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The Most Comprehensive List Of Backline Stock In
Europe
At John
Henry's, we have the most comprehensive list of backline stock in Europe,
available for touring or studio work. Our inventory is constantly updated
with the latest professional equipment, as well as select classics. All
our equipment is routinely maintained and PAT tested to ensure optimum
performance, every time.
All our equipment is supplied fully flightcased with all appropriate cabling
and necessary accessories where required. A delivery and collection service
is available for the UK and Europe. We also deliver and collect worldwide.
We are competitively priced, with special rates for long-term rentals.
We strive to match the most exacting specifications and provide the best
in back-up service.
If you are looking for amplifiers, speaker cabinets, combos, pre-amps,
guitars basses, double-basses, keyboards, synthesizers, samplers, sound
modules, rack effects, foot pedals, drums, percussion, pick-ups, pianos,
cooling fans, music stands, transformers, turntables and much much more,
then there is only one place to contact.
Backline Featured Equipment

Featured here, a small selection of our Fender amps.
Clockwise from far left:
Fender Super - 2x10" combo. Brown tolex finish (1963)
Fender Concert - 4x10" combo. Brown tolex finish (1963)
Fender Twin - 2x12" combo. Blackface (1966)
Fender Twin - 2x12" combo. Silverface (1974)
Fender Deluxe Reverb - 1x12" combo. Blackface Re-issue
NEWS FROM THE BACKLINE DEPARTMENT
Free Bird ?
Legendary US southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has just finished their
first tour of the UK and Europe in seven years to support their new
album God & Guns, due out later this year on Loud & Proud / Roadrunner
Records.
Their sold-out London show at Brixton Academy rocked out to a full
house with new material and old favourites, closing the show with
“Sweet Home Alabama” & "Freebird" still sounding as fresh as it did
way back when first released. http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com/?module=reviews_tour&id=71 for
more info
Tour
manager Steve Voudouris got in touch with Pepin Clout at JHL to supply
all the band’s backline and guitar radio systems for the run. Amongst
the comprehensive range of vintage and contemporary pieces supplied
was the mighty new Korg M3 88 note workstation which is now added to
our inventory!

See
it at http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=280
JHL goes AER Acoustic
Added to our Backline stock this month is the amazing AER Compact 60
MK11 acoustic combo.
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Compact
60 was developed after the AcoustiCube on which its concept is based
and it helped substantially to break out of the ‘boutique-corner’. We
were able to prove to a bigger and increasingly more interested public
that an all-round, small, powerful and yet simple complete solution
for stage, studio and home use does exist and that it works up to the
highest demands and standards.
See
it at
http://www.aer-amps.info/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 |
New to our ever growing backline supply this month:
Canopus Neo Vintage Drum Kit - White Marine Pearl
John Henry's are the first and only UK company to acquire one of these amazing kits, in recent years, a return to vintage musical instruments is a universal tide in all genre of music. To respond to this trend. CANOPUS presents their NEO-Vintage series.

For more info: http://www.canopusdrums.com/en/drumproducts/neovintage/kit/index.html
Gretsch Gold Sparkle Drum Kit

At a time when Retro is as hip as ever, Gretsch embellishes the retro vibe by offering a true new professional drum set in the New Classic series. Featuring proportionate Gretsch-formula maple shells, this drum-set produces a vintage Gretsch tonality while giving these drums their own distinctive sound.
See them at http://www.gretsch.com/drums/index.html
Clavia - Nord Electro 3 73
With the introduction of the Nord Electro 3, the legacy of the original Electro and the know-how that have shaped some of the other Nord models have been combined. The Electro 3 features a new organ section, a new piano section, new effects and also a new exciting feature that allows the Electro 3 to use any samples from the Nord Wave library. The Nord Electro’s first adventure for John Henry’s is the Solange Knowles UK and European tour.

http://www.nordkeyboards.com/main.asp?tm=Products&clpm=Nord_Electro_3
Gibson – CJ-165
The Gibson CJ 165 ROSEWOOD is one of the new additions to our stock. The 6-String Mini Jumbo Acoustic Guitar is the stunning modern classic series model. It’s small-body shape is the evolution of the iconic SJ-200. For more info please click here: www.gibson.com For an example of how the CJ-165 sounds, have a look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS9NRTbZWPQ

Gibson – Songwriter Deluxe Acoustic-Electric Guitar
The Gibson Songwriter Deluxe Acoustic-Electric Guitar has the traditional square-shouldered small dreadnought Gibson body style and sound. The premium Sitka spruce top on Indian rosewood back and sides produce wonderful resonance with tonal integrity.

See all the info at http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/songwriter-deluxe-standard/
Peavey – Cirrus 5

Cirrus 5 BXP bass guitar has a neck-through-body design and construction that delivers unmatched tone, sustain and string clarity more than any bass in its class. With two custom VFL(TM) active pickups and a 3-band active EQ, the Cirrus BXP basses allow you full control over volume and tonality.
See details at http://www.peavey.com/products/browse.cfm/action/detail/item/107184/Cirrus(TM)%205%20Bolt-On%20Mahogany.cfm
Backline
Few
are nearer the nerve centre of the touring industry than Backline
Rental Manager Tark Bates, who revels in the laws of uncertainty
and improbability on which our touring industry is founded.
Take the call he took from Zebrahead, who are
signed to the same management as Motorhead, on a recent Friday morning
late in the month. Tark listened in astonishment as he was told
that the drummer had fractured his leg (or some other body part
… Tark can’t quite remember) and was told a replacement
needed to be found fast. He assumed the caller was referring to
a complete stand-in drummer (rather than just a prosthetic limb)
and zipped into action. “We arranged full backline and a day’s
rehearsal space in our studios the following day to bring the stand-in
drummer up to speed,” he says. The tour was due to start 24
hours later. Result…. one happy customer and a tour that had
looked in jeopardy went ahead.
The Backline dept also sent a truck load of backline to Birmingham
(Carling Academy) for Dio on the 27th and London
Astoria (28th), while we had to muster up a last minute backline
for Lionel Richie and The Overtures to be delivered to Lake Windermere in Cumbria on the 24th for a
corporate gig on the 25th (since the specified equipment could not
be sourced locally or north of the border).
To get an idea of the heavy traffic experienced in Brewery Road
(fortunately we operate a Congestion Charge Free Zone at JHL) here
is a snapshot of the activity over 12 days in May where backline,
techs, transport, rehearsals and staging were supplied.
12th May –
GMTV - Minnie Driver - backline; Paul O'Grady
Show - Lenny Kravitz - backline; Later with Jools – Nick Cave, Chatham County Line, The Raconteurs, Glasvegas
– monitor systems & backline; The Wall – Black Lips – monitor system;
13th May –
This Morning – Lenny Kravitz – backline
and full monitoring system, One Republic – backline; Graham
Norton Show - One Republic – backline; Later
with Jools – as above
May 14th -
Paul O'Grady Show - Sheryl Crow – backline,
Josh Groban –backline
4 Music Nick Cave at LSO St Lukes – complete
sound and staging
May 15th –
Jonathan Ross – Neil Diamond – floor
sound & piano; An Audience with Neil Diamond – perspex screens, music stands and transformers,
May 16th –
This Morning - Sheryl Crow - backline and monitor
system; GMTV- A.J.McLean – backline; Paul
O’Grady Show - Duffy - backline
May 17th –
Nokia Green Room – backlines for Jamie Lidell,
The Subways, Feeder and Gabriella Cilmi; I’d do Anything – backline & C2LS piano for house band
May 19th
This Morning - Sandi Thom – backline; Sound – Duffy, Alphabeat, Zutons,Taio Cruz, Late of the Pier, Fratellis,
Mystery Jets - monitor system and backlines; Later – Tricky, Paul Weller, Martha Wainwright, Jimmy Cliff, White
Lines – monitor systems and some backlines; The Wall – Black Kids – monitor system
May 20th
Paul O'Grady Show – I’d do Anything
cast – backline; Later – as above;
May 21st
Paul O'Grady Show – 500th Show – backline; Q-Music – Elbow – full PA and staging
May 23rd
This Morning - Beth Rowley – backline; GMTV - The Zutons - backline
During the month we also kept the Jazz
Cafe in Camden Town London supplied with backline for
a host of artists including legends such as…..
Stanley Clarke, Roy Ayers and Milton Nascimento, The Skatalites,
Blind Boys of Alabama, Fertile Ground, Vieux Farka Touré,
The Blackbyrds, Jose James, Stevie Wonder Tribute, Gregory Isaacs
and Luisito Quintero.
We also supplied backline (equipment and crew) for Africa
Day at Trafalgar Square and Whitney Houston's charity
performance at the Cauldwell
Children Legends Ball, Battersea Evolution arena (May 8).
New
Rental Stock … and who used what………..
New equipment to meet Rental demand and requirements…..
Backline Department:
Korg
Radias Bundle keyboard (Usher)
Clavia
Nord C1 keyboard (Figurines)
Clavia
Nord Lead Stage 88 note piano (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Fender
Pro Junior 15w 1 x 10 combo (Rooney)
Fender
Blues Junior 15w 1 x 12 combo (Duffy)
Fender
Super-Sonic 112 Combo (Matchbox 20)
Gallien-Krueger
410 & 115 RBH bass cabinets (Mary J Blige)

Hofner
500/1 v65 bass (Gnarls Barkley)
Kurzweil
PC2X keyboard (Various)
Vic Firth
Stereo Isolation Drummer Headphones (Estelle)
Vox AC15CC1X custom
combo (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Vox AC30CC2X 2 x 12
Custom Classic combo (One Republic)
Yamaha
HS80M studio monitors (Whitney Houston)
Yamaha
CGP-1000 Digital Grand Piano (Osmonds)

Justin Timberlake's short promotional tour to promote his new single and album, Future Sex/Love Sounds took each venue by storm. He played, Paris, Amsterdam, Köln and finished in London at the Hammersmith Palais. The tickets for the London show sold out in four minutes with 2,100 tickets disappearing at a rate of nine per second! His new single SexyBack went straight in at No 1.
JHL supplied Audio and Backline equipment including:
Audio: Two Yamaha PM5D-RH Digital consoles, XTA DP226 CX, Avalon VT-747SP and a full microphone and stand spec. Backline: Fender Rhodes 88 Suitcase pianos, Hammond B3 Organ and Leslie, Clavia Nord Lead 11, Korg Triton Pro, Korg Triton Studio 76's, Moog Voyager, Yamaha Motif ES7 keyboards, Ampeg SVT 1V Pro amps, Roland JC120 combos, Hughes&Kettner Triamp and cabs, Tama Starclassic maple drums and Toca percussion.
Mary J Blige.....Soul Diva
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Mary J Blige played her only UK date at the newly reconstructed Wembley Arena and had everyone on their feet from the first note of current Darkchild produced single "Enough Cryin". One song after another she segues across styles and periods of her career. She closed the show with "Family Affair" and sent everyone home with a groove in their step.
JHL supplied Backline equipment which included:
Gallien Kruger 2001 Series bass amps and cabs, DW Collectors series drums, Sabian HHX series cymbals, Line 6 HD-147 Series amps and cabs , Roland Fantom Series, X8, X7, V-Synth, VK7, Yamaha ES7, Korg Triton Pro keyboards and Roland Fantom XV5080's modules.
George Benson - Jazz Legend
From Jazz guitar legend to soul-pop vocalist extraordinaire, 8 time Grammy winner George Benson's music is both versatile and unpredictable and has made him one of the world's most respected musicians for the past 30 years.
JHL were proud to supply him and his superb band with their backline requirements which included:
Fender Twin 65 Re-Issue combos, Polytone Mini-Brute combos, SWR SM-900 amps and cabs, the mighty Yamaha C7 MK11 Grand piano complete with a Helpinstill Model 180 pickup system, Yamaha Motif ES7 & ES8's, Roland XP80 & Yamaha Maple Custom kit.
Earth Wind and Fire - "Get Ready to Boogie"
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Earth Wind and Fire (EWF) returned to Europe for a short tour to let us all re-live hits like "Shining Star", "Let's Groove", "Boogie Wonderland" and "After the Love is Gone". In their 35 years they have notched up eight Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, eight double Platinum/Top 10 Pop albums, eight number #1 R&B singles, a Star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame" and "Lifetime Achievement Honours", EWF and their music remains as inspirational and influential as ever.
JHL were contracted to supply a full set of Backline equipment including:
Crate VC5 212 combos, Taylor W12 acoustic guitar, SWR SM-900 amps and Megogoliath cabs, GEM Promega 2, Kurzweil PC-2X, Roland VK7, Roland V-Synth, Yamaha Motif7 keyboards, Roland XV-5080, Yamaha Motif racks, DW Collectors Series drums, Sabain cymbals and vast quantity of LP Percussion to name but some.
Roland at John Henry's
07 July 2005
JHL have recently serviced a massive rental requirement for Destiny’s Child who had specified a full compliment of the new Roland FANTOM range of keyboards and modules, the specification included:
1 x Fantom-X8
3 x Fantom-X7’s
3 x Fantom-X6’s
3 x Fantom-XR modules
"The Fantom-X Series are the world's first "Giga-Workstation" keyboards, giving musicians nearly 1GB of wave memory when fully expanded and powerful 128-voice polyphony. The synthesis section's new waves include a gorgeous 88-key split stereo-sampled piano, plus room for 4 SRX expansions. The sampler can be upgraded to 544MB of RAM, which provides enough recording time to use it like a digital recorder. The Fantom-X Series is also the first line of workstation keyboards with a color LCD screen. Between these features and their sleek new looks, the Fantom-X Series is poised to become the workstation of choice."
Also added to the list of Roland equipment requirements was the mighty Roland V-Synth - flagship 61-note synthesizer with multiple oscillator technology.
The JHL philosophy of, “what the customer wants, the customer gets” won the day. For all you gear spotters out there, these keyboards could be seen at the Live8 concert, as used by Mariah Carey in London’s Hyde Park concert and by Destiny’s Child performance in Philadelphia in the USA.
More information on the Fantom-X range on the Roland site.
Brian Wilson takes his pets on the road!
John
Henry's have just supplied all the equipment for Brian Wilson's "Pet
Sounds" tour, which ran through Europe from 17th Jan to the 2nd Feb,
including four nights at the Royal Festival Hall. Everything from French
Horns to Finger Cymbals were supplied by the Backline Department, and
by all accounts it was a show to remember. The "Pet Sounds" (credited by Sir Paul as inspiration for Sgt.Pepper!!) album was performed
in it's entirety, by a fantastic band of multi-intrumentalists, all topped
off with outstanding vocals. There will be more dates in the summer, so
keep your eyes peeled!
Virtual Classics come to John Henry's
JHL
Backline have just taken delivery of the brand new Nord Electro 73. All
the best electromechanical keyboards in the one easy to handle package.
Classic electric piano's, Clav's, and the almighty tonewheel organ are
all flawlessly re-recreated, with a wonderful "waterfall" keybed
(as on the B3!). A multitude of fx are also included, as well as an extra
patch memory for downloading new patches from the internet! Stop killing
your crew! Rent the Nord Electro today!
More info from www.handinhand.uk.net
Two Grand ! !
More
additions to the JHL Backline Department
. Two digital grand piano's!
One from Yamaha, the DGT7A, and one from Roland, the KR-1077. Both these
Digital Grands play and sound like fine acoustic pianos, with the added
bonus that they never go out of tune (unless you want them to!) These
pianos have been used recently by The Corrs, Stereophonics, David Gray,
Lionel Richie, Tom Jones, and Shirley Bassey to name but a few!! No piano
tuner required!
More info from www.roland.co.uk
and www.yamaha.com/pianos.htm
New Yamaha Flagship Workstations available for
rental!
John
Henry's now have all three models of the new MOTIF workstation in stock
for sale or rental. Imagine the sonic power of the world's most advanced
synth combined with the hands-on inspiration of a cutting edge groove
box. Then add a brand new concept - an Integrated Sampling Sequencer that
seamlessly integrates audio sampling with MIDI in a way never achieved
before. Top it off with an intuitive user interface that gives you streamlined
control over all that sonic firepower and you have the ultimate music
workstation
MOTIF!
More info from www.yamahasynth.com
When is a Les Paul not a Les Paul?
It
looks like a Les Paul. It feels like a Les Paul. It certainly sounds like
a Les Paul, until a tweak of a knob reveals the sound of a built in acoustic
blender pick up!!! Ordered in especially for Alanis Morrisette's recent
shows and TV appearances, this Les Paul's tailpiece hides a piezo acoustic
pickup, which provides an instant acoustic guitar sound, which is blendable
with the Les Paul sound we all know and love. In stock and available for
rental from John Henry's Backline Dept.
Dweezil's amp! It looks like a car!!
"The
road you take to achieve cool tone is as individual as you are"..the
manual starts...and there has never been anything as individual as this!
The "Wiggy", designed by Dweezil Zappa, is a visual delight,
and after the initial plug in, we can confirm that it sounds great too!
With controls labelled "RPM", "MPH", "OIL"
and "BATT", and a 5 band graphic which gives either "more"
or "less", the Wiggy is the amp for you if you like to stand
out from the crowd, both visually and audibly! It even has hazard lights!
The cabinet is a 2x12, in a diagonal configuration, which makes it nicely
smaller than a 4x12 and larger than the traditional 2x12, making the Wiggy
stack a winner! ...wonder what Frank would've made of it?...
Visit www.peavey.com/guitaramps/wiggy.html
for more information, or come in and have a go!
Find out about our Artist Endorsement
Programmes

Recent clients using our services include:
"A"
Alicia Keys
Alien Ant Farm
Andy Summers
Angie Stone
Basement Jaxx
Beverly Knight
Brian Wilson
British Council
Britney Spears
Brits 2002
Bruce Willis
& the Accelerators
Bryan Adams
Bryan Ferry
Bush
CD:UK
Charlatans
City High
Coldplay
Courtney Pine
Deep Purple
Destiny's Child
Earth, Wind & Fire
Faithless
Gary Moore
George Benson
Gomez
Gorillaz
Groove Armada
Hank Marvin
Ian Brown
Incubus |
Jam In the Park
Jamiroquai
Jill Scott
Jim Davidson
Josh Groban
Kylie Minogue
"Later"
with Jools Holland
Lauryn Hill
Leeds/Reading
Festivals
Lenny Kravitz
Linkin Park
Lost Prophets
Marah
Marianne Faithfull
Meatloaf
Mel C
Michael Ball
Michael Crawford
Michelle Branch
The Monkees
Morcheeba
MTV
Europe Awards
Nelly Furtado
Parkinson
Party in the Park
Paul McCartney
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Yorn
Pink
Pop Idol |
Rhythm Kings
Robert Palmer
Rod Stewart
Royskopp
Russell Crowe's
30 Odd Foot of Grunt
Shakira
Sheryl Crow
Shirley Bassey
Shy FX
Sophie Ellis Bextor
Silver Chair
St Germain
Staind
Stereophonics
Sting
Strokes
Sugababes
Sum 41
The Nice
Tom Jones
Top Of The Pops
Travis
Trevor Nelsons
Urban Choice
Usher
V2001 Festival
Vanessa Mae
Weezer
Wheatus
World Party |
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