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Less is more
Music Radar has a short interview with Glenn Hughes, focusing mainly on his bass gear.
How has your bass rig evolved since your days with Trapeze in the early ’70s?
Well, Trapeze was all Hiwatt amps. And I wasn’t using pedals back then. I started using pedals in Deep Purple.
But for me, it was always Hiwatt. I had those amps right before I joined Purple, because, to me, those amps are the greatest.
John Entwistle [of The Who] turned me onto Hiwatts in 1970. Hearing him play through Hiwatts was the game-changer for me.
So for me it was always about the Hiwatts. And in Purple I used a wah-wah pedal on my bass. That was the only pedal I used.
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