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GT: Do you have a type of pick that you can’t live without?
KS: I’ve experimented over the years. Thin, thick, light and heavy picks. When I started you could even get real tortoiseshell varieties. They all have a different feel in your hands but I’ve never found a pick that one could call a magic wand.
GT: If you had to give up all your effects pedals but three, what would they be?
KS: For most of my career I have used no pedals. I like the purist aspect of that. You can get your feelings out through an instrument better, in my opinion, the less equipment that’s in the way. Nowadays, for a variety of reasons, I use the Blues Driver pedal and a standard Dunlop wah-wah pedal. Sorry... that’s only two!
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