Barrie Cadogan

I primarily used my cherry-red, ’62 Gibson ES-330. But there were a lot of guitars lying around Edwyn’s studio, and I’d randomly grab one of them for a small part here and there. For amps, I used a Traynor Studio Mate, a Gretsch Chet Atkins, and a Fender ’69 Vibralux 2x10. All of the amps were chosen for their unique sounds. I loved the Traynor’s weird, dry sound—it sounded much like the ’59 reissue Fender Bassman that I play live. The mics were mostly old Neumanns—although the odd [Shure] SM57 was used, as well. We varied the mic placement to capture the sound we wanted: in front, in back, sometimes close, sometimes far.

“I was looking for something a little less powerful than my Bassman, but I still wanted 12-inch speakers and something near 25 watts, so we came up with this. “It’s got KT66 tubes in like the early Marshalls did,” Barrie explains. “I prefer their sound to EL34s – they’re a bit more like that 1965 or 1966 sound rather than Led Zeppelin. It’s a little clearer and not as grunty.”

The Super is in the back, the description also confirms he uses a Super.

In this YouTube video, Barrie Cadogan is playing a 2022 Squier 40th Anniversary Jazzmaster through a Fender Champion 600 reissue amp.