For starters, there’s gear. What are the best new basses, amps, effects, and doodads to emerge into bass consciousness in 2007? Then, players: Who have been the most inspiring, interesting, groundbreaking, groove-moving bassists to tickle your ears and jump-start your fingers? Last of all, we want to know what you think of this—your magazine. Which cover story, transcription, and lesson were the most enlightening? And which video on BASS PLAYER TV most made you think, “Whoa … that was cool”?
Here’s how it works: Head to bassplayer.com and click on the Readers’ Choice Awards link, and let your voice be heard. (One ballot per voter, please, and yes, the Internet elves know how to enforce that rule.) We’ll tally up the results and let you know who and what emerged victorious in the May ’08 issue. For the gear categories, we’ll be presenting the manufacturers with a BASS PLAYER Readers’ Choice Award at the NAMM Summer Session in Nashville. (And for your favorite cover feature, I’ll deign to come down off my curmudgeonly Editor-in-Chief throne and give the responsible staffer a pat on the back for a job well done.)
To help you get going, we’ve listed here the questions you’ll be asked online, along with a cheat-sheet for the magazine categories. To remind yourself of some things you may want to consider, click on the GEAR link at bassplayer.com for a list of 2007’s Soundroom product reviews. We editors will publish our personal picks in the May issue, too, so you can compare your opinions and determine just how genius or crazy you think we are.
Dive in, and keep digging deeper.
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