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Winners - Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Tribute

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Winners - Nile Rodgers Hitmaker TributeOur Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Tribute is a painstakingly recreated version of that most famous of guitars. Wielded by a legend in the music industry, Nile himself stated that the Hitmaker was described as the 'two billion dollar guitar', such were the amount of hit records it's appeared on. Now, you can own this accurate replica for a fraction of the price it cost to put it together! About Nile Rodgers From Rodgers' original band Chic to David Bowie's

Our Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Tribute is a painstakingly recreated version of that most famous of guitars. Wielded by a legend in the music industry, Nile himself stated that the Hitmaker was described as the 'two billion dollar guitar', such were the amount of hit records it's appeared on. Now, you can own this accurate replica for a fraction of the price it cost to put it together!

About Nile Rodgers

From Rodgers' original band Chic to David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' album, Nile's percussive funk guitar has been the core sound of many music genre's since the 70s. It's not just older styles of music either, this guitar featured on modern hits like Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' and Avicii's 'Lay Me Down'. The Hitmaker also became a defining sound in hip hop, largely thanks to newer artists sampling classic 70s funk tunes, such as in the Sugarhill Gang's massively influential 'Rapper's Delight'.

The Story of the Hitmaker

Nile picked up his original guitar on a trade-in at a music store in Miami beach and being a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix, opted to strip down and repaint his newest acquisition in the famous Olympic White finish. He added a chrome-plated brass scratchplate, allowing him to light up his audience by reflecting the stage lights back at them. He also got rid of the knurled Strat controls, putting speed knobs on to allow him quicker access for volume swells. He didn't know at the time that this instrument would go on to appear on so many hit records, but Nile believes that it's these modifications that give this guitar its distinctive tone.

Alder Body

The Alder body is one of our own, and has been accurately relic'd to mimic the exact look of Nile's road worn original. Compare it to any pictures of the original and trust us, you'll find it hard to tell the difference! We made sure that the relic was as close to the original as it could possibly be, and it was done by an local expert in relicing guitars, including the neck and all hardware.

Maple Neck

This licensed Fender neck features a maple neck and fretboard, mirroring the same setup Nile uses on his own guitar. It started life with a regular 'C' profile, but has been sanded down to a slim 'C' to match the style of neck on Nile's original. The slim profile ensures those 7th chords are easy to fret and rapid fire single string funk-lines feel effortless. Thanks to being hand rubbed down, the back of neck will feel instantly comfortable from the moment you pick it up, ready to slam dunk the funk.

Custom Shop '69 Pickups

Featuring a trio of Fender Custom Shop '69 Pickups, this guitar has the exact same voicing that has made its mark on so much of music history. Switch this guitar to the neck position and you'll instantly get that iconic Nile Rodgers tone, full of warmth yet punchy and articulate. Nile would frequently augment the core neck pickup sound on his records with the other positions, particularly the 'quack' of positions two and four on the pickup selector. This guitar isn't a one trick pony though, it's easily capable of everything from clean Jazz tones to gritty hard rock riffing.

Hardware

Unusually for a Strat-style guitar, the Hitmaker Tribute fields a hardtail bridge with six stamped steel saddles. The hardtail enhances sustain thanks to increased contact with body, allowing for easy action and intonation adjustments. At the other end of the guitar you have a set of Sperzel locking tuners, ensuring that no matter how hard you whip out the funk this guitar will stay perfectly in tune.

The Nile Rodgers Hitmaker is as true a tribute to one of music history's greatest guitars as you'll find anywhere, even those coming out of a certain Custom Shop. With no expense being spared in the construction of it, everything is period correct and spec'd exactly how Nile has his own guitar, making this your chance to get your hands on your own bit of music history. Best of all, it can be yours for a fraction of it's actual cost thanks to Northwest Guitars Competitions!

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Christine Franzone
Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
Exteremly comfortable
Color: Dark Black
Reasonably priced, very comfortable l, easy assembly
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James F Evans
Bozeman, US
★★★★★ 5
Surprisingly amazing chair!
Color: Pink, Color: Pink
tl;dr: If you need a chair that has the features of this one, then this one is a winner! Hits above its weight class for sure. My wife is 5’. She’s small. For whatever reason she ended up with a chair made for big people, like 6+ feet and up to 500lbs type of a chair. She’d often even sleep on it and chill on it. The chair was big enough to fit 2 of her to be honest. It was an expensive chair that I won at some raffle and didn’t like myself. Over the years it ripped (got a cover for it) and even started to get lopsided (from the sleeping) and finally a spring broke (hence the pillow on it in the pictures) She obviously lives pink. I also wanted to get a chair where she could work and not end ip asleep on. Not like we have a couch or a bed for that 😂. This chair is very obviously smaller than her previous chair, it’s also significantly cheaper in price and build, it’s also not as durable feeling or stable, and it’s just not as padded. Yet somehow it’s an amazing chair that we both like better than her previous chair??? Like it’s crazy that this chair somehow works better in so many ways. Her desk is modified to be shorter than normal desks (again, she small lol) and her previous chair was just too big. The wheels are also like SUPER smooth, like you can run a chair race easily with it. It rolls over her rug and tucks into her desk (which is in our bedroom) easily. The amount of space this has save us when the chair isn’t being used is a lot. Previous chair was much bigger and didn’t tuck in at all. The color is nice and the padding is plenty for a small and much lighter than 500lbs woman. I’m 6 feet and 200 lbs and the chair is nice for me as well. My chair is bigger and more secure in the backing, which is similar to this one. The lowest tension setting on my chair is still too high for her to lean back on my chair. This chair has a lower tension minimum and she can easily lean back freely, as well as keep enough tension to work without sagging. This chair is surprisingly outstanding! I’m sure my wife will destroy it quicker than the last one, but it’s so cheap that even if it only lasts 1-3 years, I’ll happily buy it ones or twice more 🤷🏽‍♀️. Maybe by then they’ll invent a comfortable titanium chair that’s affordable that she won’t destroy 😂.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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Rebecca Olmos
Waukegan, US
★★★★★ 3
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Color: Light Purple
The chair is fine, and reasonably easy to put together. However, I've been using it for a little over a year and a half, and it's already falling apart. Random parts of it have fallen off, which is fine because it was still functional. But now the most frustrating part is that the wheels continue to pop off, and while the first attempts to pop them back on worked, they will not stay on now. This is obviously greatly impacting the stability, and I will need to purchase a replacement soon. For this price and lack of long-term durability, I would not buy again.
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Bridgett Kelly Rode
Houston, US
★★★★★ 5
Alexa messed me up, but the company of the chair made it right!
Color: Light Purple, Color: Light Purple
I wanted something small with arms that moved out of the way when I wanted to slide my chair all the way into my desk for more space. This fit the bill. I loved the color blue and I had that in my cart for a bit. One day Alexa mentioned that an item that was in my cart was on sale. It was the chair. I let it be ordered. When it came it didn't exactly look blue to me. But I kept putting it together thinking maybe it was the lighting in the room I was assembling it in. I brought it to my craft room and lo and behold it is light purple. I looked at my order and sure enough it said light purple. Boo! I looked in my saved cart and the chair was gone. So I accepted it for an error. The next day I checked to see if I could return it. Thought I could, till I read that I would have to pay to return it. So I wrote the seller to tell them to ignore the return. And that was that. Till a couple days later I get an email from the seller asking if I would like a full refund or a replacement at no cost. I was like heck yeah send me the blue one. I was thrilled and I wanted to thank the seller for doing this without the return of the other chair. But I could not find a place to do that now. So here is where I will thank you. Thank you so much for doing this for me. You guys are AWESOME!. I love the chair and I love the blue color. I find it very comfortable, lite, easy to adjust, the size works great for me, and for the price the quality fits my needs. I do hope it lasts me for quite some time. Thanks again!
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Steve in Florida
Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 5
Awesome chair definitely recommend
Color: Blue, Color: Blue
It was amazing the color was spot on and it was very very easy to put together and the size is amazing for my 11 year old daughter maybe not for an older person it doesn’t recline as much as it says so if you want a reclining chair maybe I don’t recommend this chair but the quality is amazing and the adjustment capability is incredible the noise level is at 0 it is an amazing chair we just got it so I don’t know so much about the dupability so if you want this chair for a child or a tween maybe even a teen easy to put together beautiful blue color this is the chair for you.
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