Rotosound BSC1
Bass String Cleaner
Rotosound’s string cleaner, designed to
fit all 4- and 5-strings, uses microfiber
pads to remove sweat and debris from
the strings and fingerboard.
Price $20
Contact rotosound.com
Ampeg PF-115LF &
PF-410HLF cabs
These 8x10, 1x15, and 4x10 Portaflex cabs,
both equipped with casters and integrated
side handles, have been updated: The
PF-115LF goes for a more vintage tone by
doing away with the compression driver, and
the PF-410HLF gets a new, compact design.
Price PF-115LF, $490; PF-410HLF, $770
Contact ampeg.com
Ampkit Trace Elliot
Modeling App
Ampkit+Version 1.3 now includes the
Trace Elliot 1215 app, a simulation of
that company’s 1x15 with a Celestion
speaker and high-frequency horn, a
switchable tube-drive circuit for fat
bass distortion, a single-touch tone
circuit, as well as a 12-band graphic
EQ and dual-band compressor
tuned for bass frequencies.
Price Ampkit+Version 1.3, $9.99;
Trace Elliot 1215 app, $3.99
Contact agilepartners.com/apps/ampkit
Fender American
Standard Jazz &
Precision Basses
American Standard Jazz and
Precision Basses—including 4-strings,
5-strings, and fretless Jazz Basses—
now come with Fender Custom Shop
’60s pickups. The Jazz Basses and
4-string P-Bass are now available in a
new Jade Pearl Metallic finish.
Prices $1,649–$1,859
Contact fender.com
Taranaki
Acrobat 32
This 22-fret, 32"-scale
4-string has a khaya body,
rosewood fretboard,
ebony nut, and a walnut/
maple veneer top. Besides
volume, pickup selector,
treble, mid, and bass
controls, the Acrobat 32
features a passive/active
switch and custom passive
Taranaki pickups.
Price $2,900-$3,700
(including VAT)
Contact taranakibasses.de
EBS HD360
EBS’s updated version of its HD350 head
boasts preamp circuitry with better lowfrequency
response and higher dynamics;
a 4-channel footswitch to control the drive,
filter, filter bypass, and mute functions; a mixin
filter for the effects loop; and a speaker
simulator for the XLR-out.
Price $1,663
Contact ebssweden.com
TC Electronic BG250
Bass Combo
The BG250 is a 250-watt, 35-pound 1x15 bass
combo equipped with tube pre- and poweramp
simulation, aux input, onboard tuner,
headphone output, and a balanced XLR output.
The BG250’s TonePrint effects knob comes
with chorus, but you can download new
effects from TC’s website with the included
USB cable—or with the TonePrint app for iOS
and Android.
Price $400
Contact tcelectronic.com