STUART BRAITHWAITE

'Stuart Leslie Braithwaite' (born 10 May, 1976) is the lead member of the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. He mainly plays electric guitar, and sometimes sings.

Contents

Early life

Career

Mogwai

Other musical projects

Deadcat Motorbike

Mighty Joe Young Trio

Solo Acoustic Shows

The Sick Anchors

Personal life

Musical Equipment used

Guitars

Effects pedals

Amplifiers

Notes

Early life

He grew up listening to records by The Cure, Joy Division, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Black Sabbath, and many other artists. ''Disintegration'' by The Cure was the first album he bought. While learning guitar, the first song he learned to play was "Heroin" by The Velvet Underground. He went to Stow College in Glasgow at one point, playing the guitar solo from "Another Girl, Another Planet" by The Only Ones to get in. He eventually graduated with a Diploma in Music.

Career

Mogwai

Main articles: Mogwai (band)

Braithwaite met Dominic Aitchison at a Ned's Atomic Dustbin concert at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow on 5 December 1992, and three years later, they formed Mogwai.

Other musical projects

Deadcat Motorbike

Before playing in Mogwai, Stuart played guitar and sang in a band called Deadcat Motorbike, who played their last show at the old 13th Note bar in Glasgow, in June 1995. It was also around this time that Stuart drummed for a band called Eska.

Mighty Joe Young Trio

In 2000, he played with a band called Mighty Joe Young Trio, who played at least one show.

Solo Acoustic Shows

In 2000 and 2002, Stuart performed a few solo acoustic shows.

The Sick Anchors

In 2002, Stuart, Aidan Moffat (a good friend of Stuart's) and Colin "Sheepy" McPherson released an eponymously titled EP under the name "The Sick Anchors".

Personal life

Stuart currently lives in Glasgow with his wife, music executive Grainne Braithwaite and their two dogs, Princess and Rambo. He is vegetarian. He is a supporter of Celtic FC. He has said that ''Hero'' and ''The Exorcist'' are his favourite films. His "guitar heroes" are Jimi Hendrix, Robert Smith, Nick Drake, and Poison Ivy. He has a brown belt in Karate.

Musical Equipment used

The following is a list of musical equipment used by Stuart Braithwaite.

Guitars

★ Fender Telecaster – Standard American model in Ocean Turquoise with Seymour Duncan ST59-1b Little '59 pickup added in the middle position, small Flag of Scotland sticker can be seen on pickguard. This guitar also features a custom killswitch.

★ Gibson Les Paul Deluxe

★ Gretsch Country Gentleman

★ Gretsch Super Axe – 1977 model

★ Fender Coronado

Effects pedals

★ Pro Co RAT 2

★ Danelectro DD-1 FAB TONE DistortionStuart Braithwaite Gear on Sinewave

★ Danelectro DE-1 Dan-Echo Echo

★ Danelectro DJ-14 Fish 'n Chips EQ

★ BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive

★ BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner

★ BOSS DD-20 Giga Delay

★ BOSS DD-5 Digital Delay

★ RAK DLY-2 Delay

★ Dunlop QZ-1 Cry Baby Q-Zone

★ Dunlop Rotovibe Rotary Speaker

★ BOSS TR-2 Tremolo

★ BOSS RV-5 Reverb

★ BOSS LS-2 Line Selector

★ Vox V847 Wah-Wah

★ Snarling Dogs Black Dog Overdrive

★ Snarling Dogs Super-Bawl Whine-O Wah

★ Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi Fuzz

★ Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memoryman Analog Delay

★ Colorsound Tremolo

Amplifiers

★ Marshall JCM 900 (2100 Model)

★ Fender Twin Reverb

★ Marshall Super Bass

Notes