ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons is the star of the show this month with two in-depth interviews with Stuart Bull and Michael Casswell, and a special ‘Billy Gibbons Masterclass’ lesson from Danny Gill. Other interviews include Steve Lukather who talks to Gi about his eagerly awaited new solo album ‘Transistion’ and Jerry Donahue sits down with Lee Hodgson to discuss his string-bending technique and his extensive career.
THE BASSMENT_HEAD AND CABINET REVIEW
Yes it will keep up with a conservative
drummer and happily do acoustic type gigs
with moderate volumes, but if you have
a guitarist who cranks even a 50W valve
combo amplifier, or a drummer who likes to
leather the kit a bit, then this stack will leave
you wanting for more booty. That said, the
tone is just brilliant! Whilst we were in the
studio we plugged a bass distortion pedal in
to the Micro CL to see if we could get that
famous Ampeg grind - and boy did we! This
leads me to believe that you could use this set
up to great affect recording a filthy distorted
bass track, without the need for a big bass
stack. Mix in a little clean DI to the master
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mix too and I think it’d sound sweet! In the
studio we joked that if this head was coupled
to a 500W power stage and uprated cones in
the cabinet, it’d be a wolf in lambs clothing!
We all liked this rig. I think it’s a real eye
catcher, not because of flashing lights and
crazy design, but just because we’re so used
to seeing this proportioned rig some three
times larger. It makes me smile as does its
ease of use. It scores well for being quirky
and cute and having great tone but won’t win
the dB war.
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