Guitars: | | |
![Photo: Guitarist Magazine / Zim-Gar / FujiGen EJ-2-T with headstocks cut straight](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-001-150x150.jpg) | "Zim-Gar" / FujiGen EJ-2-T with headstocks cut straight (at least 3 of them, original on right) | 1991-2016 |
![Photo: Neate Photos / Ibanez Blazer BL-300NT](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/c-4-150x150.jpg) | Ibanez Blazer BL-300NT | 1993 |
Amps: | | |
![Photo: Kenichi Hoshine / Sunn Alpha 212r 2x12 combo amp, serial # A69502](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-004-150x150.jpg) | Sunn Alpha 212r 2x12 combo amp, serial # A69502 | 1992 - 1999 (Stolen) |
![Photo: Jay Brown / CMI Electronics (Gibson) SG Systems SG-212 100 w tube combo amp](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-002-148x150.jpg) | CMI Electronics (Gibson) SG Systems SG-212 100 w tube combo amp | 1992-1997 |
![Photo: rotisserie (Casbah 1994) / Marshall JCM800 head + unclear cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-001-1-150x150.jpg) | Marshall JCM800 head + unclear cab | Kennel Club 1992 / Casbah 1994 |
![Photo: Oscar Fernandez Sanchez / Marshall head (possibly JMP 2203)+ Ampeg 4x10 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-000-1-150x150.jpg) | Marshall head (possibly JMP 2203)+ Ampeg 4x10 cab | Barcelona 1993 |
![Photo: Mick Hutson / Peavey Heritage VTX 2x12 combo](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/peavyheritage-150x150.jpg) | Peavey Heritage VTX 2x12 combo | Circa. 1996 - 1998? |
![Photo: Martyn Goodacre (Getty) / Mesa/Boogie Mark II short head + Mesa/Boogie 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-009-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Mark II short head + Mesa/Boogie 2x12 cab | London 2002 |
![Photo: Edwina Hay (eats dirt) / Mesa/Boogie Caliber 50 1x12 combo amp, 1987 (1st) edition + 4x12 Marshall cab (spelling 'arsha' on grill cloth)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-010-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Caliber 50 1x12 combo amp, 1987 (1st) edition + 4x12 Marshall cab (spelling 'arsha' on grill cloth) | Knitting Factory, NYC 2002 |
![Photo: Stefan M. Prager (Getty) / Kustom K200-B2 amp head (in blue Naugahyde, reverb and treble knobs have been replaced with non-Kustom ones) + Vox 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-014-150x150.jpg) | Kustom K200-B2 amp head (in blue Naugahyde, reverb and treble knobs have been replaced with non-Kustom ones) + Vox 2x12 cab | 2002-ca.2005 |
![Photo: John Bownas / Kustom K200-B2 amp head + Vox 2x12 cab + Kustom 100 + 1x12 Mesa/Boogie cab (possibly)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-012-150x150.jpg) | Kustom K200-B2 amp head + Vox 2x12 cab + Kustom 100 + 1x12 Mesa/Boogie cab (possibly) | 2002 |
| Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + 4x12 cab (possibly Marshall) | Rome 2008 |
![Photo: Gabriele Fuso / Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + FAD 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-019-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + FAD 2x12 cab | 2005-2011 |
![Photo: Incase / Mesa/Boogie Mark II or III head + Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-020-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Mark II or III head + Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 2x12 cab | New York 2008 |
![Photo: Readheadwalking / Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + Mesa/Boogie 1x12 cabinet](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-021-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + Mesa/Boogie 1x12 cabinet | 2010 |
![Photo: Maximo Gimenez / Fender 4x10 cabinet with Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo and Mesa/Boogie Rectifier head.](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/270711b-150x150.jpg) | Fender 4x10 cabinet with Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo and Mesa/Boogie Rectifier head | Niceto Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011 |
![Photos: Eleonora Berardi / Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + FAD Exploder head + FAD 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-024-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + FAD Exploder head + FAD 2x12 cab
Exploder head designed for Jon Spencer | 2010, 2012 |
![Photo: Richie Downs / Kustom 200 head (in blue Naugahyde) + Peavey Bandit 65 + Vox 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-026-150x150.jpg) | Kustom 200 head (in blue Naugahyde) + Peavey Bandit 65 + Vox 2x12 cab | DC 2012 |
![Photo: Greg Leblanc / Kustom 200 head (in blue Naugahyde) + Vox 2x12 cab with “heavy-metal” speakers](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-028-150x150.jpg) | Kustom 200 head (in blue Naugahyde) + Vox 2x12 cab with “heavy-metal” speakers | US/Canada 2010 |
![Photo: Ro Cemm / FAD Exploder head + FAD 2x12 cab + FAD combo](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-030-150x150.jpg) | FAD Exploder head + FAD 2x12 cab + FAD combo | Primavera 2011 |
![Photo: Yusuf Laher / Kustom 100w amp head (in black Naugahyde) + Peavey Bandit 65 + unclear 2x12 combo (possibly FAD)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-033-150x150.jpg) | Kustom 100w amp head (in black Naugahyde) + Peavey Bandit 65 + unclear 2x12 combo (possibly FAD) | Birthdays, London 26 Sept 2012 |
![Photo: Guitarist Magazine (Getty) / Kustom 200w amp head (in black Naugahyde) + Peavey Bandit 65 + FAD 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-034-150x150.jpg) | Kustom 200w amp head (in black Naugahyde) + Peavey Bandit 65 + FAD 2x12 cab | Electric Ballroom, London 2012, Turin 2013, Coachella 2014 |
![Photo: Tom Murphy / Mesa/Boogie Rectifier head + Mesa/Boogie 4x12 angled cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-035-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie Rectifier head + Mesa/Boogie 4x12 angled cab | Bluebird 2013 |
![Photo: Arif Ansari / Mesa/Boogie (possibly Mark IV)1x12 combo + Roland Jazz Chorus 120 2x12 combo](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-036-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie (possibly Mark IV)1x12 combo + Roland Jazz Chorus 120 2x12 combo | Sled Island 2013 and probably Zanne 2013 |
![Photo: hanktattoo / Magnitude Banditooo 65 combo + Magnitude Dirty Hill 1512 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-038-150x150.jpg) | Magnitude Banditooo 65 combo + Magnitude Dirty Hill 1512 cab
The Banditoo 65 is a modded preamp Peavey 65 with a Celestion K100 speaker, made by request from JS | Brescia 2015 |
![Photo: Dan Kulpa / Peavey Bandit 65 + Sunn Alpha 212r](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-044-150x150.jpg) | Peavey Bandit 65 + Sunn Alpha 212r | Carrboro, Kansas City 2015 |
![Photo: Jordi Vidal (Getty) / Kustom 100 (in blue Naugahyde) + Peavey bandit 65 + Vox 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-046-150x150.jpg) | Kustom 100 (in blue Naugahyde) + Peavey bandit 65 + Vox 2x12 cab | Barelona 2012 |
![Photo: Adrian Thomson / Fender Hot Rod Deluxe + Roland Jazz Chorus 120 2x12 combo](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-048-150x150.jpg) | Fender Hot Rod Deluxe + Roland Jazz Chorus 120 2x12 combo | Rosemount 2015 |
![Photo: JSBX / Mesa/Boogie combo + Mesa/Boogie 4x12 angled cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-047-150x150.jpg) | Mesa/Boogie combo + Mesa/Boogie 4x12 angled cab | 2011 |
![Photo: Gabriele Fuso / Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + FAD 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-050-150x150.jpg)
| Mesa/Boogie Mark IV 1x12 combo + FAD 2x12 cab | Trieste 2011 |
![Photo: Mark Hanford / Peavey Bandit 65 + unclear combo](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-051-150x150.jpg) | Peavey Bandit 65 + unclear combo | San Jose 2015 |
![Kustom 200 head (different model with more knobs) + Peavey bandit 65 + Vox 2x12 cab](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-052-150x150.jpg) | Kustom 200 head (different model with more knobs) + Peavey bandit 65 + Vox 2x12 cab | Canada 2013 |
![Photo: Video Screen Shot / Marshall 2x12 combo](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-053-150x150.jpg) | Marshall 2x12 combo | Casa do Conde, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 26 April 2001 |
Pedals / etc.: | | |
![Photo: Guitarist Magazine (Getty) / Altair PW-5 Power Attenuator](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-000-2-150x150.jpg) | Altair PW-5 Power Attenuator
(used with Kustom 200 head)
nb. “This unit is for reducing the decibels produced by your amp to get the sounds from a bigger amp in
a smaller venue.” | Circa 2004 + |
![Boss FS-5U footswitch](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-001-2-142x150.jpg) | Boss FS-5U footswitch | 2013 |
![Boss TU2 tuner](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-002-1-150x150.jpg) | Boss TU2 tuner | Circa 2000-2016 |
![Photo: Francesco Pala / Peavey 2-button footswitch (used with Peavey Bandit 65)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-006-150x150.jpg) | Peavey 2-button footswitch (used with Peavey Bandit 65) | - |
![Photo: Yusuf Laher / 2-button footswitch (possibly Fender, used with Kustom)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-010-1-117x150.jpg) | 2-button footswitch (possibly Fender, used with Kustom) | Circa 2002-2016 |
![Photo: Incase / unclear pedal/effect](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-009-1-150x150.jpg) | unclear pedal/effect | 2008 |
Strings: | | |
![Photo: JSBX / GHS Boomers Custom Shop custom sets (.011, .015, .018, .028, .036, .050)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-003-150x150.jpg) | GHS Boomers Custom Shop custom sets (.011, .015, .018, .028, .036, .050) | 2012 + |
Picks: | | |
![Photo: Hayley Madden (Getty) / Dunlop Tortex 0.73mm](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-005-1-150x150.jpg) | Dunlop Tortex 0.73mm | 2000 + |
Theremins: | | |
![Photo: Mick Hutson (Getty) / Moog Vanguard with white chickenhead knobs (modified with added output at front, probably to connect to PA) (ca. 1992- stolen 1999)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-000-3-150x150.jpg) | Moog Vanguard with 2 white round and 2 white chickenhead knobs
(modified with two added input or output jacks at front,
connect to PA).
"...live we go just direct line through the PA. It saves you having to carry around an extra amp." - Jon Spencer, Fiz Interview
| Circa 1992 - 1999 (Stolen) |
![Photo: Martyn Goodacre (Getty) / Moog Etherwave (black cabinet)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-001-3-150x150.jpg) | Moog Etherwave (black cabinet) | 2002 |
![Photo: Guitarist Magazine (Getty) / Moog Etherwave (ash cabinet)](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-002-2-150x150.jpg) | Moog Etherwave (ash cabinet) | 1999-2012 |
![Photo: Stefano Masselli / Hiwatt Echo-Theremin](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-003-1-150x150.jpg) | Hiwatt Echo-Theremin
nb. sometimes two are used on stage at the same time | Circa 2001 - 2012 |
![Mark Keppinger vacuum tube theremin FS](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-005-2-150x150.jpg) | Mark Keppinger vacuum tube theremin FS
nb. "There were only eight of these fine instruments built. I still have the first one. The second went to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion." - Mark Keppinger | 2013 |
![Photo: Mark Hanford / Mark Keppinger custom-built white theremin with light](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-006-1-150x150.jpg) | Mark Keppinger custom-built white theremin with light | 2013 - 2016 |
![Photo: Bradley S. Clark / Moog Vanguard with standard black knobs](http://www.pop-catastrophe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image-008-150x150.jpg) | Moog Vanguard with standard black knobs | 2001 |