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Cheap Trick - Rick Nielsen Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 04:46
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Cheap Trick - Rick Nielsen Guitar Rig Gear and Equipment
Rick Nielsen Guitar Rig Pictures

Rick Nielsen is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick.

Rick has had a TON of gear in his rig. We'll list a small sampling of what has been seen in his guitar rig, here.

Rick on guitar

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Guitars
Note: Rick has been stated to have over 250 guitars in his collection. Below are some:
- Rick has owned tons of cool looking custom Hamer guitars over the year.
- custom Hamer checkerboard guitars (V shaped, explorer shaped, etc...)
- '90 Hamer Miller Beer guitar
- '83 Hamer "Uncle Dick" dual neck model
- Hamer "The 'Busted' guitar
- Hamer 5-neck guitar
- 1961 Gibson ES-1235 6/6 Black Doubleneck
- 1958 Gibson Explorers

Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary 1958 Korina Explorer Electric Guitar


- Gretsch Penguin

Gretsch Guitars G6134 White Penguin Electric Guitar White


- Gretsch 1954 Round-up
- Gretsch Malcolm Young models

Gretsch Guitars G6131MY Malcolm Young II Signature Electric Guitar Red


- Gibson Les Pauls



Amps
- Fender Deluxe Reverb amplifier heads (modified)

Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Deluxe Reverb Guitar Combo Amp Black


- Fender Blues Deville amps

Fender Blues DeVille 410 Reissue Guitar Amp


- Checkerboard Rivera amps
- Sound City cabinets (vintage)
- Premier Amps
- 60's Orange combos
- 50's Fender Tweed amps
- Nielsen Amp
- 60's Vox AC30

Vox Custom AC30C2 30W 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Black


- Marshall cabinets

Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Straight






Effects and more
- Shure wireless
- Whirlwind Multi-selector
- passive splitter box
- 60's Vox Wah pedal

Vox V847A Wah Pedal

 

Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Rick's guitar rig.

 

 



Last Updated on Monday, 14 February 2011 10:23
 

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0 #4 RE: Cheap Trick - Rick Nielsen Guitar Rig Gear and EquipmentDustinS 2011-10-22 20:53
A lot of Rick's gear was destroyed in the tornado/stage collapse in Ottawa, Ontario Canada, summer 2011. Since they narrowly escaped with their lives, the loss of guitars and gear is put into perspective.
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0 #3 Kevin Murphy 2009-07-23 13:43
:D
Wow that's Awsome !!!
a 30 year old hamer
that ois one cool axe
does it sound really good?
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+4 #2 Rick Nielsenmickey 2009-07-23 12:00
I've been backstage with Rick and Cheap Trick a couple times. He is a very smart guy. Robin and Rick both played my 80 Hamer Special that I brought to have autographed. The road manager told me I could not bring my guitar backstage to the dressing room. She was not very nice. I told Rick that I played Hamer for nearly 30 years because he did. So he told me to go get the guitar. He and Robin laughed at the condition of the case, but they loved the guitar and asked to play it.
It was very very cool. Rick told me has no idea how many guitars he has as it changes daily. He told me he trades with everyone from Billy Gibbons to Paul McCartney.
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+2 #1 Cheap trickKevin Murphy 2009-07-11 07:20
Last time I saw Ricks rig was in a club so I got a good look
he was playing through 1 rivera amp( 1-12) and had a wall of fake stack cabinets that lit up his sounds was awsome
Tom Peterson on the other hand had the syack of doom!
too many amps to mention but one for each of the 3-4 out puts on his hamer 12 sting bass
Robin Zander paled through a marshall half stack
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