Nigel Pulsford's Equipment
Nigel Pulsford's Equipment
Guitars
Amplifiers
Pedals and Effects
Accesssories
Equipment links
Acoustic
Nigel started out his guitar playing with an old acoustic with the
strings an inch off of the fretboard. He used to own a
Fender Newporter acoustic which he said had great sound
and was inexpensive. Nigel doesn't know if they are still made that
well today. He now owns a 1953 Martin D-28 which he
claims to be the 'holy grail' of acoustic guitars. His main
purpose for purchasing this guitar was for the onstage encoring
of the Stones' "Wild Horses".
Electrics
Nigel's first 'proper' guitar was a Les Paul he got when he was 18.
That served him well for a few years until he broke it and needed
a replacement. At that point all he could afford was a Fender
Squirer Stratocaster. He'd fancied a Strat for a while and
in his opinion, at this point in time the Squirer was a better
choice than the regular Strat. Now he has a couple of Fender
Strats, one highly recognised is part of his main on-stage gear.
A blue Fender Stratocaster Deluxe Plus, handpainted by his wife
Judith Rose. Another strat he uses is a seemingly Sunburst
Fender with a rosewood fretboard...seen in the Personal Holloway
video. Nigel has four strats, three '89s and a fifties one. He
also uses a '58 Les Paul Jr. TV double cut away on many songs.
Recently he bought a Gibson ES-345. He will occasionally take
it on stage with him, but it trying to get used to it.
Nigel has used some Marshalls in the past, old plexi models that
he's said were really lovely, but quite harsh. Right now he and
Gavin use Mesa/Boogie stacks on stage. One of the prefferable
models he uses is the Trem-O-Verb. They seem to be a bit warmer
and more responsive to picking up dynamics, he says. One Mesa amp
he also is fond of is the Mesa Blue Angel. Nigel has also been seen
using a Mesa/Boogie Heartbreaker. He also relies on a Fender '62 Tremolux, using
a 2x12 cabinet with it. He likes it because when played loud,
the distortion is good. Nigel is checking out an old '60s Fender
Bassman amp, which you might catch onstage sometime if he likes the
sound.
Oh, boy! Nigel uses *a lot* of pedals to get those great sounds!!
I'll do my best..here we go! Here are some names he uses: Expandora,
Boss turbo distortion, Fulltone, Mu-Tron Octave Divider, Boss PS-3
Pitch Shifter, Mu-Tron flanger, Mu-Tron phaser, Echoplex, for a few.
He used to like using Roland Space Echos, which were warm, but
because of noise weren't heard well. He's always searching for the
perfect fuzz box.
Picks
For picks Nigel uses heavy ones, Pickboy's 70s which are plastic,
having raised dots for grip. The one I have is black, but I've
seen him use white before too.
Strings
For electric guitar strings, Nigel uses Ernie Ball Slinky strings.
For acoustic guitar strings on his Martin, Nigel uses Martin & Co.
string, most likely as they go with the guitar.
Microphones
When Nigel occasionally sings he uses Shure microphones.
Nigel's Equipment on the 'Net- links
Fender Musical Instruments
Mesa Boogie Amplifiers
Boss Pedals and Effects
Gibson Guitars
Ernie Ball/Music Man
Martin Guitars
Shure Microphones
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