Music Man: 25th Anniversary 5-string & Big Al

WITH LAURELS THE SIZE OF MUSIC MAN’S, it wouldn’t be surprising if the company chose to rest on them—but they don’t. The StingRay is in an elite club: basses that are so iconic, an entire segment of bass design revolves around them. Much of Music Man’s history revolved around capitalizing on the StingRay’s superb design formula, with <More>

 
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Envelope Filter Funk : EVER SINCE BOOTSY COLLINS DID INDEED MAKE OUR FUNK THE P-Funk, bass players have gone ga-ga for envelope filters, those autoquackers beneath a great deal of uncut funk. While most of us know how they sound, many don’t quite get ,Jun 01, 2009

   

Line 6: LowDown HD750 & 410 : AS I THINK ABOUT LINE 6’S RELATIVELY short history, I can’t help but think of its first product, the revolutionary POD, as a seed pod. From it, a lush meadow of gear has since bloomed, all of it incorporating digital modeling in ,Aug 01, 2009

   
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Boss: GT-10B : IT’S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE BOSS introduced bassists to the GT-6B, a low-frequency version of its popular guitar multieffect extravaganza. Since that time, we’ve met its less expensive kissing cousins, the ME-20B and ME-50B ,Sep 01, 2009

3Leaf Audio: Groove Regulator : THE DISCONTINUED LOVETONE Meatball (Soundroom, Feb. ’96 and Sept. ’04) has achieved collectible cult status among bass players, typically selling for over $500 on eBay. Its reputation is due in large part to its unusually ,Jun 01, 2009

   

Peavey: VB-3 : THOUGH MANY MANUFACTURERS HAVE tried, there’s simply no way to perfectly duplicate the sound of an all-tube head using solid-state components. Those who dig the plush response, rich harmonic color, and sweet overdrive potential ,Sep 01, 2009

Markbass: Mark Studio 1 : Mark Studio 1 operates as either a standalone amp emulator or as an AU, RTAS, or VST plug-in compatible with every popular digital audio workstation (DAW) program. The interface is slick as can be, with a beautifully ,Jul 01, 2009

   
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Moroccan Sintir, North Africa’s Bass Banjo : KNOWN AS SINTIR, GUIMBRI, AND THE ONOMATOPOEIC hejhouj, this instrument comes from the Gnawa people of North Africa. Descended in part from slaves taken from Sub- Saharan Africa, the Gnawa occupy pockets stretching from ,Oct 01, 2009

Fender: Road Worn ’50s Precision Bass & ’60s Jazz Bass : TAKE THE GROOVE-GOOSING CONFIDENCE you get from gigging with a real “player’s” bass, add the reliability and comfort of playing a new, pro-quality instrument, subtract the anxiety of schlepping a collector’s item that costs more ,Sep 01, 2009

   
 





 






 
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