Here are a few of the guitars I

use. Most are Stratocasters (I like

Stratocasters!). The Strats look

stock, but they have all been

customised in some way -

usually with Di Marzio stacked

Humbuckers (DON'T do this to

your favourite sounding Strat -

you might add some balls, but

you'll lose that distinctive single -

coil Strat sound - I know!) and

some with Kahler or Floyd Rose

tremolo systems (I like Kahler &

Floyd Rose tremolo systems etc

etc!)

You can see from 'Blackie' what

I meant about aesthetics and the

GK 2A pick-up - note the black

electrician's tape over the little

cable that goes into the GK 2A.

That's there to stop me from

ripping the cable out of the pick-

up when I'm posing about on

stage. Yep, I've done that. So, beware!

I've got seven Stratocasters altogether, plus another two I decided not to mention - so that makes ten

in all (including another one I forgot all about). Or is it eleven? Oh, I've got a white Telecaster with the

GK 2A on it as well. I use it as a live spare guitar mainly.

'The Wolf' was built for me about ten years ago by Joe Gormal of Wolf Guitars in Edinburgh. He did all

the custom work on my guitars till he went off to work as a guitar tech with Jethro Tull and Genesis. He

was last seen wolf-spotting in the Canadian wilds. It's true!

The Les Paul is beautiful (even with the Kahler!) and for years was my main guitar. It weighs a ton, but

fortunately I have a six-pack (Tennent's), so throwing it around on stage was never a problem!

The Yamaha APX-5A is a very playable little electro-acoustic. I'd definitely recommend one and I didn't

have to break the bank to buy it - just as well!

The Ickle Pink Strat is nice too - but it's quite hard to play.........and it's a tad quiet. Crap for live work. Or

studio work to be honest.