Last Nite

The early Strokes rig centered on Fender Hot Rod DeVille amplifiers, a Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde and an MXR Micro Amp, with Nick Valensi’s semi-hollow and Albert Hammond Jr.’s Strat-style guitar providing contrasting voices. Exact song-session knob positions were not documented, so the settings below are representative of the sparse Is This It setup. Source: Mixdown’s Strokes rig rundown and Gearnews’ “Last Nite” tone investigation.

The album was recorded with Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi playing through separate Fender DeVille amplifiers in the same small room, each captured with a simple microphone chain and no corrective EQ. The Stratocaster and Epiphone Riviera assignments reflect their established debut-era instruments, while the settings are approximated because no song-specific knob sheet survives. Source: Sound on Sound’s Gordon Raphael interview (2002).