1. Dunlop String Winder
This was free with a magazine. It’s supposed to speed up the process of changing strings. I change me strings so rarely that it never really made much difference.
2. Morley Pro Series II Wah Wah Pedal
I was listening to a lot of Smashing Pumpkins back then. Whilst they make everything you play sound amazing to people who like Hendrix it’s main use has always been for reaching a certain level of feedback when the sound guy has put your amplifier so far from the microphone that you can hardly hear it yourself.
3. Cable Tidy
One of those plastic things with a handle in the middle and some Velcro around the middle. It’s hard not to look like a prick when you have a special tool for winding your cables.
4. Plectrum Holder
See “Cable Tidy”.
5. Boss HM-2 “Heavy Metal” Distortion Pedal
I mentioned I was looking at a “Metal Zone” on eBay (as used by Jonny Greenwood) and this guy said he’d sell me his. When it turned up it was a really bad 80’s pedal that sounded horrible. I’d seen Dave Grohl with a delay pedal on the body of his guitar, so I took it apart and did the same. The SG were heavy enough without it and it’s currently in bits in the old studio.
