Nick Harmer

Nick Harmer
Background information
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, backing vocals, organ
Years active	1998–present

Nicholas Harmer (born January 23, 1975) is the bass guitarist for the group Death Cab for Cutie.

Personal life

Harmer was born in Landstuhl, Germany. He attended Governor John R. Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington, and was President of his senior class. He played water polo and swam on the swim team.

In the short documentary "Open Windows" Nick said he only wears black, blue and brown for concerts, cutting long sleeve shirts down to three quarter length. He chooses these colors arbitrarily because he is color blind.

His father, George Harmer, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and is a former controller for Gensco, Inc, a Tacoma, Washington wholesale firm. His mother, Sheryl Harmer, recently resigned as a director with the nonprofit organization Committee for Children, based in Seattle, Washington. Nick has one brother named Andrew who was married in May 2008.

In December 2009 Harmer announced via his Twitter account that he is engaged.

Equipment

• (Taken from DCFC's official website):

Basses

• '77 Fender Precision Bass (black with Warmoth neck)
• '77 Fender Precision Bass
• Custom Warmoth P-Bass Black
• Custom Warmoth P-Bass White 'Gandalf'

For Narrow Stairs he played/plays (taken from updated dcfc website):

• Lakland -Skyline Bob Glaub Signature- Black
• Lakland -Skyline Bob Glaub Signature- White
• Mike Lull Custom- White
• Mike Lull Custom- Black
• Epiphone Jack Casady Signature (a gift from Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam)

Amps

• Ashdown ABM 900 EVO II Head
• Ampeg SVT Pro 4 Head (Backup)
• Ampeg SVT 8x10 Cabinet with Eminence Delta's
• Ashdown NEO 2x15 Cabs

Discography

• Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys (2011, Atlantic Records)
• Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs (2008, Atlantic Records, Barsuk Records)
• Death Cab for Cutie – Plans (album) (2005, Atlantic Records, Barsuk Records)
• Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism (2003, Barsuk Records)
• Death Cab for Cutie – The Photo Album (2001)
• Death Cab for Cutie – We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)
• Death Cab for Cutie – Something About Airplanes (1998)

External links

• 20 Questions to Nicholas Harmer from 2000.