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Who Would You Hand Your Bass To?

Posted on January 8, 2010 » tagged: Victor Wooten » 6 Comments »

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 [...]

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Ritter Cora – Bass fit for a Prince – Bassist

Posted on January 5, 2010 » tagged: namm, ritter » 1 Comment »

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.

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Drifting – Brilliant Upright Bass Solo

Posted on December 2, 2009 » tagged: accoustic bass, solo, upright » 5 Comments »

Simply Brilliant Adam Ben Ezra, doing Andy McKee’s Drifting on the double bass:

Hat tip to Guy for forwarding it to me!

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Practicing with a Looper

Posted on November 9, 2009 » tagged: looping, Michael Manring, practice » 1 Comment »

I recently stumbled upon this great piece on practicing with a looper over at the Institute of Bass – the post was sponsored By SWR Sound Corporation and written by the ever impress Michael Manring, who I had the pleasure of seeing live with Steve Lawson last month.
Looping History
Looping devices used to be huge, expensive mechanical [...]

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MiniGroves from Accugroove

Posted on October 30, 2009 » tagged: accugroove, cabs » Add a comment »

Hot off the press! Mark and the Accugroove crew have brought a new range of cabs into the bass world
“Eight years in the making, our new MiniGrooves are the first and only tiny, lightweight cabinets that are built for the serious professional.”
So says Mark, Accugroove’s CEO, and he’s bigger than me, so I’m not going [...]

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