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    Apr 07, 2021 4 minutes

    GT: Do you have a type of pick that you can’t live without?

    SM: Fender Heavy – the classic celluloid ones. Upside down. Also like the mediums. Can’t use any other picks though. Or if I pick up a used one, I can’t deal with the rough edges.

    GT: If you had to give up all your pedals but three, what would they be?

    SM: Well I’ve got to say it would be my signature fuzz pedal the SM Fuzz, Octavia pedal and I love the Origin Effects Cali 76 compressor for clean sounds.

    GT: Do you play another instrument well enough to be in a band, and if so have you ever

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