This was meant to be up in time for International Women’s Day, but studio arrangements have kept me away from the blog. This is an amazing hour long interview with bass legend Carol Kaye, from The Snapshots Foundation, which makes for compelling watching. If you aren’t familiar with Carol, you WILL have heard her play. […]

There are quite a number of DI options available to bass players these days, but Electro-Harmonix has just announced something a little different: the Battalion Bass Preamp and DI. It packs a fairly meaty set of features, including a four-band equalizer which has a 200Hz low cut/boost, 2kHz high cut/boost and two non-sweepable mid controls […]

Well, here’s a new thing from the folks at ghs strings – 5 string feel on a 4 string bass. ghs has released a “BEAD” tuning set of roundwound bass strings in their bass boomers range (nickel-plated steel). They say: Tuning a 4 String Bass BEAD (or, the lower 4 strings of a 5 string bass) […]

From the ever talented Norm Stockton, a  solo bass arrangement of the beloved Christmas classic, recorded on his MTD 535, using an API A2D and Pro Tools.  It is available on iTunes and CDBaby! Recorded on November 27, 2013, in Orange County, CA

Now here is a curious idea, from Ritter, makers of some seriously funky looking basses: Bass Omakase. What’s that? You say…  Omakase is a Japanese term meaning “I’ll leave it to you” (or I’ll entrust you). Rather than ordering something specific from the menu, you leave it up to the chef to surprise (and delight) […]

  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 wire. […]