Wal is Back – Thanks to no treble for the heads up. The UK Bass manufacturer, known for a very distinctive range of basses, had been working just on back log, but they are now taking new orders again for the first time in a few years. From Wal’s site:
After much activity we are thrilled to announce that Wal is now back in action, with the original specifications and fanatical attention to detail as before. Electric Wood, led by Paul Herman, who worked with Wal and Pete for over 18 years, brings you the quality, the playability, the exotic woods, and the sheer excitement of these beautiful instruments once again.
I have to say, to Markbass‘ credit, the sound and tone of Michael’s playing was absolutely amazing. I first heard Michael play live almost a decade ago when I was over in California. I drove up to Oakland to catch an evening gig – quite an interesting adventure for a British Tourist! I remember the sound, and the Markbass set up seems to have taken it to a new level. One of the privileges of living in London is that I get to go to Steve Lawson gigs reasonably often – and take friends along too! But both players, in one place? That last happened 5 years ago, and thousands of miles away, so this time…
It hasn’t happend for 5 years, but on Wednesday evening, solo bassists Steve Lawson and Michael Manring will be playing. Last time they got together was in Santa Cruz, California, this time Round Midnight Jazz and Blues Bar is the venue, in London England. This is what it sounded like when they played together last:
Just wanted to share a couple of things that are going off…
The site has moved on to a bigger faster server.It’s a process that’s kept me busy for a bit! We’re in the hands of Redcatco for WordPress hosting – I think they are great, but I would, I run the place .
It’s been an amazing two years since the blog started. Over 12,000 people a month visit the bass guitar blog, and that number is growing every week, we’d outgrown the server where we started and I hope we out grow this one too – thank you for creating a great community, I enjoy hanging out here and reading the comments. It’s my bass dojo!
A site redesign is in the works – for those that read via the web, I’m keen to make the site a bit easier on the eye! There’s over 150 posts on the site, which leads me on to…
Guest bloggers. It’s something that’s worked really well. We’re looking for a few more guest bloggers and guest posts – you don’t want to hear my voice all the time . In the new site design every guest blogger will have a profile page, so you can find out a bit more about them, with links to their music and what they do.
Interesting bass stuff up next! Keep the comments, links and news coming! And thank you again!
Wal is Back – Thanks to no treble for the heads up. The UK Bass manufacturer, known for a very distinctive range of basses, had been working just on back log, but they are now taking new orders again for the first time in a few years. From Wal’s site:
). His style probably accounts for the name, if you are not familiar with Rocco’s very percussive style, you should be! He’s using the amp with TC Eletronic’s 
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