Members tequila_titan Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 The bumblebee band. Lots of bands were singing about the devil in the 80's so it didn't suprise me to see a band like this come along. I always saw it as a gimmick, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 those are all Mesa MK II'cs yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elric Posted September 4, 2007 Members Share Posted September 4, 2007 Stryper>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Britney Fox I always considered Britney fox to be a 2nd tier cinderella. Stryper was alot heavier than most of their peers, if you didn't count those crappy unpower ballads. With all the love on here maybe I'll check 'em out again... They're on Rhapsody so maybe I'll listen to a couple of albums this afternoon at work. FWIW, I do *like* Britney Fox and Stryper (they are hair bands after all! )... but always considered them an also ran compared to a Ratt, Dokken, Crue, etc. I agree that stylistically BF is definitely Cinderella-esque. I was kind of referring to their positional ranking in my mind when all of this was new and hip... FWIW, I consider Tesla second tier, too, but lots of die hard Hair metal fans worship the ground Tesla walks on and I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority opinion there. So, that probably blows my credibility with the "faithful" anyway. As a result of hanging out here, I've managed to pick up on or fully appreciate some "under the radar screen at the time" (i.e. second or third tier type bands who may have had one or two hits or less) hair bands that probably would have been too derivative sounding to really be a fanboy of when Hair Metal was hot and everyone was playing it but are now pretty cool/fresh sounding due to the fact that there's not this incoming rush of new stuff. Rhapsody and the internet streaming radio stuff has been great for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fish Hawk Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 I saw Stryper at Alpine Valley, Wi, back in the late 80's (with Loudness and one other band). I thought they had great tone, but each Album the vocals got higher and higher as if they tightened the vice on Sweet's balls each recording session. I thought it was a pretty good show, but the two things I remember most were: 1) Some broad in the first row getting smashed in the head when they threw the bibles into the crowd. She went down like a tone of bricks. 2) There were about 4 people in the beer garden, me and a buddy and two other dudes. I got a few really strange looks as I stumbled around in between Loudness and Stryper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TOStudent Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Holy Old thread!!Actually it was a MKIIC amp and a furman parametric EQ. The freequencies boosted depended upon what album we are talking about and where the Graphic EQ was set on the Boogie. You mentioned you get thier tones easily above.Is that with the PQ through your Mark IV??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StringMachine Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Stryper kicked ass. Very talented musicians, great chops, tone and stage presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gainfreak Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 You mentioned you get thier tones easily above.Is that with the PQ through your Mark IV??????? Yes, I can get that sound with any of the Mark series boogies from the IIC to the IV. (all the older Boogs need the graphic eq. They were optional back then)The real secret to the Stryper tone is slamming the front end of the boogie Mark series with the PQ3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tele_jas Posted March 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 They're back!! Ok, so I downloaded (legally) "The Covering" by Stryper..... and it FREAKIN' ROCKS!! And once again, their tone kills! I seen a Facebook post where they said the Mark V was killing in the studio, but around that time they got endorsed by Line 6 and were using the DT50 amps (which are Line 6's best sounding amps BTW). So I'm wondering what amps were used on "The Covering"... Mesa, Line 6 or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundgardener75 Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Mother of all that is Holy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 I could live without the whole message thing, and the whole throwing bibles out in concert, but I saw them live once, and message aside, they're a talented {censored}ing band that puts on a really good show. They can all sing their asses off, (if you actually like singing as opposed to screaming and growling ) and wrote some killer riffs. Tone was pretty standard 80s fare, and they had Mesas off to the side of the stage when I saw them, which was in like '88 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Holy-diver Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Stryper had mark iiis as well fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 stryper had awsome tone and were good players, i still like them after all these years. This right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilrocks25 Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 I thought they were {censored}e then and even more so now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 The Guitar sounds really do seem to leap out of the mix more so than most 80's Metal Bands. bRlsI3iIPdA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerine Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 PLENTY OF up in this bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 PLENTY OF up in this bitch. Plenty of "Haunting Mids" on most of these tracks :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jnurp Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 i loved stryper and im jewish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pepi Posted March 18, 2011 Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonP Posted July 27, 2018 Members Share Posted July 27, 2018 This great thread needs a bump. Just got done listening to "To Hell With the Devil". Going to get me a Furman EQ. Also, I have a 1992 Jackson RR with the built in boost. It is very good at getting the Stryper tone. Maybe that was on purpose? I haven't been on HC for ages. Feel free to flame me for bringing up a necro-thread. At least I'll know this place isn't dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Sometimes it can be cool to revisit old threads... Good to see you Don. Don't be such a stranger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockinRodney Posted February 13, 2021 Members Share Posted February 13, 2021 Theyve always sounded a little thin to me. it’s a Mesa thing. Great production though ... and incredible players. Id love to hear them with some fat roaring Marshall tones. Nothing wrong with their message! 777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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