Hailing from the East End of London, John Spinks has always had his hand in music. From his early days playing with an english metal band called "Running Blind" to the humble beginnings of "The Baseball Boys" to the now Multi-Platinum success of "The Outfield", John eats, sleeps and breaths playing and writing music. His home and studio are littered with portable recording devices so that any time an idea hits he can quickly document it. He has tampered with all sorts of guitar styles throughout his musical career ranging from the smooth rythmic delays on "For You" and "Stranger in My Own Town", to the riff heavy power chords on "Makin' Up" and "Closer to Me", to the clear picked out chords on "Everytime you Cry". His influences range from "Alvin Lee" of "Ten Years After" to "Andy Summers" of "The Police". John has quite an affinity for Gibson guitars. He is currently touring with a Gibson "Lucille" B.B.King model (fig.1). And he also uses a rare wine colored Gibson "Les Paul Custom" with viola cut-outs for recording (fig.2 guitar pictured is the U.S. version without the cut-outs). He achieves all the classic Outfield guitar sounds through his Digitech 2120 effects processor (fig.3). He used a combination of Shecter and Rickenbacher (fig.4) guitars during the recording of early Outfield records.
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