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A Peavy Predator I think, 3 a side headstock and strat style bridge and pickups. Quite a nice little guitar actually. My dad surprised me with it 10 years ago.
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
My bastard tele and my acoustic. Though I'd run back to get my SG if I could.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
No oldies any more, probably my 04 mexican tele.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
Got a Mexican strat on the way, though I'm planning a purge and treating myself to a RI Coronado.
D'addario 11s on everything. Acoustic is strung with Elixer 12s. Been on it for about 3 years now...
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
More time spent on the vocals of my last recording, had the flu and knocked them out in two takes. I'm not hugely proud of my voice on there.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
Pooing. I get nervous shits. Other than that drinking lots of water and taking the piss out of the bassist/warming up my voice.
8: ...And five minutes after?
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Cheap Satellite thing (vaguely strat-shaped but with two pickups, slide switches that I kept knocking to the off position and an agricultural tremolo) from a second hand shop in Shotton about 1982. £25. Stopped off at my auntie's house in Mold on the way home and she gave me her old copy of Bert Weedon's Play in a Day. Good start.
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
None of them are fantastic, so as long as I got one or two.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
1994 Fender Jazz Bass.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
I've had a hankering for a Les Paul for a while, but I'm on an Epiphone budget for a while.
5: What strings do you use?
Currently D'Addarios - liked them on acoustics so I tried them on electric as well. Maybe time to try something different now.
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
We released a cassette once that turned out insipid and middle of the road, whereas live we were a bit rawer and livelier. We should have aimed for a live sound and not be overproduced.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go on stage?
Getting nervous.
8: ...And five minutes after?
Feeling relieved and buzzing... but it's been a while!
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you on stage?
I was in a school play, in a small crowd scene playing a peasant working in a field. We'd made props (scythes) in woodwork and we were supposed to be scything away as the curtain opened at the start of the scene. So, there we were, toiling away behind closed curtains for what seemed like ages... I leant on my scrap wood and hardboard scythe and turned to my friend and said "jeez, are these curtains going to open or what?" By the time I realised what I'd done the curtains had opened and the lights were up, and several hundred parents were laughing at this one workshy peasant. Last time I agreed to be in a school play.
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
I was helping a Christian group out at uni at some big event and they had me playing electric, acoustic and bass. At this event it had been going pretty well, despite the stress of the role they'd given me as three different guitarists. But halfway through I started one song and had no sound from my amp. Took me a verse and a chorus to work out which cable wasn't in the right place. I must have looked a complete tool. Every time I see Derek Smalls strugging to get out of the pod I think of that moment. Later one of the guys told me he could see I had the wrong guitar still plugged in and was trying to signal, but I didn't notice.
Crappy classical that I put electric strings on and broke it in 2! Shortly after, a Satellite cheese grater electric w/ plastic Sound City amp. Both circa '82.
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
Head says the JS1000, heart says the heavily self modded '91 Squier Strat.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
The above Korean Squier Strat, it replaced a thru-neck of unknown origin with dual humbuckers that got stolen in a burglary. I'd fitted a Fred within weeks and continue to mod it to this day. Funnily enough, the last mod was to return it to SSS status.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
A better DAW. My old version of Sonar is fast approaching obsolescence! That, or a decent bass amp.
Elixirs 9-42, not much choice as I'm allergic to nickel and they're cheaper than Maxima Gold's. Stainless and Chrome just don't sound the same.
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
Picked a longer section to solo in on a track I produced as a thank you for a friend. But there was already about 15 people on it, and once I'd fitted everyone else in I ran out of time and just played on the 10 second slot that wasn't filled. Saying that, I do still like what I did on that track, so other than re-record everything I've ever done but better, nothing.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
Not gigged regularly for 20 years, and very sporadically since, but usually having a beer or 3.
8: ...And five minutes after?
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Completely forgetting how to play something I've played hundreds of times before and trying to wing it, badly.
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
If you feel a bad day coming on in your late 30's, put the guitar down and watch TV instead, tendonitis isn't worth it!
Well my dad lent me his Yamaha telecaster thing for about 10 months while saved up all my pocket money and bought myself my first guitar with 10 months of savings and birthday and christmas money so my first guitar i guess would be a Gibson GG Special
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
My SG special
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
1996 MIM Fender Tele
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
Dr.Z Maz38
5: What strings do you use?
Elixir coated .010
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
suck less lol
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
still setting up...
and beer drinking lots of beer
8: ...And five minutes after?
MORE BEER!
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Whole set completely fell apart, didnt finish half our songs just cpmpletely sucked! xD
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
Learn some damn theory!!!!!
A Marlin Sidewinder strat copy. I bought it from a friend in 1989 when I was 14.
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
My Jazzmaster.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
I don't set that great store on old guitars (although I've played some lovely ones) - I prefer shiny new things (or at least, my budget does). So: my Jazzmaster - a 2002 AVRI in surf green.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
A Princeton Reverb reissue - may be picking one up next week.
5: What strings do you use?
D'Addario EXL116 11-52s on everything.
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
Not have lost all the C90s with those recordings on.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
Not massively applicable, but puking with nerves, mainly.
8: ...And five minutes after?
Puking with relief.
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Getting an electric shock trying to fix a Twin copy that was enough to belt me through the curtain at the back of the stage and into the stored pantomime furniture.
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
Learn more scales than just the pentatonic or it'll get stuck in your fingers (it has).
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
A Kay strat copy gifted to me by a friend when he wanted me to learn so we could start a band.
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
I don't have anything mega expensive or irreplaceable but if I had time I'd grab my PRS SE singlecut.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
Probably the Kay but as that's in my parents loft now I don't think it counts so then it would be my RG from early/mid 90s.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
The rest of the parts needed to complete my tele build.
5: What strings do you use?
Various brands depending on what's cheap.The PRS SE and Epi Wildkat get 10-52s and the strat and Ibby get 9s.
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
Never recorded anything more serious than a demo and I've no real clangers that I can remember.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
Only done it the once so far and I was chatting to some workmates that turned up.
8: ...And five minutes after?
Mingling - it was mainly friends and family.
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Nothing too bad - I was pretty embarrassed when I called a stop to a song before the intro was over because someone was seriously out of tune (it wasn't me!)
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
Take it more seriously early on, play with others and get a teacher sooner because by the time you're in your 30s you'll wish you had the time you had in your teens to put the hours in.
Wisdom awarded.
A Cimar Strat. Went to my first gig and the next day I was up in that loft hunting for it. I was... 16 or 17?
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
Well if it's only the one it'll be my Sonic Blue Jaguar... but seeing as I have two hands the other would be my Cobain Jaguar.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
An Aria 1802t from the 70's. Not sure of the year but it's probably from the latter half of the 70's.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
The new EHX Hot Tubes re-issue or another Mustang.
5: What strings do you use?
D'addario's. Currently .10.5's but I'll use .11's and .12's too.
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
Make sure I was more hands on with the mixing... might actually hear myself then.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
Making sure I haven't forgotten anything and getting the rest of the band are ready.
8: ...And five minutes after?
Clearing up my stuff and getting a pint of water from the bar.
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Urm... I guess turning on a Polychorus for a big ol noise jam and not hearing anything... I'd forgotten to turn it's power on.
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
2005-6 (at a guess) metallic silver Dean Baby ML, in late 2007 - I was twelve. Still got it, it's not a bad guitar. Doesn't get played much any more though.
2: The building’s burning down – what one guitar do you save?
I'd use two hands and grab my Gibson V (my first properly nice guitar) and my Jackson Soloist (the Green Bastard)... then go back in for my Jazzmaster and Tokai PRS copy.
3: What’s the oldest guitar that you own?
My Tokai PR100 PRS copy, it's from about 2000. I'd like some older stuff at some point through.
4: And the next piece of gear you’d like to acquire?
A Strat - an MJT build. Then a Washburn Parallaxe 29-fret seven-string. Also a fair few pedals.
5: What strings do you use?
Elixirs without fail, usually 9-46. All other strings are shite by comparison.
6: If you could change one thing about a recording of yours, what would it be?
Many, many things.
7: What are you doing five minutes before you go onstage?
Trying to keep calm. Probably having a slash.
8: ...And five minutes after?
After I go onstage? Playing the end of the first song.
9: What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you onstage?
Thankfully, nothing too disastrous (yet)... hopefully nothing much for a while.
10: What advice would you give your younger self about playing the guitar?
Work on your bends and vibrato tirelessly, they're the most important thing once you've got the notes. Play more acoustic early on, it'll save you (me) a shitload of practice in the long run. And for fuck's sake learn some sod-buggering theory.