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Martin Barre's Equipment

My guitar set-up has remained fairly constant over the last few years. Unfortunately constant doesn't mean simple, as our hardy road crew know.

I like to re-wire and update the guitar 'rig' before each tour - a few hundred miles of rough B-Roads tend to to shake things around, and we we always seem to schedule gigs in out of the way areas beyond the auto routes. Basically, the amplifiers are Soldano Decatones: I got them in red cloth in a foolish atempt to get away from the ubiquitous black.

My trusty Boss Sustainer/Compressor has at last been replaced (after twenty years!!) by an Ibanez Tube Screamer, which produces alot less auxilliary noise.

As always I use guitars built by Hugh Manson and an acoustic from his brother Andy.

Their shop in Exeter is priceless,(but not literally!)

On the new Tull album Dot Com I used a Jim McArthy P.R.S. hollow-body, which plays like a dream and is ultra light - perfect for long hours in the studio.

I play a Sankyo flute which is about as expensive as I'm prepared to go, but after years of student quality flutes it is a joy to play.
Guitar strings as always by G.H.S.

I can now say quite honestly that I'm dealing with Guitar, Amplifier and String manufacturers whose quality of service is quite brilliant!

See you on tour.

Martin Barre Talks with About.Com's™ Shawn Perry

Martin talks about life with Tull these thirty-plus years, what it was like recording famous Tull numbers, the possibility of reuniting the mid-seventies lineup, writing music with Ian, and other topics.