Nick Drake

''I only remember a Martin D28 and his Spanish guitar – that is not to say he did not have others.'' - Robert Kirby (wrote arrangements for Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter)

"For folk fans, the original Guild M-20 will always be synonymous with Nick Drake. But where a lot of iconic artist-guitar associations are in large part visual, the all-mahogany M-20 was arguably an indispensible part of Drake’s understated, intimate, and mysterious musical reveries. Warm, just a little dark, but with a definition and articulation that makes it the perfect vehicle for fingerstyle melodies, the M-20 remains one of the most underrated guitars among Guild’s many legendary instruments." - Premierguitar.com (http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Guild_M_120_Acoustic_Guitar_Review)

• You can see him with his M-20 on the cover of his record "Bryter Layter"

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Nick featured in Levin dreadnought famous players video.

Nick featured in photo used on his Bryter Layter album cover.

Rosette and headstock match to Yamaha G-50 NT natural.

Althought photo is in B&W, the shade of the soundboard clearly indicate a Natural finish. A ceder top would have been more a darker shade.

Nick uses for vocal recording

Nick uses for guitar recording

Mentioned in this article from philsbook.com.

A Neumann U67 was used for the vocal and placed close to the singer's mouth. The guitar was close mic'ed in front of the sound hole using a Neumann KM56.

The mics went through the Sound Techniques desk to an Ampex 4-track half inch tape machine. The desk circuits were transformer coupled, discrete transistor with inductor based eq. The vocal was compressed through a Fairchild 660 limiter. Delay would be added using an Ampex 2 track and reverberation with an EMT plate.