Mary Timony

Timony: What I like about this record is that we weren’t trying to force it. It was more like, “What do we have? What do we like?” The answer to, “What do we like?” was definitely late ’‘80s Heart, but we also had a bunch of songs that definitely didn’t fit into that. We also used this headphones amplifier called the Rockman. We read somewhere that Mutt Lange used it a lot on [the Def Leppard album] Hysteria. Tom Schultz from Boston invented it.

Wright: If you listen to the guitar sound on “More Than a Feeling,” it’s the same guitar sound on our song “Good Times” [laughs]. It’s just this little box you plug into and it goes straight into the computer.

Timony: And it’s got that great blend of chorus and distortion that’s so ’‘80s.

Wright: It’s so satisfying.

“The AD 30 is the best and most solid amp I’ve ever used. It’s a great amp to play live with and also works really well in the studio. It has the perfect amount of grit, and has a very wide dynamic range so that low and high sounds are totally clear and audible. It’s a real winner.”

"In Ex Hex I play through an Orange AD30 into a Orange cabinet with two 10” speakers."

"We’re both playing through Orange Rockerverbs."

CURRENTLY USING: AD30HTC Head PPC212 Cab PPC412 Cab (Mary)