“Part of the enjoyment for me is going back and playing like that with a pick. Plus there are other cheaper instruments with their own tone that I enjoy using, like Japanese guitars, amplifiers and microphones. Having your own studio is fantastic from that point of view. You don’t have to go nuts, but you can try a couple of things.”
Mark smiles at his own all-consuming fascination with the subject. “I think you’ve got to be slightly obsessed,” he says with a wry smile, “and I think I’m still not quite right in the head with all of that.”