Posted on April 15, 2009 »
tagged: Elixir Strings, nanoweb, polyweb, strings »
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Tweet Whenever I ask for recommendations on Bass Guitar strings, one of the most mentioned makes is Elixir Strings. They are quite different, and not to everyone’s taste, but they have attracted a passionate following. Via Guitarkadia I came across this CBS piece on Gore-Tex, the company behind Elixir Strings (excuse the pre-roll ad):
Posted on March 28, 2009 »
tagged: Fretless, jaco, Japan, Pino Palladino, Sting »
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Tweet Lots of the newer bassists who come to chat end up asking about fretless. I was interested in fretless bass from the earliest days of my playing. Partly because of the Jaco influence, but also because when I started playing there were a number of bands in vogue that featured fretless (Japan, Paul Simon, [...]
Posted on March 2, 2009 »
tagged: custom bass, luthier, video »
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Tweet The design of the bass has been pretty much set in stone since its birth. There have been one or two notable exceptions over the years, so when I saw and read about the Orchid bass, it really caught my attention. The bass was designed and built by Luthier Rich Toone. It has a 32″ neck, a Trapezoidal [...]
Posted on February 19, 2009 »
tagged: Elrick »
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Tweet As you can probably guess from the title, Elrick has joined the ranks of MTD and Lakland with a higher-volume, lower-priced bass. The range has its own dedicated website: www.expatnjs.com. I’ve been a long term Elrick user, so I was particularly eager to check out where Rob Elrick is headed with this range. Elrick have [...]
Posted on February 16, 2009 »
tagged: Fodera, Ken Smith, Wood&Tronics »
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Tweet It is pretty rare for me to stumble across a bass manufacture of note that I haven’t see before, but yesterday was one of those days… I ran into a very nice chap by the name of Mark Graham, and he was playing a Wood&Tronics Chronos. I was immediately struck by the sound (I [...]
Posted on February 15, 2009 »
tagged: distortion, Ed Friedland, Electro Harmonix »
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Tweet This YouTube Video from Bassguitar mag caught my eye if for no other reason than the fact one of the pedals is called the “Blogger” – a Bass Blogger - how about that? I love watching Ed Friedland goofing around too! The first half is the Electro Harmonix Bass Micro Synth, then the bass blogger pedal: