Nick McCabe
Nick McCabe's Gear
During the October 2007 rehearsals in Stockport for the "Judas" tour, Nick McCabe used a Gibson Les Paul Standard, as shown in a user-uploaded photo.
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McCabe owned a 1959 Jazzmaster at the time of the recording of A Storm in Heaven.
It can be seen during Verve's Performance at Camden Town Hall in 1992 and was stolen soon afterwards.
It's also referred to in this article about the recording of a Storm in Heaven.
https://guitar.com/review/album/the-genius-of-verve-a-storm-in-heaven/
He also owns an MIJ Jazzmaster as shown in this link http://www.neilcowmeadow.com/about-guitar-repairs--technical-service.html
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Nick McCabe with the Goldtop Les Paul playing Lucky Man on Later with Jools Holland in 1997.
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In this blog post featuring photos from a Verve session, you can see the Digitech Whammy (not the Drop version) on Nick McCabe's pedalboard.
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Lovetone Big Cheese shown next to EHX Small Clone on Nick's pedalboard during The Verve's live session at Maida Vale for Zane Lowe on Radio 1.
Photos of Nick's Pedalboard are shown in this thread at the Gear Page
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/the-verve-nick-mccabe.406703/page-2
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McCabe can be seen performing with a brown Telecaster Deluxe throughout this performance of The Verve’s track ‘Grey Skies’. The guitar can be seen particularly well from around 15:10 to 15:50.
The same guitar can be more clearly viewed here: https://media.gettyimages.com/id/79175691/photo/the-verve.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=dkenJeCK-uuKTTcSeoxQI48fGHu9t8TM2Pz0UaWXVHk=
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Mentioned in the description of a video presenting a Lucem guitar: "Feedback is controlled from a MIDI pedal (Moog MP201 - someone nudge Moog - we need more of these), meaning improvised snatches can be faded out as new ideas develop. Terry Riley pioneered this technique, best heard on "Poppy No Good and the Phantom Band"."
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In this photo from 1994 we see McCabe performing with a Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire in white
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In this Facebook post Nick McCabe can be seen using Line6 HX Stomp
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Nick McCabe uses the MXR M107 Phase 100, which can be seen on his pedalboard and heard during "Bittersweet Symphony" live on Jools Holland. Additionally, it is visible in a studio photo. This is further supported by footage from The Verve's live performance at the PinkPop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands on June 1, 1998
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Nick McCabe uses the Boss FV 300H Volume Pedal in his live performances to control the guitar's volume. In this studio image can be seen where the pedal is after the wah and phase.
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Nick McCabe uses the Dunlop 95Q Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal during live performances, as seen in a video from The Verve's 1998 PinkPop Festival show in the Netherlands.
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According to the "Effects" page on Nick McCabe's website, he used the Boss OD-2 Turbo OverDrive both in studio and live during the Urban Hymns era.
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According to the "Effects" page on the website nickmccabe-kim-2freespirits.co.uk, Nick McCabe uses the Roland RE-201 Space Echo.
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Nick McCabe is confirmed to use a Gibson Flying V guitar, as evidenced by his appearance with the instrument in a photograph from February 1992 (https://musicsaves.org/verve/images/rotate/select_live.jpg). Additionally, the guitar is visible in The Verve's "South Pacific" video at 3:31, showcasing the equipment utilized during the recording sessions for "A Storm In Heaven" between December 1992 and January 1993. This information is supported by footage provided by TheVerveVEVO on YouTube.
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So... Nick uses AT LEAST one Gibson/Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro with the CONTROLLER (see image). Why i say AT LEAST, cause in Urban Hymns concerts at Pinkpop and Haigh Hall, the controller is visible, and what appear to be two(? Gibson Echoplexes barely distinguishable (It seems strange to me that he uses two racks and only one controller. I don't really know how he uses the two racks, so it could be, and I know it's not the Korg Tuner unit because that one is on top of one of the two Echoplex units. the other ones are the Roland GP-8 and the Lexicon Jamman). Also used on the 2007 / 2008 Reunion Tour.
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