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!

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 all […]

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 can […]

Ever thought of playing without an Amp? The last set up in the Bass Amp Set Ups list is one that doesn’t use an amp at all – the ampless set up. Actually there is an amplifier, but it is just for some headphones, so it isn’t big and heavy to carry around.

The New Year tends to be a time for fresh starts and clear outs (happy new year by the way!). It is for me, time to thin the bass stable and find a new home for one or two basses. I’m very blessed to own more than one bass – I know that not everyone […]

Sometimes you want a bass that is totally unique to you, and the only way to get it is to build it yourself. This labour of love was created by John Garncarz: