Hugh Harris

In an article from November 2007, The Cooks guitar tech Adam Stockdale talks about Hugh Harris' amp setup:

"Hugh runs two Hiwatt Custom 50s in the front, and he's got two 2x12 cabs for each of those," explains Adam. "One is in the bright channel and one is in the low channel, so that is the top of the sound and the middle of the sound. Then behind the Hiwatts at the back, he has a little hand-wired Marshall — a 20W thing that we just crank and let the valves do the work — and that provides the bass. So, if (front of house) are having trouble, they just adjust whichever one they want to get the right frequency, and get the best sound out front. They're just run through a five-way selector that goes into a line selector, which the guitar goes straight into. So, the signal to the amp is direct. There's a main pedal board in one of the loops and then I put a spare pedal board in the second loop — in case anything goes wrong — so they can just switch between. They've got a lot going on, but it's the safest way."

The original article can be found here.

Hugh's Hiwatt Custom amps are white, as seen in the source pic.

In this video of the live performance for BBC One of the song "All the Time" Hugh is seen playing a guitar Gibson Les Paul Signature sunburst 1977 from minute 0:02

The Divided By 13 FTR 37 that Hugh Harris is using in this performance video can be seen clearly at 1:29.

In this image in Lollapalooza Brazil 2015, Hugh Harris use a Gibson ES-335.

Hugh Harris uses the Gibson Les Paul Studio 60s Tribute Gold Top Min-etune while performing "Always Where I Need To Be" with The Kooks, as seen in their 2014 Hurricane Festival performance on YouTube.

From the EMusician article "Fuzzy Logic-How the Kooks Mangled their Guitar Tones," Todd Burke (engineer) says Hugh Harris used a 60s Fender Twin Reverb for the recording of their album Konk:

Burke says the band also opted to leave their amp stacks at home. Harris’ go-to setup was a ’60s Fender Twin Reverb paired with either a WEM/Watkins Clubman or a Fender Champion 600.

In the last concerts of The Kooks Hugh Harris has been using the Kemper Profiler Remote Foot Controller as the main setup of his live performances

In this photo of Hugh Harris performing live, he can be seen playing a Duesenberg Starplayer TV guitar, with a black finish.

In this article centering around the tales of The Kooks' guitar technician, Adam Stockdale, one of the photos showcases two Crowther Hot Cake pedals used by the band's lead man, Hugh Harris.

Stockdale says, "We spent quite a lot of time in Denmark Street trying out lots of different boutique pedals. Hugh's quite good at knowing what sound he wants; he just doesn't know what he needs to buy to get there, so that's where I came in. He was like, 'I really want this sound', and I was like, 'Well, try this, this and this', and then we asked the guy in the shop, 'What do you think would do this best?' We pretty much spent the whole day trying everything they had, which I'm sure was quite tedious for the guy in the shop, but we got everything we wanted!"

Stockdales proceeds to give the reason why there were always two Hot Cakes, "So, if he breaks one of those, I can just change it while he's still playing and that saves having to take the whole pedal board away. And if something does go wrong with the overall thing, then you can just flip the line selector."

In this picture Hugh can be seen playing his Gibson SG during The Kooks' gig on 21 July 2015 in Milan.

In this video where Hugh Harris talks about his gear, his RJM Mastermind GT/22 MIDI Foot Controller can be seen at 2:30.

This photo of Hugh Harris' pedalboard (from a Nov 2007 article) shows he uses a Maxon AD999 Pro Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal. It can be seen on the top row of his pedalboard, 2nd from the left.

In the upper right corner of Hugh Harris' pedalboard is the SIB Mr. Echo Plus Delay Guitar Boutique Effects Pedal. This photo is from a Nov 2007 article.

Hugh Harris uses the Boss LS-2 Line Selector/Power Supply Pedal on his pedalboard, as seen in this photo, from this article.

3:32 he explains why he has it.

2:52 you can see he has it on his board.

At 3:35 into this video of Hugh Harris doing a gear rundown, his Lehle P-Split II Passive High Impedance Splitter can be seen to the right of his Boss AC-3.

From the EMusician article "Fuzzy Logic-How the Kooks Mangled their Guitar Tones," Todd Burke (engineer) says Hugh Harris used a Watkins Clubman for the recording of their album Konk:

Burke says the band also opted to leave their amp stacks at home. Harris’ go-to setup was a ’60s Fender Twin Reverb paired with either a WEM/Watkins Clubman or a Fender Champion 600.

From the EMusician article "Fuzzy Logic-How the Kooks Mangled their Guitar Tones," Todd Burke (engineer) says Hugh Harris used a Fender Champion 600 for the recording of their album Konk:

Burke says the band also opted to leave their amp stacks at home. Harris’ go-to setup was a ’60s Fender Twin Reverb paired with either a WEM/Watkins Clubman or a Fender Champion 600.

This photo of Hugh Harris' pedalboard (from a Nov 2007 article) shows he uses an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Delay/Chorus/Vibrato pedal. It can be seen on the upper left corner of his pedalboard.

This photo of Hugh Harris' pedalboard (from a Nov 2007 article) shows he uses a Boss DM-2 Delay Guitar Pedal. It can be seen in the top row of his pedalboard, 2nd pedal from the right.

Hugh Harris uses the MXR M-107 Phase 100 Pedal on his pedalboard, as found in this article.

Hugh Harris uses a Vox Wah-Wah Pedal on his pedalboard, as seen in this photo, from this article.

Hugh Harris uses a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner Pedal on his pedalboard, as seen in this photo, from this article.

3:44 he shows how he uses plus pedal

The Access Virus TI2 Polar Synthesizer is part of Hugh Harris' live rig, as seen around 4:20 into this video. He has a sustain pedal hooked up to his synths in case he has to hold a note and then play guitar simultaneously.

At 4:36 Hugh Harris shows his Mellotron M4000D Mini, which he says is for the song "Shine On".

From the official Blackstar Amplification website, it appears at one point Hugh Harris used (or still uses) a Blackstar HT Boost Valve Boost Pedal. Original link here.