 THREE DAYS GRACE HITS THE HARD ROCK SCENE WITH PEAVEY BASS AMPSPeaveyPosted 2004-01-30 Jan. 28, 2004, PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS*Every rock band wants to find an easy path to success. Many toil away months and years trying to find a back door into the music biz, shipping demos to A&R reps and radio DJs and simply hoping for the best. Three Days Grace earned its stripes the hard way. The band left behind its small Ontario, Canada, hometown*the inspiration for many of its pointed lyrical themes*re-emerged in Toronto and, as bassist Brad Walst puts it, "started pounding the pavement."
Makes sense, right? Move to the city, record some demos, play anywhere and everywhere, and eventually you'll bend the ear of a well-connected tastemaker. For Three Days Grace, the formula worked out well. But this is also a serious hard rock band with more than perseverance and luck on its side. Three Days Grace has the kind of heavy, melodic sound and slash-and-burn live show that commands attention, and with the Modern Rock hit "(I Hate) Everything About You" in its back pocket, the band landed an opening slot for Nickelback on tours across the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
Whether sweating through a 500-capacity club gig or drawing in an arena crowd, Walst, a longtime Peavey abuser, relies on his Peavey rig to slam his band's heavy wallop onto the unsuspecting masses. "Peavey has given me the raw power and full range I need," he says, "and I can honestly say that it's the best tone I've ever had."
Walst has actually been a fan of Peavey's legendary bass amplifiers since he took up the instrument. He simply couldn't blow them, and the tones were unmatched. "My first amp was actually a Peavey TNT®," he says, "and then I had two 15" Black Widow® speakers with a Mark VI* head, and I had that forever. This new Pro Series* rig is great. It's definitely the best sound I've ever had." Brad's current Peavey rig includes a Pro 500* bass amp head, various Pro Series* bass enclosures and GPS® power amps.
"I love that low 'sub' feeling," he adds. "The thing about the Peavey amp that I've never had is the tightness. You can still have that really low sub sound with the tightness, too. It comes across really well. I don't use any effects at all. I just go straight up through it."
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