Guitarist and longtime EarthQuaker bud Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos, Bygones, Death Grips), along with his studio assistant Dot, graciously takes on a tour of his "rat's nest of insanity." Yep. Nick's got a gear collecting problem, and he knows it, which, as G.I. Joe told back in the day, is half the battle. "Collector's style. I got stuff. I like stuff. It's like an addiction sort of thing," Nick confesses in this look at his junk-packed back room and storage space full of 20 years of junk he began acquiring at the tender age of 14 with his first pedal, a DOD FX52 fuzz.
Nick's not just an inventive guitarist; he's a collector and connoisseur of Fender Supersonics and Jaguars. He's got guitars, plenty of them on an overloaded guitar rack, up on the walls and piled up in a corner of the room. Nick's also a sonic explorer, so he's got hundreds of pedals covering multiple large shelves organized by brand, color and intuition. But don't expect to see him whip out too many Reverb-ready, rare treasures. "I don't have cool expensive stuff," he says plainly, but the stuff he does have is plenty cool. Check out his collection of guitar synthesizers acquired from scouring Craiglist, eBay, pawn shops, and all the places people use to offload gear.
In addition to guitars and pedals, Nick's got a taste for "electronic doodads," including toy samplers, actual samplers, an old Radio Shack branded Moog synth, several drum machines, and pads, and the genuinely odd instrument known as Air Synth Eyes. We also see Nick's "fun shelf" full of toys, books, a rat-shaped Rat pedal, and other wacky things that make him happy. Then we peak into his storage space featuring five Roland Jazz chorus amps, his specially modded JCM 800 amp head, and even the studio of bassist Juan Alderete the pair used for their much missed Pedal & Effects blog and KZfaq show.
So, sit back, relax and ride along with Nick as he goes full "deep junk style" about his gear and collecting habits. "There's a ton of stuff in that backroom that absolutely I don't need, but it still brings me joy to have that stuff and have access to it...Figuring out what brings you joy when it comes to music is probably the most important thing above anything else," Nick says. Truth.
Directed and Edited by Vice Cooler @vicecooler
DP Dalton Blanco @dalton420sich
Audio Scott Cornish @actuallyadog
PA Henri Cash @henricash
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