{"id":383,"date":"2022-03-17T17:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:21:39","slug":"larry-hibbitt-producer-for-marmozets-dinosaur-pile-up-guitarist-in-hundred-reasons-talks-about-his-favourite-laney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/larry-hibbitt-producer-for-marmozets-dinosaur-pile-up-guitarist-in-hundred-reasons-talks-about-his-favourite-laney\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Hibbitt \u2013 Producer, Guitarist in Hundred Reasons Talks Laney"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you make it, but have to change career. How Larry Hibbitt went from playing guitar in Hundred Reasons to producing some of the biggest rock records of the past decade\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Larry Hibbitt has a long history with Laney, all starting back in the mid-90\u2019s when he found himself interested in music and bands while attending Heatham House Youth Centre in Twickenham, West London. There was a spark ignited and a passion that has seen him play some of the biggest stages in the world as guitarist for his band Hundred Reasons<\/a><\/strong>, but also get behind the desk on some of the best rock records of recent times, producing Marmozets debut record \u2018The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets and the now seminal \u2018Celebrity Mansion\u2019 by Dinosaur Pile-Up.<\/p>\n

Larry almost found playing guitar and producing at the same time as he recalls:<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed putting on bands at our youth club, but also being in them, and then recording them as Heatham House had a small studio, so I guess the passion for both playing and producing started there at roughly the same time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Fast forward a few years and Larry found himself signing to Columbia Records in the year 2000 with his band \u2018Hundred Reasons\u2019 going on to release four albums with their debut reaching number 6 in the UK charts, a massive achievement when you consider downloads and streaming either weren\u2019t recognized or couldn\u2019t be done at scale during that point.<\/p>\n

What bands has Larry Hibbitt produced?<\/h4>\n

Heading into 2009 and Larry found himself seeking new ventures and the love of producing never faded, moving into the producer and writers seat working with such talents as: Nothing But Thieves, Don Broco, Sundara Karma, High Tide and Saint Raymond to name a few, however where things moved up a gear was when he produced \u2018The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets\u2019, which if you couldn\u2019t tell by the title, was the debut record for British rock band Marmozets:<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that record, for lots of reasons, it was my first step in my career as being a \u2018proper\u2019 record producer. I am also just really proud of it, it\u2019s a big guitar record and the Laney Klipp is all over that record.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

What are some of Larry’s favourite Laney amps?<\/h4>\n

A big fan of Laney, Larry mentions his \u2018secret weapon\u2019 in the studio is his all original mid-70\u2019s era Laney Klipp. As he said, it is all over that first Marmozets record, but his love of our amps didn\u2019t stop there, in fact his first amp was a mid-90\u2019s Laney GC120C, a solid-state 2×12 Laney combo, jumping forward in time and now he has an eclectic mix of old and new Laney amps including the very rare and obscure late 70\u2019s \u2018A 100\u2019 and the brand new and exciting Digbeth DB500H and LA30BL.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst impressions of the LA30BL are: it\u2019s amazing. It has that Sabbath tone that I know and love, but it also has elements that you would be hard to find in some of the older amps. It being 30 watts, past 4 on the gain knob and it doesn\u2019t get much louder but you do get that compressed sound which is so integral to so many of the greatest rock sounds ever, non-more so than Iommi himself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Larry<\/p>\n

When talking about his achievements as a producer another band that strikes a note with a record that Larry produced to huge critical acclaim and commercial success is the seminal \u2018Celebrity Mansions\u2019 by Dinosaur Pile-Up. Matt Bigland (guitarist\/singer) is a Laney player<\/a><\/strong> (Ironheart IRT120H<\/a><\/strong>) and the mix of them stacks with Jim Cratchley (bassist) and his Digbeth rig (DB500H<\/a><\/strong>) brought some serious sounds and riffs to that record, but getting Matt\u2019s amp recorded was easier than you may think, logistically at least:<\/p>\n

\u201cThey actually rehearse next door to here (Larry\u2019s Studio in Brixton called StuStuStudio), so we literally dragged his Ironheart rig over and got it recorded, quite handy being next door!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

There is plenty more on the horizon and the future for Larry Hibbitt, including a return to live shows with his band Hundred Reasons, initially conceived to happen in 2022, because of the continuing tail-end of the Covid-19 Pandemic, that has been postponed to 2023, which gives Larry more time to get the songs just right and produce some more records!<\/p>\n

You can watch the full interview with Larry below!<\/p>\n