinner board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nick-zinner/) - [Mike Campbell — Heartbreakers touring effects board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/mike-campbell/heartbreakers-touring-board-2013/): shares DL4 Delay Modeler, MM4 Modulation Modeler, DigiTech Whammy - [Jack White — White Stripes octave-and-fuzz board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jack-white/white-stripes-board-2005/): shares POG, DigiTech Whammy - [Nels Cline — Wilco straight-line effects rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nels-cline/wilco-straight-line-rig-2011/): shares DD-7 Digital Delay, DigiTech Whammy - [David Gilmour — PULSE / Division Bell rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/): shares DigiTech Whammy - [J Mascis — Bradshaw-switched touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/j-mascis/dinosaur-jr-touring-board-2021/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Reverb & Ambience, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - [Kevin Shields — Reunion tour three-board switching system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/kevin-shields/reunion-tour-three-board-system-2008/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Pitch & Synth, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain) - Previous board in archive order: [Nels Cline — Wilco straight-line effects rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/nels-cline/wilco-straight-line-rig-2011/) - Next board in archive order: [Noel Gallagher — Official board photograph](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/noel-gallagher/official-board-photograph-2025/)