DREAM THEATER USES PEAVEY KB®5 TO WRITE NEW ALBUM
(Peavey | Posted 2003-11-01)
Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess enjoyed touring with his new multi-channel Peavey KB5 amplifier so much, he and his bandmates used it to write Dream Theater's eighth studio album, Train of Thought. "We used the KB5 the whole time we were writing for the new album," said Rudess. "The guys would just come over and plug into my system, so at some points, we had John Petrucci (guitarist) and John Myung
(bassist) playing out of the KB5, because it has so many inputs!" It has five, to be exact, four of which have individual EQs for tweaking instruments and audio sources independently.
"What's really great about the KB5 is it's so solid," he continued. "I just get the feeling that you can do anything with it and it'll survive. It's very road-friendly." Case in point: "I had two of them out on a solo gig it was an outdoor gig, and the P.A. was fairly inadequate. So I put a KB5 on either side of the stage and just wailed. The engineer said he could see the cones really pumping. They were handling it! It was great! If you have a speaker that'll survive hardcore usage like that, it's good."
The crystal-clear sound of the KB5 attracted Rudess just as much as its clean, high power output and rugged versatility. "I spend a lot of time programming my sounds and I care a lot about how they sound," said Rudess, who worked as a professional programmer for two major keyboard manufacturers before joining Dream Theater. "In this case, I needed them to sound good and also be very loud!"
Dream Theater recently completed a summer U.S. tour with Queensrÿche and Fates Warning and will tour behind the new record in 2004. The band's last studio release, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard Top 200. Train of Thought will be available November 11.
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