Posted on December 7, 2008 »
Filed under: bass, bassguitar, Gear and tagged: cabs, design, speaker »
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A little while about Mark Wright of Accugroove shared some excellent advice in: Choosing a Bass Cab – Part I and Choosing a Bass Cab – Part II. The next couple of posts add a little bit of background about the different designs of cabinet, to take away the mystery of the shapes that you see around, and follow on from the post on Bass Amp Set Ups .
Speakers are a key part of the sound, or rather the speaker(s) and the cabinet they are housed in. Cabinet design has evolved over the history of the bass guitar, and I thought it would be fun to talk about the different types of cabinet design. A kind of bass geekyness, but useful background for using and choosing cabs – if nothing else, you’ll be able to blow away the guitarist with your knowledge of acoustic cabinet design!
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Posted on December 3, 2008 »
Filed under: Gear and tagged: combo, Danelectro, Fender, SWR »
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I’d forgotten all about the Danelectro HoneyTone (pictured here). Thanks to Jemimah Knight (@jemimah_knight) for setting me off down this path. Of all of the Bass Amp Set Ups, the bass combo has a history and richness of variety that could fill several books.
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Posted on November 30, 2008 »
Filed under: bass, Events, technique, video and tagged: solo bass »
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A quiet couple of days on the blog, due to a couple of VERY busy days off the blog – some of which will become apparent very shortly. There are still a few hours left (as I post this) to enter the Upton Bass pick up competition, before we roll into December. [More…]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 »
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www.mutantbass.com has produced this rather fantastic introduction to frethand leading… Mind bending and a brilliantly produced video too… [More…]
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Posted on November 25, 2008 »
Filed under: bass, bassguitar, Gear and tagged: amp, bass, bass guitar, cab »
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Carrying my bass amp around over the last few days, and listening to the amplifier woes of others, has got me to thinking about the different set ups choices we have as a bassist. It seems to fall into three main buckets:
- Combo Bass Amp – A speaker / amp / pre-amp all in one.
- Modular – A bass cab with a seperate head. Or even more modular – A cabinet with a pre-amp and power amp.
- Amp-less – Something I’ve just started playing with!
Beginners often start out with set up 1 – A nice all in one unit. Some pros stick with a combo set up, so it is not to be sniffed at. I had an SWR Redhead which I used for many years – A very distinctive sound, but quite a beast to cart around. Later I splashed out on a more modular set up, which is what I still use at the moment :- an Accugroove cabinet (seen in “Choosing a bass cab part“, with a Clarus amp. I’ve started to experiment with an amp-less set up for some environments, but more on that in another post.
Each set up has its own advantages and disadvantages. I’ll be blogging some thoughts over the next few days, but right now I’m interested to hear your experiences. What is your current set up? What different set ups have you tried? What would you suggest to a beginner bassist?
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Posted on November 22, 2008 »
Filed under: bass, bassguitar, video and tagged: Ernie Ball, Music Man, Stirling, video »
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I’ve played a various Music Man basses, including the Stingray 5 (of which I’ve been an admirer for a long while) and the curiously named Bongo (strikingly modern looking), but I’ve never played a Stirling.
So, I was very pleased to find this video with Ed Friedland (aka The Bass Whisperer), which gives a nice walk through of the Ernie Ball made Music Man Sterling 5 string for Guitar World Magazine (via Guitar Warehouse). [More…]
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