THE KIT LIST
FUR INTRODUCTION Hi my name is Josh and I’m one of the guitarists and songwriters in the band FUR, from Brighton. We make music that marries a mutual love for 60’s/70’s songwriting and production with the more modern influences that we grew up with.
ROLAND JAZZ CHORUS 120 AMP The JC-120 has been my dream amp since an early teen infatuation with Robert Smith.
Not exclusive to The Cure, the amp is used by so many of my favourite artists like David Byrne and Slowdive to name a few. About 6 years ago I managed to buy an old JC-120 online and had to drive up to London to collect it. On arrival, I knocked on the door to the address I had been given and was greeted by a friendly old man and his equally old dog who was no less friendly. After playing it for a while he proceeded to tell me about the history of the amp by showing me a photo album of pictures of his time as a roadie for The Pogues who used the amp on tour. He was so friendly he even ended up giving me a discount as he could tell I would take care of it. It’s roughly 40 years old and weighs a tonne but it’s still going strong. 40
FENDER STRATOCASTER GUITAR I got this guitar on a risky “pay nothing for the first 6 months” deal in 2019 just before our UK and Asia tour because I didn’t have a guitar reliable enough for touring. It was really thrown in the deep end in that sense and it wasn’t set up properly so I hated it up until we recorded our album and the studio guitar tech transformed it for me for which I am eternally grateful. What I
