Nick Beggs

Nick Beggs uses the Boss FV-500L Volume Pedal during his tours with Steve Hackett, as detailed on his official website under the "Instruments" section.

I use SWR, Ashdown Electronic amps. Korg toneworks processors and Roland V-Bass and VG8 guitar synths midied for my stick and basses. I have a Musicman Stingray a Wal 5 string. A Fender fretless Jazz. A Tanglewood acoustic which is so good I still cant believe it.

'It depends, if I'm playing with John Paul Jones I've got a bit of a monster set-up, but if I'm playing solo then it's the same monster set-up but without the big speaker systems because I tend to wear headphones on stage then. But with John I've got an SWR Goliath set-up an 18-inch cab and then a 4 x 10 on top, that's just for the bass.

Then the melody strings go to a Fender Tonemaster which is a valve head and then a 4 x 12 Fender Tonemaster cab.

Nick Beggs demos his "Dark Cathedral" TonePrint for the Hall of Fame Reverb pedal

Nick Beggs demos his "Cruise Wibble" TonePrint for the Shaker Vibrato pedal

"Really, this year, the bass and the Chapman stick have been left firmly on their stands. I've been working on my singing and performing and doing a lot of writing. We've also finished our own studio — a small 24-track in north west London with an Otari machine and a Soundcraft series 2000/400 desk.

"And we've got a PPG which has been an integral part of the writing — a PRK (the performance keyboard), 2.2 (the free standing synth) and a Term (the computer terminal). It's versatility is amazing, but really one of the developments I'd like to see for '85 is more reliable software.

"The PPG can be a little temperamental. We took it on the road for a tour which took us all over the place, and we didn't have any problems, though we did have an exceptionally brilliant keyboard roadie, Chris Miring, who usually works for Joan Armatrading. But back in the studio, the PPG started to have a few tantrums.'

"I've been using the Roland JP8 linked with the TR808 and recently with the Yamaha RX11 drum machine and getting to grips with linking that with a DX7 via MIDI. The RX11 is a very comprehensive drum machine, though we did get ours in Japan when we were on tour and that didn't have a manual. We've been working it out as we go along."

"I've been using the Roland JP8 linked with the TR808 and recently with the Yamaha RX11 drum machine and getting to grips with linking that with a DX7 via MIDI. The RX11 is a very comprehensive drum machine, though we did get ours in Japan when we were on tour and that didn't have a manual. We've been working it out as we go along."

"I've been using the Roland JP8 linked with the TR808 and recently with the Yamaha RX11 drum machine and getting to grips with linking that with a DX7 via MIDI. The RX11 is a very comprehensive drum machine, though we did get ours in Japan when we were on tour and that didn't have a manual. We've been working it out as we go along."

"I've been using the Roland JP8 linked with the TR808 and recently with the Yamaha RX11 drum machine and getting to grips with linking that with a DX7 via MIDI. The RX11 is a very comprehensive drum machine, though we did get ours in Japan when we were on tour and that didn't have a manual. We've been working it out as we go along."

"Well, in the studio we've actually been using a Bel BD80 digital echo which is lockable so you can store a sound inside it. So we've been sampling something into the Bel and triggering it with the drum machine... much like an AMS except it's a lot cheaper."