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    Heavy Weather

    Feb 18, 2020 5 minutes
    “I’M UNTRAINED, EVERYTHING I KNOW IS THROUGH MY EARS”

    Andrew, the Brand New Heavies are busier than ever. How is the current tour going?

    It’s good fun. This tour’s pretty special for us, with the new album TBNH doing so well, so we’ve been trying out different iterations of the set. I’ve got an Aria Pro II SB that I’m getting to know. I’ve still got to get used to the top end not being there, because I’m used to Jazz basses.

    Why did you change to the Aria?

    It just cuts through and there’s no boominess, so it was quite easy to get a good sound onstage. We’ve got a lot of fast tracks and syncopation, so anything with too much bottom end gets lost in our set. I’ve also got EMGs fitted to a Squier Jazz bass—I

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