“I’m totally in love with it,” she says. This is the signature guitar of The Cure’s Reeves Gabrels, who inadvertently helped ...

Smith once described Farmer’s book as, “very romantic”, and his tribute radiated a new-found warmth from Smith’s flanged guitar and choral harmonies, with a wraparound ambient hum in the background.

"All of these guys, including Mike — his guitar player — were absolute sweethearts ... one vintage guitar and three tube amps and Cure bought two amps from Recycled Sound.