Posted on November 29, 2012 »
tagged: bassbuds »
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Tweet Well look what just arrived! I’m calling the bassbuds Earphones rather than Headphones, a) because they go in your ears, rather than round your head and b) because, quite frankly, I’m very confused about what we call these gadgets these days, as you’ll see there’s a lot more to them than tiny speakers and [...]
Posted on July 7, 2012 »
tagged: amp, combo, effects, TC Eletronic »
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Tweet The folks over at TC Electronic have been busy again. I’m still enjoying playing through the TC Electronic RG450 rig, but things have moved on in that range, with the custom Staccato’51 model, created for Rocco Prestia, and the BG250 bass combo. TC Electronic have added to this 1×15” ultra-light bass combo, with additional TonePrints [...]
Posted on June 18, 2011 »
tagged: hofner, hollow body »
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Tweet Ah, this via Twitter from @FretZeroMusic and @martyschwartz – a great video review of the Hofner Bass. Made famous my Beatles Bassist, Paul McCartney, this hollow bodied bass has a sound all of it’s own! Not to all tastes, but definitely hightly distinctive and still produced today:
Posted on June 4, 2010 »
tagged: borisborisboris »
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Tweet A bit of Friday fun! So, we here a lot about famous bassists… You know the names! But what about the famous non-bassists? Which famous people out there are actually closet bassists? Can we out a few of them?!? Someone forwarded me this video, which is a mash up of audio from London’s world-famous [...]
Posted on January 8, 2010 »
tagged: Victor Wooten »
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Tweet Many thanks to @tucsonbass for bring this one to my attention in his post “Have You Played Victor Wooten’s Bass?“ - he saw it on Saudra Williams Facebook page – aren’t the Interwebs a wonderful thing The video shows what Victor Wooten’s shows are all about – such energy and fun! Check out about 50 [...]
Posted on January 5, 2010 »
tagged: namm, ritter »
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Tweet Jens Ritter has released a new model, designed together with Josh Dunham (the Bass Player for Prince). The “CORA” – click on the images to see more full size pictures on the Ritter site. It is rather conventional for a Ritter Bass, given the wild bass designs that have come out of the German-based luthier.