Explorers Club – Age Of Impact
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1998 album Age Of Impact.
Music from Age Of Impact
Gear Used On Age Of Impact
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Explorers Club – Age Of Impact (1998). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Bass Guitars used by Billy Sheehan on Age Of Impact
This photo shows Billy Sheehan, known for his playing in Mr. Big and Winery Dogs, showing off his ESP Fretless J/P Bass Guitar. Billy’s ESP Fretless Bass was used on David Lee Roth’s album “Skyscraper” on the song “Damn Good”.
Amplifiers used by John Petrucci on Age Of Impact
Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt Limited Edition Tube Head
Avg price: $3,431.00
At 1:02 in the video, John says " I have been playing Mesa for over 30 years, and as many of you know im a huge fan of the Mark IIC amp, as you can hear it on almost every dream theater album. My new signature amp is based off the Mark IIC."
Yes. This whole record was my Mesa/Boogie signature. It’s a dream come true for me. The Mark IIC+ was the holy grail Boogie that came out in the ’80s. It’s on Master of Puppets and everything. Then, finally, I convinced them to do a reissue and we made it into my signature head. So not only is it a bona fide reissue, but we modernized it as well. So, it does everything it could possibly need to do. My guitars on the record are mostly the Majesty plugged straight into my JP-2C. And that’s it. If I plugged my guitar into that amp, cranked it, and we looked at each other, like, “Holy shit, that tone is unbelievable,” then it’s the engineer’s job to capture it. Put a mic on it and make it sound like that coming out of the monitors. And for the first time, we added a little bit of room mic.
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Amplifiers used by John Myung on Age Of Impact
Ashdown Engineering ABM-1200-EVO IV Head
Avg price: $1,751.08
Used to record bass parts on Dream Theater's "Distance Over Time", according to John's official Ashdown artist page.
It was also featured in the 2019 Premier Guitar interview.
And then for amp tones, we just miked up an Ashdown—the ABM series. And that sounded great too. It just gave us what we wanted to hear without having to mess around with the knobs. So, it’s really just those two things: the Neve and the Ashdown. It really made a difference in this album.
