Mike Check

The key components behind the sound

“I’ve been on the road with my signature guitar by Andreas Cuntz from Germany. It’s a sitka/rosewood combo with a tight body and narrow string spacing loaded with Dimarzio pickups. The Black Angel magnetic Nick Benjamin and I co-designed (Mike plays guitars built by Benjamin too) with Larry Dimarzio. It features on all but one track on Era.

“The Tonewood Amp is just a joy to play with too, it’s a little device that sticks magnetically to the back of your acoustic and projects reverb, delay and a host of other effects through the soundhole of your guitar. There is no speaker on it, it allows the resonance of the guitar to become the speaker. It’s an inspiration box.”