Posted on January 28, 2009 »
tagged: Fender, Fender Jazz Vintage Bass, Jazz »
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Tweet Oh dear, I’m having a complete gear victim moment. Normally if a bass is a bit beaten up, you’d pay less for it. That is, unless it is one of those vintage treasures of course. But what about a bass that isn’t vintage, but is still beaten up enough to look road worn? Well, [...]
Posted on January 27, 2009 »
tagged: accugroove, namm, NAMM2009 »
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Tweet Accugroove were busy with news at NAMM too… The new Accugroove Synergy power amp was on display, along with a cabinet featuring carbon fibre (graphite) coned 6 inch mid-range speakers (so now you can have graphite in your cabinet as well as graphite in your bass’s neck). You’ll have to hurry though – it is a [...]
Posted on January 20, 2009 »
tagged: accoustic bass, ashbory, Upright Bass »
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Tweet Ah… a blast from the past. I used to own an Ashbory bass. It is definitely one of the most unusual instruments I’ve ever had in my bass collection. It’s the tiny bass that thinks it is a giant upright. It does deliver that URB acoustic bass sound, but in a most unusual way. In true upright style, [...]
Posted on January 19, 2009 »
tagged: effects, namm, NAMM2009 »
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Tweet A bit more NAMM2009 bass news, with thanks to Alun Vaughan, who posted about the new Mark Bass pedals on twitter. Here is a YouTube clip about them, via Bass Guitar magazine, showing the new range. They look solidly built to say the least!
Posted on January 16, 2009 »
tagged: namm, NAMM2009 »
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Tweet The music world is strutting its (new) stuff at NAMM 2009. Steve Lawson will be playing for Looperlative, Modulus and Accugroove, and around and about with Lobelia – I’m hoping we might get a few wonderful Steve-social-media video clips coming in! A few picks from the new gear so far… I like to look of the [...]
Posted on January 12, 2009 »
tagged: Aquilina Basses, bass, construction, design, french, guitar, single cut, Veillette Guitars »
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Tweet I do, it has to be said, have a bit of a soft spot for single cut basses. So when I came across the home of Aquilina Basses (French site here, English here) I dug in. Single cut basses have just one cut out, compared to the more usual double cut away model. If you [...]