What pickups does Nile Rodgers use?

What pickups does Nile Rodgers use?

The Fender Custom Shop Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster features a light alder body and one-piece straight-grain maple neck, with a 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard, 21 6105 frets, three Custom Shop 1969 single-coil Stratocaster pickups, five-way switching, chrome-plated brass pickguard, three white “speed” knobs.

What guitar does Nile Rodgers play?

STRATOCASTER
NILE RODGERS HITMAKER STRATOCASTER® As a guitarist, producer, composer and arranger, his sales have topped more than 100 million albums over a career now in its sixth decade, and hardly a day goes by when you don’t hear music to which he has contributed in some invaluable way, very often with the Hitmaker in hand.

What guitar pick does Nile Rodgers use?

Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.50mm Guitar Picks.

Does Nile Rodgers use a pick?

Yes. I play with that super-soft pick. It’s not typical, but it’s integral to my sound. I add mass by keeping my thumb close to the edge.

How many chord shapes does Nile Rodgers play?

To get us started, here’s five chord shapes for an authentic Nile Rodgers sound. Then we’ll use some of them in a lesson workout. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU… Our tab example below shows how Nile plays simple two- and three-note chords with his trademark choppy rhythm style.

Is Niles Rodgers from a jazz background?

“I come from a jazz background…” Niles Rodgers told Total Guitar. “When I started playing I had a teacher named Ted Dunbar who was Wes Montgomery’s roommate at school.

How does Nile play choppy rhythm guitar?

Our tab example below shows how Nile plays simple two- and three-note chords with his trademark choppy rhythm style. The key is to hold down the full chord shapes and keep your strumming hand going up and down like a metronome regardless of whether you are going to strike the strings or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpfXHQwBw74